1startmenu() 2menu(Author) 3menu(Availability) 4menu(Mailing Lists) 5menu(The Zsh FAQ) 6menu(The Zsh Web Page) 7menu(The Zsh Userguide) 8menu(See Also) 9endmenu() 10texinode(Author)(Availability)()(Introduction) 11sect(Author) 12cindex(author) 13Zsh was originally written by Paul Falstad tt(<pf@zsh.org>). 14Zsh is now maintained by the members of the zsh-workers mailing 15list tt(<zsh-workers@zsh.org>). The development is currently 16coordinated by Peter Stephenson tt(<pws@zsh.org>). The coordinator 17can be contacted at tt(<coordinator@zsh.org>), but matters relating to 18the code should generally go to the mailing list. 19texinode(Availability)(Mailing Lists)(Author)(Introduction) 20sect(Availability) 21Zsh is available from the following anonymous FTP sites. These mirror 22sites are kept frequently up to date. The sites marked with em((H)) may be 23mirroring tt(ftp.cs.elte.hu) instead of the primary site. 24 25cindex(FTP sites for zsh) 26cindex(acquiring zsh by FTP) 27cindex(availability of zsh) 28INCLUDEFILE(Zsh/ftp_sites.yo)\ 29 30The up-to-date source code is available via anonymous CVS and Git from 31Sourceforge. See tt(http://sourceforge.net/projects/zsh/) for details. 32A summary of instructions for the CVS and Git archives can be found at 33tt(http://zsh.sourceforget.net/). 34 35texinode(Mailing Lists)(The Zsh FAQ)(Availability)(Introduction) 36sect(Mailing Lists) 37cindex(mailing lists) 38Zsh has 3 mailing lists: 39 40startitem() 41item(tt(<zsh-announce@zsh.org>))( 42Announcements about releases, major changes in the shell and the 43monthly posting of the Zsh FAQ. (moderated) 44) 45item(tt(<zsh-users@zsh.org>))( 46User discussions. 47) 48item(tt(<zsh-workers@zsh.org>))( 49Hacking, development, bug reports and patches. 50) 51enditem() 52 53To subscribe or unsubscribe, send mail 54to the associated administrative address for the mailing list. 55 56startlist() 57list(tt(<zsh-announce-subscribe@zsh.org>)) 58list(tt(<zsh-users-subscribe@zsh.org>)) 59list(tt(<zsh-workers-subscribe@zsh.org>)) 60 61list(tt(<zsh-announce-unsubscribe@zsh.org>)) 62list(tt(<zsh-users-unsubscribe@zsh.org>)) 63list(tt(<zsh-workers-unsubscribe@zsh.org>)) 64endlist() 65 66YOU ONLY NEED TO JOIN ONE OF THE MAILING LISTS AS THEY ARE NESTED. 67All submissions to bf(zsh-announce) are automatically forwarded to 68bf(zsh-users). All submissions to bf(zsh-users) are automatically 69forwarded to bf(zsh-workers). 70 71If you have problems subscribing/unsubscribing to any of the mailing 72lists, send mail to tt(<listmaster@zsh.org>). The mailing lists are 73maintained by Karsten Thygesen tt(<karthy@kom.auc.dk>). 74 75The mailing lists are archived; the archives can be accessed via the 76administrative addresses listed above. There is also a hypertext 77archive, maintained by Geoff Wing tt(<gcw@zsh.org>), available at 78tt(http://www.zsh.org/mla/). 79texinode(The Zsh FAQ)(The Zsh Web Page)(Mailing Lists)(Introduction) 80sect(The Zsh FAQ) 81Zsh has a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), maintained by 82Peter Stephenson tt(<pws@zsh.org>). It is regularly posted to the 83newsgroup bf(comp.unix.shell) and the bf(zsh-announce) mailing list. 84The latest version can be found at any of the Zsh FTP sites, or at 85tt(http://www.zsh.org/FAQ/). The contact address for FAQ-related matters 86is tt(<faqmaster@zsh.org>). 87texinode(The Zsh Web Page)(The Zsh Userguide)(The Zsh FAQ)(Introduction) 88sect(The Zsh Web Page) 89Zsh has a web page which is located at tt(http://www.zsh.org/). This is 90maintained by Karsten Thygesen tt(<karthy@zsh.org>), of SunSITE Denmark. 91The contact address for web-related matters is tt(<webmaster@zsh.org>). 92texinode(The Zsh Userguide)(See Also)(The Zsh Web Page)(Introduction) 93sect(The Zsh Userguide) 94A userguide is currently in preparation. It is intended to complement the 95manual, with explanations and hints on issues where the manual can be 96cabbalistic, hierographic, or downright mystifying (for example, the word 97`hierographic' does not exist). It can be viewed in its current state at 98tt(http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Guide/). At the time of writing, chapters 99dealing with startup files and their contents and the new completion system 100were essentially complete. 101sect(The Zsh Wiki) 102A `wiki' website for zsh has been created at tt(http://www.zshwiki.org/). 103This is a site which can be added to and modified directly by users without 104any special permission. You can add your own zsh tips and configurations. 105