Does it say in any 3.1 note that zsh is going to be included? zsh port doesn't (publicly) exist yet.
Might want to check the zopen install command for powerline. ------- Original Message ------- On Friday, August 18th, 2023 at 17:03, David Crayford <dcrayf...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 18/8/2023 7:07 pm, Seymour J Metz wrote: > > > While, IMHO, zsh should have been included in MVS/ESA SP V4.3 OpenEdition, > > I don't see it killing bash, due to compatibility. > > > I'm feeling a bit puzzled here! Bash doesn't come pre-installed with > z/OS; rather, it's a tool ported by Rocket, so there shouldn't be any > compatibility problems, right? If IBM decides to include zsh, which is > considered superior to bash, this could be a game-changer. > > Once IBM introduced their Python SDK for z/OS, Rocket's Python started > struggling and eventually became obsolete. > > It's perfectly fine to skip commenting on every discussion, especially > when it's not within your field of expertise. > > > -- > > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of > > David Crayford [dcrayf...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Friday, August 18, 2023 5:38 AM > > To:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: Re: Strange results for the PS1 prompt with z/OS Unix > > > > What version of bash are you using? Rocket software's port or IBM z/OS > > Open Tools? > > > > Irrespective, bash is an enhanced ASCII application so make sure you > > have the following environment variables set in your profile login > > scripts by entering "env | sort" from the shell command line. > > > > _BPXK_AUTOCVT=ON > > _CEE_RUNOPTS=FILETAG(AUTOCVT,AUTOTAG) TERMTHDACT(UADUMP) ABTERMENC(ABEND) > > _TAG_REDIR_ERR=txt > > _TAG_REDIR_IN=txt > > _TAG_REDIR_OUT=txt > > > > Incidentally, I noticed that IBM are shipping zsh as part of z/OS 3.1 so > > bye, bye bash. > > > > I've being using zsh for years and it turbo charges the shell. For > > example, there are open source themes such as oh-my-zsh and > > powerline10k. The powerline customizes PS1 with fancy glyphs. The > > current Git branch, commits and other information is shown. It's next > > level to the dull one your using :). Also, there is zsh-autosuggestions > > which recalls previous commands for auto completion. oh-my-zsh also > > provides a plugin for git command completion and other super cool > > command completions that make using the shell as easy as an IDE. > > > > https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/tree/master > > https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k > > https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions > > > > To enable the cool glyphs you will need to install Nerd fonts and > > configure your terminal emulator. If you're a Windows user and using > > PuTTY I recommend switching to Windows Terminial (preferably with WSL2) > > which has tabs, tiled windows and is just miles better. If you're on a > > Mac like me it's easy to configure Termimal, iTerm2 or whatever emulator > > you use. Same with Linux desktops. On z/OS "export TERM=xterm-256color" > > > > In the meantime, there is a port of powerline-go as part of the Z/OS > > Open Tools project. If you have downloaded the installer you can install > > it simply by running "zopen install powerlinegoport". > > > > https://github.com/justjanne/powerline-go # instructions how to > > configure it with bash > > > > Z Shell (Zsh) on z/OS > > > > The Z Shell (Zsh), specifically Zsh 5.8.1, has been ported and made > > available on z/OS 3.1. Zsh is a UNIX command interpreter that is used as > > an interactive login shell and as a shell script command processor. It > > has command-line editing, built-in spelling correction, programmable > > command completion, shell functions (with autoloading), a history > > mechanism, and a host of other features. With the extensibility, rich > > customization, and advanced features, Zsh provides a modern and powerful > > shell on z/OS. It is designed to accelerate users' daily work and have > > consistent behavior with other open platforms. > > > > On 17/8/2023 11:31 pm, Tom Longfellow wrote: > > > > > I am confused and am throwing out a Hail Mary for help. Here is the > > > situation. > > > Two cloned LPARs. (same sysres and unix root file systems) > > > > > > On system 1 - the /etc/profile has a PS1 of > > > export PS1="[\\u@\\H \\W \\@]\\$ " > > > > > > On system 2 - the /etc/profile has a PS1 of > > > export PS1="[\\u@\\H \\W \\@]\\$ " > > > > > > Why YES they do look the same... at least they do to me. > > > -=-=-= > > > The results however are very different. > > > > > > On system one the displayed PS1 is > > > [TECH905@jismvs_test ~ 11:26 AM]$ > > > > > > On system two the displayed PS1 is > > > [\u@\H \W \@]$ > > > -=-=-=-= > > > I am using the same SHELL program in my environment. (/usr/bin/bash) > > > > > > Anybody have any ideas why the two different LPARs are reading the same > > > string but interpreting it in two different ways? > > > My suspect is some dark secret settings in the Unix file system. 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