Hola @UlisesAlexanderAM. There's already a mechanism in place to source ${0:h}/helper_${helper}.zsh if it exists. So looks like you should define your yay aliases in helper_yay.zsh. @Eriner, it's that the idea with helpers?

Also some of your yay aliases may clobber existing tools, like yq.

I don't use arch, so I can't evaluate your new aliases here. @Eriner, an you check this out?

Hi @ericbn. I modified some aliases to avoid clobbering with existing tools as you suggest.

About the helper_yay.zsh originally I use it but even if I write zstyle ':zim:pacman' helpers 'yay' in .zshrc aliases doesn't work, neither work the helper_aur.zsh with the original pacman module and writing zstyle ':zim:pacman' helpers 'aur'. That's why I change the name and source it manually.

Hola @UlisesAlexanderAM.

I think the aliases work better when they have a common prefix and then just one or two letters after that. And "yay" would de a really short prefix for yay (instead of "y"). :- )

Second, I've just pushed commits to the master branch that fix the loading of the helper files. That was a regression introduced by me in one of the last previous commits.

I'll leave the final decisions regarding the changes proposed here to @Eriner.

Hi @ericbn.
I test your fix and now it works with helper_yay.zsh so I rename the file and delete the line that source the old file.
I agree with you about the prefixes but I'll wait for @Eriner opinion and then change them and move them from a separate section to the helpers section in the README.

I'm hesitant to accept this PR, only because for 90% of these aliases one could just set the zpacman_frontend=yay.

The majority of the aliases, from my brief review, are just pacman pass-throughs, as noted in the comment above.

somemgr_helper.zsh was intended to extend the frontend (aura, yaourt, yay, etc.) where aliases are necessary for the additional functionality that these utilities provide (beyond that of pacman).

Hi @Eriner.

I did it this way because it is the way I do things but now I realize how inneficient it is. So, I'll delete the alias that are just pacman pass-through and add some that are related to the additional funtionality that yay provide.

And thanks for your feedback.