Thanks for your input. I'll look into bash-completion. I didn't want to cause an inadvertent change in my macports setup.
On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Jason Swails <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 11:09 AM, M. Daniel Becque <[email protected]>wrote: > >> When I installed Macports my machine was configured with tcsh as the >> default shell [it's a G4 mac running 10.4]. I want to change the default >> shell to bash. >> Easy to do but my question is what do I need to change in my Macports >> setup? It looks like I'll need to add the Macports path to my ~/.profile, >> but is there anything else I am missing? >> > > When MacPorts installed, it just dumped the statement: > > export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH > > to my ~/.bash_profile. Since everything else should be shell-independent, > I don't think there's anything else you need. > > If you're making the switch to bash, though, I highly recommend installing > the "bash-completion" port and putting the line: > > test -f /opt/local/etc/bash_completion && . /opt/local/etc/bash_completion > > in your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile. Bash-completion is awesome, and > they have completion for just about anything you could want :) (git, ssh, > rsync, make, configure, cvs, cups, bip2, autoconf, coreutils--just to name > a few. One of my machines claims to have over 200 available bash completion > options). > > All the best, > Jason > > -- > Jason M. Swails > Quantum Theory Project, > University of Florida > Ph.D. Candidate > 352-392-4032 >
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