Re: Cygwin New User Issue?

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:03:26 +0800
Aaron Davies <aaron.davies@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Specific to cygwin, I should also note that the default install has no  
> "clear" command included (they've packaged that with ncurses), so zsh- 
> newuser-install also throws several "command not found: clear" errors.

This should cover most bases.

Index: Functions/Newuser/zsh-newuser-install
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RCS file: /cvsroot/zsh/zsh/Functions/Newuser/zsh-newuser-install,v
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -r1.7 zsh-newuser-install
--- Functions/Newuser/zsh-newuser-install	17 Aug 2009 11:15:38 -0000	1.7
+++ Functions/Newuser/zsh-newuser-install	21 Aug 2009 14:25:18 -0000
@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@
   return 1
 fi
 
+# clear is missing in some Cygwin configurations (lacking ncurses)
+if ! ( clear >/dev/null 2>/dev/null ); then
+  if zmodload zsh/termcap 2>/dev/null; then
+    clear() { echotc cl; }
+  else
+    clear() { print -n "\e[H\e[J"; }
+  fi
+fi
+
 # The directory in which to look for and save .zshrc.
 local zd=${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}
 # The same directory in a user friendly form, i.e. with ~ replacement.

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