setopt histignoredups
# Vim like completions of previous executed commands (also enter Vi-mode). If
# called at the beginning it just recalls old commands (like cursor up), if
-# called after typing something only likes starting with the typed are
+# called after typing something only lines starting with the typed are
# returned. Very useful to get old commands quickly. Thanks to Mikachu in #zsh
-# on Freenode (2010-01-17 12:47) for the information how to a function with
-# bindkey.
+# on Freenode (2010-01-17 12:47) for the information how to a use function
+# with bindkey.
zle -N my-vi-history-beginning-search-backward
my-vi-history-beginning-search-backward() {
local not_at_beginning_of_line
zle history-beginning-search-backward
- # Start Vi-mode and stay at the same position (Vi-mode modes one left,
+ # Start Vi-mode and stay at the same position (Vi-mode moves one left,
# this counters it).
zle vi-cmd-mode
if [[ -n $not_at_beginning_of_line ]]; then
# When a program is started preexec() sets the window's name to it; when it
# stops precmd() resets the window's name to 'zsh'.
#
-# It works with screen and xterm. If screen is running in X11 (DISPLAY is set)
-# and stumpwm is running then the window title is also set in stumpwm using
-# stumpish.
+# It works with screen, xterm and rxvt. If screen is running in X11 (DISPLAY
+# is set) and stumpwm is running then the window title is also set in stumpwm
+# using stumpish (I don't use stumpwm actually anymore but I left the changes
+# in as a reference).
#
# If a command is run with sudo or if the shell is running as root then a ! is
# added at the beginning of the command to make this clear. If a command is
local program_name=$1
# When sudo is used use real program name instead, but with an
- # exclamation mark at the beginning.
+ # exclamation mark at the beginning (handled below).
local program_sudo=
if [[ $program_name == sudo* ]]; then
program_name=${program_name#sudo }
# (coloring, scrollable).
zmodload zsh/complist
# Use new completion system, store dumpfile in ~/.zsh/cache to prevent
-# cluttering of ~/.
+# cluttering of ~/. $fpath must be set before calling this. Thanks to Adlai in
+# #zsh on Freenode (2009-08-07 21:05) for reminding me of the $fpath problem.
autoload -U compinit && compinit -d ~/.zsh/cache/zcompdump
# Use cache to speed up completions.
}
# Colorize stderr. Very useful when looking for errors. Thanks to
-# http://gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Zsh
-exec 2>>(while read line; do
- print '\e[91m'${(q)line}'\e[0m' > /dev/tty; print -n $'\0'; done &)
+# http://gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Zsh for the basic script and Mikachu in #zsh on
+# Freenode (2010-03-07 04:03) for some improvements (-r, printf). It's not yet
+# perfect and doesn't work with some interactive stderr output, but in those
+# cases the E alias can be used as workaround.
+exec 2>>(while read -r line; do
+ printf '\e[91m%s\e[0m\n' "$line"
+ print -n $'\0';
+done &)
# Make sure aliases are expanded when using sudo.
alias sudo='sudo '
-# Global aliases for often used commands used in the command line.
+# Global aliases for often used commands in the command line.
alias -g E='2>&1'
alias -g L='E | less'
alias -g D='E | colordiff L'
# OS SPECIFIC SETTINGS
if [[ $(uname) == Linux ]]; then
- # Settings to create Debian packages.
+ # Settings when creating Debian packages.
DEBEMAIL=simon@ruderich.org
export DEBEMAIL
DEBFULLNAME="Simon Ruderich"