[SlugLUG] What am I missing out on?

[Rohan Sheth]

Sounds downright nifty...I'm installing it from Arch's Repo right now :)

--Rohan


Ignacio Solis wrote:
> * Rohan Sheth (rohan at rohan.ws) said:
>   
>> A lot of people have told me zsh is much better than bash...can anyone
>> toss me a few of the highlights of its features before I install it and
>> start playing?
>>     
>
> Just remember you need a minimal configuration for it to start feeling good.
> Here's a small piece of my .zshrc:
>
> #####################################################
> # Configure history, a big history
> HISTFILE=$HOME/.zsh_history
> SAVEHIST=5000
> HISTSIZE=5000
>
> ######################################################
> # Configure modules, etc.
> autoload -U compinit
> compinit
> autoload -U colors
> colors
>
> ########################################################
> # Lets set the prompt
> PS1="%{$fg[cyan]%}[%{$fg[default]%}%n%{$fg[cyan]%}@%{$fg[default]%}%m%{$fg[cyan]%}:%{$fg[default]%}%~%{$fg[cyan]%}]%(!.#.$)%{$fg[default]%}
> "
>
> You might also want to check the function compinstall. (man zshall, search for
> compinstall).
>
> You'll probably want to customize your prompt... and maybe your key bindings.
> (man zshall or zshzle, look at bindkey).
>
> You can google for zsh vs bash if you want. Some discussions are old though.
>
> One of the best features is obviously command completion.   I know recent bash
> versions do good completion, but I don't think they're at zsh level yet. (some
> one correct me if I'm wrong, I haven't used bash in a while).
>
> In zsh you can autocomplete:
>
> scp somefile remote.server.com:/some/remote/path/autocom<TAB>
> or 
> tar -xzf somefile.tar.gz some/file/inside/the/tar<TAB>
> or
> kill -9 1<TAB>  (list of pids)
> or
> ls --<TAB> (list of options)
>
> etc.
>
> A lot of other stuff is probably in bash already, multi-line editing, vedit,
> csh + sh syntax, etc.
>
>
> After all, it's just a shell right? :-)
>
> Nacho
>
>
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