zsh.md

Zsh

Oh My Zsh

Oh My Zsh is a delightful community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration.

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Use the default theme. Don't speeding time on choosing a theme.

ZSH_THEME='robbyrussell'

Disable auto update. Sometimes the update prompt is annoying because it breaks the command you run when launching the Terminal.

DISABLE_AUTO_UPDATE="true"

Alias

Alias git diff as diff for rich color and styles.

alias diff="git diff --no-index"

Exports

Make non-ASCII characters display right.

export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8

Functions

Plugins

Oh My Zsh plugins allow you to add functionality of many sorts to your shell just by enabling them. Plugins

Enable zsh plugins:

plugins=(
  git
  zsh-autosuggestions
  zsh-syntax-highlighting
)

Zsh Autosuggestions

Zsh Autosuggestions: It suggests commands as you type based on history and completions.

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

Speeds up pasting with autosuggestions. Issue 238

pasteinit() {
  OLD_SELF_INSERT=${${(s.:.)widgets[self-insert]}[2,3]}
  zle -N self-insert url-quote-magic # I wonder if you'd need `.url-quote-magic`?
}

pastefinish() {
  zle -N self-insert $OLD_SELF_INSERT
}
zstyle :bracketed-paste-magic paste-init pasteinit
zstyle :bracketed-paste-magic paste-finish pastefinish

Clear suggestion after pasting. Issue 351

ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_CLEAR_WIDGETS+=(bracketed-paste)

Zsh Syntax Highlighting

Zsh Syntax Highlighting: This package provides syntax highlighting for the shell zsh. It enables highlighting of commands whilst they are typed at a zsh prompt into an interactive terminal. This helps in reviewing commands before running them, particularly in catching syntax errors.

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting