From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Nov 9 11:50: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA69037B417 for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 11:50:00 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.4/8.11.4) id fA9Jo0N34093; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 11:50:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Received: from blackhelicopters.org (geburah.blackhelicopters.org [209.69.178.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 234B437B416 for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 11:45:37 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mwlucas@localhost) by blackhelicopters.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA16375; Fri, 9 Nov 2001 14:45:36 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mwlucas) Message-Id: <200111091945.OAA16375@blackhelicopters.org> Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 14:45:36 -0500 (EST) From: mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org Reply-To: mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 Subject: docs/31884: update shells description Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 31884 >Category: docs >Synopsis: update shells description >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Nov 09 11:50:00 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Michael Lucas >Release: FreeBSD 3.5-STABLE i386 >Organization: None >Environment: recent -doc tree >Description: We now ship tcsh, not csh. Replace csh with tcsh, and replace port tcsh with port zsh (as an example). >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: *** en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml-dist Fri Nov 9 14:21:12 2001 --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.sgml Fri Nov 9 14:42:21 2001 *************** *** 1004,1013 **** built in functions to help everyday tasks such a file management, file globing, command line editing, command macros, and environment variables. FreeBSD comes with a set of shells, such as ! sh, the Bourne Shell, and csh, ! the C-shell. Many other shells are available from the FreeBSD Ports Collection that have much more power, such as ! tcsh and bash. Which shell do you use? It is really a matter of taste. If you are a C programmer you might feel more comfortable with a C-like shell --- 1004,1013 ---- built in functions to help everyday tasks such a file management, file globing, command line editing, command macros, and environment variables. FreeBSD comes with a set of shells, such as ! sh, the Bourne Shell, and tcsh, ! the improved C-shell. Many other shells are available from the FreeBSD Ports Collection that have much more power, such as ! zsh and bash. Which shell do you use? It is really a matter of taste. If you are a C programmer you might feel more comfortable with a C-like shell >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message