[SlugLUG] What am I missing out on?

[cerise at armory.com]

Moreover -- it's significantly smaller & faster than bash 8)

-Phil/CERisE

On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 01:35:39PM -0700, Rohan Sheth wrote:
> 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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