# Use Vi(m) style key bindings.
bindkey -v
-# Use the history and store it in ~/.zsh/history.
+# Use history and store it in ~/.zsh/history.
HISTSIZE=1000
SAVEHIST=1000
HISTFILE=~/.zsh/history
# Set the default prompt. The current host and working directory is displayed,
# the exit code of the last command if it wasn't 0 and a + if this shell is
# running inside another shell.
-# The prompt is in green and blue to make easily detectable, The error exit
+# The prompt is in green and blue to make easily detectable, the error exit
# code in red and bold.
PROMPT="%{${fg[green]}%}%B%m%b%{${fg[default]}%}:\
%{${fg[blue]}%}%B%~%b%{${fg[default]}%} %(2L.+.)%# \
%(?..(%{${fg[red]}%}%B%?%b%{${fg[default]}%}%) )"
-# Use the new completion system.
+# Use new completion system.
autoload -U compinit && compinit
-# Make sure the list of possible completions is displayed after pressing <Tab>
+# Make sure the list of possible completions is displayed after pressing <TAB>
# the first time.
setopt nolistambiguous
-# Use a cache to speed up completions.
+# Allow completions in the middle of a text, i.e. "/usr/bin/<TAB>whatever"
+# completes like "/usr/bin/<TAB>". Useful when adding new options to commands.
+bindkey "^I" expand-or-complete-prefix
+# Use cache to speed up completions.
zstyle ':completion:*' use-cache on
zstyle ':completion:*' cache-path ~/.zsh/cache
-# Ignore the case if the currently typed string doesn't match.
+# Ignore case if currently typed string doesn't match.
zstyle ':completion:*' matcher-list '' 'm:{a-zA-Z}={A-Za-z}'
+# Ignore completion functions.
+zstyle ':completion:*:functions' ignored-patterns '_*'
+# Ignore parent directory.
+zstyle ':completion:*:(cd|mv|cp):*' ignore-parents parent pwd
# Enable zsh's extended glob abilities.
-setopt extendedglob
+setopt extendedglob
+# If ^C is pressed while typing a command, add it to the history so it can be
+# easily retrieved later and then abort like ^C normally does. This is useful
+# when I want to abort an command to do something in between and then finish
+# typing the command.
+TRAPINT() {
+ # Store the current buffer in the history.
+ zle && print -s $BUFFER
-# If a rc.local file exists load it, otherwise load a rc file for the current
-# hostname (first part before a dot) if it exists.
+ # Return the default exit code so zsh aborts the current command.
+ return $1
+}
+
+# Simplify calls to less, automatically redirects all output.
+alias -g L='2>&1 | less'
+# Simplify calls to colordiff, output is also piped through less.
+alias -g D='2>&1 | colordiff L'
+# Simplify calls to grep.
+alias -g G='| grep'
+
+# Improved ls which displays the files in columns (-C), visualises directories,
+# links and other special files (-F) and pages everything through less (L).
+function ls() {
+ command ls -C -F $* L
+}
+# Helper function to list all files.
+function la() {
+ ls -a $*
+}
+# Helper function to list all files in list format with access rights, etc.
+function ll() {
+ la -l $*
+}
+
+
+# If a rc file for the current hostname (first part before a dot) exists load
+# it, otherwise load rc.local if available.
host=${$(hostname)//.*/}
-if [[ -f ~/.zsh/rc.local ]]; then;
- source ~/.zsh/rc.local
-elif [[ -f ~/.zsh/rc.$host ]]; then;
+if [[ -f ~/.zsh/rc.$host ]]; then;
source ~/.zsh/rc.$host
+elif [[ -f ~/.zsh/rc.local ]]; then;
+ source ~/.zsh/rc.local
fi