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since you are already up and running may I ask what friends have been asking me? Can you apt-get install zsh ?

by evacchi 11y ago

sspiff 11y ago
Ask away. I don't have the tablet with me, but I can answer what I know so far. I haven't tried zsh, but I'm pretty sure you can install it. I installed a bunch of applications, including using third party repos and ppa's. I don't see why zsh would not work. Perhaps zsh uses some unsupported escape sequences (for instance, screen doesn't seem to work), but you can readily work around that by using another terminal in windows (mintty) or launching a VNC server from Linux and a VNC client to your localhost I assume.
- JdeBP 11y ago
  The reason that zsh gives the errors reported earlier in this sub-thread will be different to the reason that screen doesn't work. * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11417227 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11417227 It's readily apparent from the error messages earlier in this sub-thread that the zsh problem isn't to do with escape sequences. And of course the screen problem (at least the one known so far) is not escape sequences, either. * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11416392 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11416392
tallanvor 11y ago
Doesn't look like zsh is fully working yet: root@localhost:~# zsh compaudit:105: wait failed: invalid argument compdef:95: wait failed: invalid argument localhost# exit zsh: you have running jobs. localhost# Will have to try again after the next build.
- sspiff 11y ago
  Have you tried it in another terminal emulator (like mintty) or an X session (using a X running on Windows or a VNC X server)?
dduarte 11y ago
I couldn't get zsh to work (same errors as tallanvor) but other shells did work, like fish with oh-my-fish. I had to run bash in ConEmu to be able to display some unicode characters (those used by powerline themes/fonts) - http://i.imgur.com/JT8Zi5j.png http://i.imgur.com/JT8Zi5j.png

since you are already up and running may I ask what friends have been asking me? Can you apt-get install zsh ?

by evacchi 11y ago

since you are already up and running may I ask what friends have been asking me? Can you apt-get install zsh ?

Ask away. I don't have the tablet with me, but I can answer what I know so far. I haven't tried zsh, but I'm pretty sure you can install it. I installed a bunch of applications, including using third party repos and ppa's. I don't see why zsh would not work. Perhaps zsh uses some unsupported escape sequences (for instance, screen doesn't seem to work), but you can readily work around that by using another terminal in windows (mintty) or launching a VNC server from Linux and a VNC client to your localhost I assume.

JdeBP 11y ago
The reason that zsh gives the errors reported earlier in this sub-thread will be different to the reason that screen doesn't work. * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11417227 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11417227 It's readily apparent from the error messages earlier in this sub-thread that the zsh problem isn't to do with escape sequences. And of course the screen problem (at least the one known so far) is not escape sequences, either. * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11416392 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11416392

tallanvor 11y ago

Doesn't look like zsh is fully working yet: root@localhost:~# zsh compaudit:105: wait failed: invalid argument compdef:95: wait failed: invalid argument localhost# exit zsh: you have running jobs. localhost# Will have to try again after the next build.

sspiff 11y ago
Have you tried it in another terminal emulator (like mintty) or an X session (using a X running on Windows or a VNC X server)?

dduarte 11y ago

I couldn't get zsh to work (same errors as tallanvor) but other shells did work, like fish with oh-my-fish. I had to run bash in ConEmu to be able to display some unicode characters (those used by powerline themes/fonts) - http://i.imgur.com/JT8Zi5j.png http://i.imgur.com/JT8Zi5j.png