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diff --git a/contrib/tcsh/FAQ b/contrib/tcsh/FAQ index 59175c9..92aadc7 100644 --- a/contrib/tcsh/FAQ +++ b/contrib/tcsh/FAQ @@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ be able to get ftp it... :-) _________________________________________________________________ - 1. Why is the meta key broken in tcsh-5.20 and up? + 1. Where can I find tcsh sources? + + See http://www.tcsh.org/MostRecentRelease for download locations. + _________________________________________________________________ + + 2. Why is the meta key broken in tcsh-5.20 and up? On some machines the tty is not set up to pass 8 bit characters by default. Tcsh 5.19 used to try to determine if pass8 should be set by @@ -40,7 +45,7 @@ printable meta characters for commands) setenv NOREBIND. _________________________________________________________________ - 2. I ran 'dbxtool &' and 'shelltool &' from tcsh, and they end up in + 3. I ran 'dbxtool &' and 'shelltool &' from tcsh, and they end up in cbreak and no echo mode? These programs are broken. Background jobs should not try to look at @@ -56,19 +61,19 @@ in your .dbxinit _________________________________________________________________ - 3. I tried to compile tcsh and it cannot find <locale.h>? + 4. I tried to compile tcsh and it cannot find <locale.h>? Your system does not support NLS. Undefine NLS in config_f.h and it should work fine. _________________________________________________________________ - 4. Where can I get csh sources? + 5. Where can I get csh sources? Csh sources are now available with the 4.4BSD networking distributions. You don't need csh sources to compile tcsh-6.0x. _________________________________________________________________ - 5. I just made tcsh my login shell, and I cannot ftp any more? + 6. I just made tcsh my login shell, and I cannot ftp any more? Newer versions of the ftp daemon check for the validity of the user's shell before they allow logins. The list of valid login shells is @@ -81,7 +86,7 @@ shells for your system, so that other people can ftp too :-) _________________________________________________________________ - 6. I am using SunView? or OpenWindows? and editing is screwed up. In + 7. I am using SunView or OpenWindows and editing is screwed up. In particular my arrow keys and backspace don't work right. What am I doing wrong? @@ -93,32 +98,36 @@ 1. Don't use suntools 2. Use shelltool instead of cmdtool. 3. Unset edit in tcsh. + _________________________________________________________________ - 6b. On a SPARCstation running Solaris 2.x and OpenWindows? 3.1, inside - a cmdtool, the short-cut key sequence to clear log (i.e. Meta-e or - Diamond-e) doesn't work: it just echos 'e' + 8. On a SPARCstation running Solaris 2.x and OpenWindows 3.1, inside a + cmdtool, the short-cut key sequence to clear log (i.e. Meta-e or + Diamond-e) doesn't work: it just echos 'e'; or - 6c. On a SPARCstation running Solaris 2.x and OpenWindows? 3.1, - maketool (within SPARCworks) doesn't work: it just does a `cd' to the - working directory then stops. + Unset edit in tcsh. + _________________________________________________________________ + + 9. On a SPARCstation running Solaris 2.x and OpenWindows 3.1, maketool + (within SPARCworks) doesn't work: it just does a `cd' to the working + directory then stops. - The workaround for 6b and 6c is doing "unset edit." Using shelltool - instead of cmdtool doesn't fix 6c. + Unset edit in tcsh. Using shelltool instead of cmdtool does not fix + this. _________________________________________________________________ - 7. I rlogin to another machine, and then no matter what I tell 'stty' + 10. I rlogin to another machine, and then no matter what I tell 'stty' I cannot get it to pass 8 bit characters? Maybe you need to use 'rlogin -8' to tell rlogin to pass 8 bit characters. _________________________________________________________________ - 8. Where do I get the public domain directory library? + 11. Where do I get the public domain directory library? Anonymous ftp to prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/dirent.tar.Z _________________________________________________________________ - 9. I compiled tcsh using gcc, and when I start up it says: tcsh: + 12. I compiled tcsh using gcc, and when I start up it says: tcsh: Warning no access to tty (Invalid Argument). Thus no job control in this shell @@ -130,13 +139,13 @@ 3. Compile with cc. _________________________________________________________________ - 10. I compiled tcsh with the SunOS? unbundled compiler and now things + 13. I compiled tcsh with the SunOS unbundled compiler and now things get echo'ed twice. It is a bug in the unbundled optimizer. Lower the optimization level. _________________________________________________________________ - 11. How can I use the arrow keys with hpterm? + 14. How can I use the arrow keys with hpterm? Hp terminals use the arrow keys internally. You can tell hpterm not to do that, by sending it the termcap sequence smkx. Since this has to be @@ -151,7 +160,7 @@ if you are using termcap, replace "smkx" with "ks"... _________________________________________________________________ - 12. On POSIX machines ^C and ^Z will do not work when tcsh is a login + 15. On POSIX machines ^C and ^Z will do not work when tcsh is a login shell? Make sure that the interrupt character is set to ^C and suspend is set @@ -159,7 +168,7 @@ ^C susp ^Z' will set them to ^C and ^Z respectively. _________________________________________________________________ - 13. I am trying to compile tcsh and I am getting compile errors that + 16. I am trying to compile tcsh and I am getting compile errors that look like: >sh.c:???: `STR???' undeclared, outside of functions [gcc] @@ -169,7 +178,7 @@ headers. Type 'make clean; make' _________________________________________________________________ - 14. On the cray, sometimes the CR/LF mapping gets screwed up. + 17. On the cray, sometimes the CR/LF mapping gets screwed up. You are probably logged in to the cray via telnet. Cray's telnetd implements line mode selection the telnet client you are using does @@ -181,21 +190,21 @@ character'. _________________________________________________________________ - 15. On AU/X, I made tcsh my startup shell, but the mac desktop is not + 18. On AU/X, I made tcsh my startup shell, but the mac desktop is not starting up (no X11 or Finder), and I only get console emulation. This is another manifestation of item 5. Just add the pathname to tcsh in /etc/shells and everything should work fine. _________________________________________________________________ - 16. On machines that use YP (NIS) tilde expansion might end up in + 19. On machines that use YP (NIS) tilde expansion might end up in /dev/null If this happens complain to your vendor, to get a new version of NIS. You can fix that in tcsh by defining YPBUGS in config.h _________________________________________________________________ - 17. Script on SGI 4.0.5 does not give us a tty, so we cannot have job + 20. Script on SGI 4.0.5 does not give us a tty, so we cannot have job control. Their csh does not have job control either. Try: @@ -204,18 +213,21 @@ % cat > /dev/tty _________________________________________________________________ - 18. I start tcsh and it takes a couple of minutes to get the prompt. + 21. I start tcsh and it takes a couple of minutes to get the prompt. You have defined REMOTEHOST and your DNS is not responding. Either undefine REMOTEHOST and recompile or fix your DNS. _________________________________________________________________ - 19. If you need help generating your .cshrc file, check out: + 22. If you need help generating your .cshrc file, check out: - http://www.imada.ou.dk/~blackie/dotfile/ + http://www.imada.sdu.dk/~blackie/dotfile/ + + or + http://www.dotfiles.com _________________________________________________________________ - 20. On POSIX systems the kernel will send hup signals to all the + 23. On POSIX systems the kernel will send hup signals to all the processes in the foreground process group if 'stty hupcl' is set. For example @@ -230,27 +242,57 @@ avoid that you can set stty -hupcl, but it is not recommended. _________________________________________________________________ - 21. When I rsh the meta key stops working on the remote machine. + 24. When I rsh the meta key stops working on the remote machine. Try using rsh -8; this option is undocumented on some systems, but it works. If that does not work, get and use ssh/sshd. You'll be better off from a security point of view anyway. _________________________________________________________________ - 22. Tcsh compiled under hp/ux-10.x does not pass resource limits + 25. Tcsh compiled under hp/ux-10.x does not pass resource limits correctly when ran on hp/ux-11.x systems. This is a problem with lack of ABI compatibility between the two systems. The only solution is to recompile. _________________________________________________________________ - 23. Refreshing in command line editing can appear broken on some OS's + 26. Refreshing in command line editing can appear broken on some OS's This is because the termcap/terminfo description lies about the ability of the terminal to use tabs. At least on Compaq/DEC Alpha OSF/1 3.x and 4.x systems, stty -tabs will cause problems. _________________________________________________________________ + 27. Where can I learn the merits of tcsh vs. bash vs. csh vs. sh etc? + + You can read the manual page section titled [NEW FEATURES] listing + features that tcsh adds to csh. + + You can read Tom Christiansen's [Csh Programming Considered Harmful], + a document advocating that csh (and by extension, tcsh) should not be + used for writing shell scripts. + + XXX: Need to find something about [bash], but bash is sh-compatible + and has many of the same interactive features of tcsh (command + completion does not appear to be as flexible, though). + + [Curtains up: introducing the Z shell] has a pretty good rundown on + zsh. Aside from the arguments about csh being evil, tcsh appears to + compare well with zsh [zsh]. Zsh is sh and ksh compatible, with many + of the interactive features of tcsh. + _________________________________________________________________ + + 28. Why does FreeBSD's tcsh do history browsing differently than I + expect? + + On FreeBSD, by default, the up arrow is set to + "history-search-backward", rather than the default "up-history". As a + result, if you type (part of) a word and press up arrow, you'll see + previous commands that match the prefix. Pretty useful, actually, + although it takes some getting used to. You can use bindkey to see + your settings, and to rebind up & down differently if desired. + _________________________________________________________________ + Everything else is a bug :-( Christos @@ -258,5 +300,5 @@ Home | RecentChanges | Preferences Edit text of this page | View other revisions - Last edited April 27, 2001 13:43 (diff) + Last edited April 29, 2004 15:02 (diff) Search: ____________________ |
