help with zsh
i installed zsh on my terminal when i set the custom path to the zsh its didnt a zsh (i tested it with installing oh my zsh) but if its the bash and i type zsh its going to zsh mode how can i automate it thx
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change terminal profiles in the terminal app, which should be ptyxis by default
its usually the best practice to only modify shell in a terminal emulator (i.e. app) and not do it system wide
because that will break things
if ptyxis doesn't have the option you can try installing konsole from bazaar and configure that
ptyxis should have it
you can probably configure the start command to be zsh
i just reinstalled zsh and all worked thx
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