On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:19:40 -0600, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Jan 29), David Benfell said: > > I've been upgrading my FreeBSD system into a fully-fledged desktop > > system. > > > > zsh as installed (from the port) seems only to recognize the > > /etc/zshenv startup file. And I needed an stty command to get proper > > backspace/delete behavior. Because only the /etc/zshenv file seemed > > to be recognized, I had to put the stty command in it. > > I'd start by figuring out why the other zsh startup scripts aren't > being read. I install zsh from ports on all my systems and haven't > seen this. Are you running zsh -f, or have you unset the RCS shell > option from within zshenv? Either will prevent the other rc scripts > from being loaded. If you run "truss -f -o log zsh", do you see it try > to load zshrc? >
Okay, I figured out how to run truss (yes, I had the PROCFS and PSEUDOFS options in my kernel). Yes, it tries to access /etc/zshrc. I was trying zlogin, which I had seen on a Linux system. So I've made *this* change, and everything now works. Thanks! > Anyway, here's how to emulate zprofile, zshrc, and zlogin from within > zshenv (untested). Stick this at the bottom of your zshenv: > > if [[ -o rcs && -o login ]] ; then > # code that would be better off in zprofile > fi > if [[ -o rcs && -o interactive ]] ; then > # code that would be better off in zshrc > fi > if [[ -o rcs && -o login ]] ; then > # code that would be better off in zlogin > fi > Thanks! -- David Benfell, LCP [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Resume available at http://www.parts-unknown.org/ NOTE: I sign all messages with GnuPG (0DD1D1E3).
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