There _is_ a FAQ entry on this--although in it I said to put the source /sw/bin/init.csh
in .tcshrc if it were present, rather than to source .cshrc . http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-fink.php#fink-not-found On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, Neal Parikh wrote: > > On Saturday, February 15, 2003, at 07:55 PM, Benjamin Reed wrote: > > > On Saturday, February 15, 2003, at 07:30 PM, Max Horn wrote: > > > >> I do not mind that much if we change to .tcshrc from a techincal > >> point of view. What I fear, though, is that we also will have some > >> troubles in the transition period. Basically not so advanced users > >> with a .cshrc based setup will start reading about .tcshrc. In the > >> worst case, they may start using .tcshrc w/o taking their existing > >> stuff in .cshrc - suffering! > >> > >> Hence, if we do this, an absolutly required minimum thing is that we > >> add a page or a FAQ item which clearly explains the difference (or > >> lack of, except for the reading order) between the two files. It > >> should be possible to even explain to a newbie in a few sentences > >> what the situation is. FAQ 3.18 is not sufficient for this; rather, > >> add a seperate FAQ entry "What is the difference between .tcshrc and > >> .cshrc" or so, and maybe link to it from the appropriate places (like > >> 3.18). > > > > Perhaps we should continue to tell them to add it to ~/.cshrc, and > > then say that if ~/.tcshrc exists, add "source ~/.cshrc" to ~/.tcshrc. > > That sounds good. Perhaps a FAQ entry would clear up everything. > > Thanks. :) > > - Neal > > -- > Neal Parikh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Web - http://www.nparikh.org/ > "Only do what only you can do." (Edsger W. Dijkstra) > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Fink-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel > -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
