Re: Emacs Environment Variables

[David Kastrup]

Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:

> 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?

Because it sucks for scripting and does not offer any advantage for
interactive work when compared to modern Bourne shells?

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum