Re: [Mingw-users] Is there any plan to include zch

[zwz <zha...@gm...>]

Erwin Waterlander <wat...@xs...>
writes:

> zwz schreef, Op 26-12-2010 15:46:
>> Hi,
>> I just came across winzsh on http://zsh-nt.sourceforge.net/.
>>
>> It is just a bare shell without any other utilities.
>>
>> Zch has some features I desire. And I am just wondering if it would be
>> included in MSYS as an alternative to bash?
>
> If you only need a simple programming environment with gcc, gnu-make, 
> and a Unix shell, then you can already use WinZsh. Combine WinZsh with 
> the utilities from the GnuWin32 project (coreutils, make) and the MinGW
> compiler. Then you don't need msys at all. This is how I worked for 
> several years.
>
> WinZsh works well on Windows 98 and XP, but is unstable on Windows 
> Vista/7. The GnuWin32 utilities are not actively maintained. Msys-bash 
> and utilities is a much better environment.
>
> BTW
> The same author also created a native Windows csh (www.tcsh.org), which
> is actively maintained.
>
> best regards,
>
> Erwin Waterlander
Hey, thanks for your tips!
I use msys+mingw for programming. But I miss zsh.
I will try winzsh/csh with the utilities in msys.
Best regards,
zwz