PATCH: FAQ, Windows

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>]

Somebody pointed out the link in the FAQ to a native Windows version of
zsh was out of date.

I don't know of any active Windows port of zsh other than Cygwin, which
isn't really a port.  I suspect nobody else does, either.

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@@ -274,8 +274,9 @@
   any modern version of UNIX, and a great many not-so-modern versions
   too.  The file MACHINES in the distribution has more details.
 
-  There are also now separate ports for Windows and OS/2, see `Where
-  do I get it' below.
+  There used to be separate ports for Windows and OS/2, but these
+  are rather out of date and hard to get; however, zsh exists for
+  the Cygwin environment.  See further notes below.
 
   If you need to change something to support a new machine, it would be
   appreciated if you could add any necessary preprocessor code and
@@ -373,29 +374,15 @@
 (http://zsh.open-mirror.com/)
   )
 
-  The Windows port mentioned above is maintained separately by email(Amol
-  Deshpande <amold@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>); please mail Amol directly about any
-  Windows-specific problems.  This is based on 3.0.5, and probably will
-  not be developed further.  You can get it from:
-
-  description(
-    mydit()        url(ftp://ftp.blarg.net/users/amol/zsh/)
-(ftp://ftp.blarg.net/users/amol/zsh/)  
-  )
-
-  There is no port of version 4 for Windows, but newer releases compile under
-  Cygwin, a freely available UNIX-style environment for the Win32 API.  You
-  can find information about this at 
-  url(http://www.cygwin.com/)\
-(http://www.cygwin.com/).
-
-  Likewise the OS/2 port is available from email(TAMURA Kent
-  <kent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>) at
-
-  description(
-    mydit()        url(http://cgi.din.or.jp/~tkent/tmp/zsh-3.0.0-os2-a01.zip)
-(http://cgi.din.or.jp/~tkent/tmp/zsh-3.0.0-os2-a01.zip)
-  )
+  A Windows port used to be maintaiend by Amol Deshpandem based on 3.0.5,
+  but this is rather out of date and hard to find.  Various other
+  attempts have been made to port zsh to Windows but I am not aware
+  of any current native Windows version.  All recent releases of zsh
+  compile under Cygwin, a freely available UNIX-style environment for the
+  Win32 API, and a pre-compiled version of zsh can be downloaded by
+  the Cygwin installer.  You can find information about this at
+  url(http://www.cygwin.com/)(http://www.cygwin.com/).  Please email
+  email(zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxx) if you have information about other ports.
 
   Starting from mid-October 1997, there is an archive of patches sent
   to the maintainers' mailing list.  Note that these may not all be

-- 
Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>                  Software Engineer
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