ZSH

• Zsh Configuration Files

Plugins

• awesome-zsh-plugins

zsh plugin managers

• archlinux wiki zsh plugin managers
• Yet another "which plugin manager" question
• zsh-plugin-manager-benchmark

zinit

• Abandonned, rescued, reanmed to zi
• zdharma-continuum/zinit

Install:

https://github.com/zdharma/zinit#option-2---manual-installation

git clone https://github.com/zdharma/zinit.git ~/.zinit/bin

Usage:

Other options

• antidote
• sheldon: Rust

Deprecated

• antibody
• antigen
• zgen Abandoned

Alternative config dir

$ cat .zshenv
export ZDOTDIR=~/.config/zsh

ZSH completion

Create/update completions in $ZDOTDIR/completion:

~/bin/custom/zsh_create_completions.sh

http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/Completion-System.html http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Guide/zshguide06.html

man zshcompsys

For active system-wide completions see

• /usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/
• /usr/share/zsh/site-functions/
• and custom ones at ~/.zsh/completion/

https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-completions

Bash completetion compatibility

https://stackoverflow.com/a/8492043

Profiling zsh startup time

• https://kevin.burke.dev/kevin/profiling-zsh-startup-time/
• https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/issues/5327
• https://blog.jonlu.ca/posts/speeding-up-zsh

Measure time:

$ time  zsh -i -c exit
Before: 2,05s user 0,46s system 95% cpu 2,624 total

Start verbose:

zsh -xv

Show zprof profile stats (needs to get enabled on top of .zshrc)

zprof

Colors

Zsh color codes

echo "$(tput setaf 1)~~> Red $(tput sgr0)"

Nvim zsh support

• Still open: shellcheck: Support zsh
• Still open: bash-language-server: Handle zsh syntax