Nah - it's pretty nerdy stuff. If you look in Applications > Utilities, you'll see a program there called Terminal, which lets you use the command line on your Mac. But most Mac users don't ever need to use it. I do all the time, and so Don Ellis, for example (another Mac user), but we're both UNIX nerds. zsh is just another way of using the command line on your Mac (which is a UNIX machine, remember), and as such, it's pretty esoteric for many people.
Note #1: the default on the Mac - as on most UNIX machines - when using the terminal isn't zsh; it's bash. Note #2: the command line is a wonderfully useful thing - see my book Linux Phrasebook, which is almost completely applicable to the Mac's command line as well - but it's not for your average user. Some on this list will argue it should be, and sometimes I feel that way, but I also understand there's a time and a place for everything. :) Hope that helps, Jason. Scott -- Scott Granneman [email protected] On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Jason Pearson <[email protected]> wrote: > Professor Granneman, > > I realize how busy you are so please excuse my rather ignorant question. > > Would this (zsh) be of any use for me and my wife? I use my Mac mainly > for school use and some small business applications. My wife uses her Mac > to run her blog. I ask this because I am willing to try any program that > would make our lives that much easier. > > As always Thank You for your time, > > Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. > > Jason > > On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Scott Granneman <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> http://www.strcat.de/zsh/ >> >> For those of you interested in zsh, this seems like a great resource. >> >> Scott >> -- >> R. Scott Granneman >> [email protected] ~ www.granneman.com >> Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications >> My new book: Google Apps Deciphered @ http://www.granneman.com/books >> >> "Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's >> original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, >> through disobedience and through rebellion." >> ---Oscar Wilde >> >> -- >> Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) >> Main page: http://www.cwelug.org >> To post: [email protected] >> To subscribe: [email protected] >> To unsubscribe: [email protected] >> More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug > > > -- > Thank You for your time, > Jason D. Pearson > > -- > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org > To post: [email protected] > To subscribe: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
