From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs Environment Variables Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:18:03 +0100 Message-ID: <73F8B52F-03E5-422B-8475-4E4701203919@Web.DE> References: <7e3068b0-defa-4b37-9092-182b521f5f50@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com> <3568102A-B060-4D1F-B7B5-7944386B07A9@Web.DE> <20071124124821.GA5409@ono.com> <87ir3qzw3m.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1195985925 21545 80.91.229.12 (25 Nov 2007 10:18:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 10:18:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Tim X Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 25 11:18:52 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IwEZf-0005Rx-Of for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:18:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IwEZQ-00067h-Iw for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:18:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IwEZ1-000661-U3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:18:11 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IwEYz-00065A-Vp for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:18:11 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IwEYz-00064S-J3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:18:09 -0500 Original-Received: from fmmailgate03.web.de ([217.72.192.234]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IwEYy-0008OV-EW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:18:08 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp06.web.de (fmsmtp06.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.5.172]) by fmmailgate03.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F1BAB18FD59; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:18:07 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [195.4.207.191] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp06.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (WEB.DE 4.108 #208) id 1IwEYx-00062O-00; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:18:07 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87ir3qzw3m.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+LWx46JYRxhdPO8XgVJezhrjpR1TyssJyP5umF OM6GOrSPUKnkzYJUplJLzJR/poMUji8DtvM87yQq85N2Xhb/p1 rGCHDxGEtLFRqD58Z7FA== X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:49496 Archived-At: Am 25.11.2007 um 07:18 schrieb Tim X: >> IMO bash is a bit too complicated to be used as a user's default >> shell. > > Really? What would you recommend as a default user shell (and > please don't > say csh!)? For interactive use I recommend tcsh to begin with. Tcsh makes no complicated difference between interactive and login shells, it confuses an user only when preferring an existing ~/.cshrc before ~/.tcshrc. Do you know why you are so prejudiced against csh? -- Greetings Pete "A mathematician is a machine that turns coffee into theorems."