diff -up nedit-5.5/source/preferences.c.nocsh nedit-5.5/source/preferences.c
--- nedit-5.5/source/preferences.c.nocsh 2004-08-20 21:33:20.000000000 +0200
+++ nedit-5.5/source/preferences.c 2007-10-29 13:07:26.000000000 +0100
@@ -926,11 +926,7 @@ static PrefDescripRec PrefDescrip[] = {
(void *)sizeof(PrefData.tooltipBgColor), False},
{"shell", "Shell", PREF_STRING,
-#if defined(__MVS__) || defined(__EMX__)
"/bin/sh",
-#else
- "/bin/csh",
-#endif
PrefData.shell, (void *)sizeof(PrefData.shell), False},
{"geometry", "Geometry", PREF_STRING, "",
PrefData.geometry, (void *)sizeof(PrefData.geometry), False},