zsh Configuration

Table of Contents

• Installation
• TODO

Installation

This configuration should reside in your respective home directory only, not in /etc. The only file required to be in your home directory is the .zshenv, which sets the ZDOTDIR variable.

cd ~

# Step 1: Backup...
backupdir=_backup/$(datetag)-zsh
mkdir -p "$backupdir"
find . -maxdepth 1 -iname ".z*" -type l -exec mv {} "$backupdir" \;
cp .z* "$backupdir"

# Step 2: Install
[[ -f .zshenv ]] || ln -s ~/_dotfiles/zsh/.zshenv

mkdir -p ~/.config/zsh
while IFS= read -r -d $'\0' target ; do
    link=~/.config/zsh/$(basename "$target")
    echo "$link" "->" "$target"
    rm -rf "$link"
    ln -s -t ~/.config/zsh "$target"
done < <(
    find ~/_dotfiles/zsh/zdotdir -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -print0 | sort -z
)

# See https://github.com/mattmc3/zephyr/tree/main/plugins/zfunctions
# We might want to add this to _dotfiles later...
mkdir .config/zsh/functions

# Step 3: Restore history
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/zsh
mv .zsh_history .local/share/zsh/zsh_history

# Configure to taste
p10k configure

TODO

• Try https://starship.rs/

• Incorporate stuff from plugins/todo (old grml stuff)

• Fix laggy typing …​ probably syntax highlighting?