dotzsh is a configuration framework for Zsh that enriches the command line interface environment with sane defaults, aliases, functions, auto completion, and prompt themes.

dotzsh strives to be platform and version independent, some functionality may be lost when running under older versions of zsh, but it should degrade cleanly and allow you to use the same setup on multiple machines of differing OS's without problems.

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone --recursive https://github.com/dotphiles/dotzsh.git ~/.zsh

2. Create a new Zsh configuration by copying the Zsh configuration file templates provided:

   for rcfile in ~/.zsh/templates/z{shenv,shrc,login,logout}; do cp -f $rcfile ~/.$rcfile:t done

3. Set Zsh as your default shell:

   chsh -s /bin/zsh

4. Open a new Zsh terminal window or tab.

If you have administrator privileges, you must fix an Apple-introduced problem in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard by executing the following command, or BASH and Zsh will have the wrong PATH when executed non-interactively.

sudo chmod ugo-x /usr/libexec/path_helper

path_helper is intended to make it easier for installers to add new paths to the environment without having to edit shell configuration files by adding a file with a path to the /etc/paths.d directory.

Unfortunately, path_helper always reads paths from /etc/paths set by Apple then paths from /etc/paths.d set by third party installers, and lastly paths from the PATH environment variable set by the parent process, which ultimately is set by the user with export PATH=... Thus, it reorders path priorities, and user /bin directories meant to override system /bin directories end up at the tail of the array.

If you are not able to find certain commands after switching to dotzsh, modify the PATH variable in ~/.zshenv then open a new Zsh terminal window or tab.

dotzsh has many features disabled by default. Read the source code and accompanying README files to learn of what is available.

1. Browse ~/.zsh/modules/ to see what is available.
2. Load the modules you need in ~/.zshrc then open a new Zsh terminal window or tab.

1. Add your own modules to ~/.zsh.local/modules/ to override existing modules.
2. Load the modules you need in ~/.zshrc then open a new Zsh terminal window or tab.

1. For a list of themes, type prompt -l.
2. To preview a theme, type prompt -p name.
3. Load the theme you like in ~/.zshrc then open a new Zsh terminal window or tab.

To enable debug timing, add the following to zshrc

 zstyle ':dotzsh:load' timing 'yes'
 zstyle ':dotzsh:module:*' timing 'yes'

dzinfo will show which module are loaded and how long they took to start.

  dotzsh 0.2.0 on darwin12.2.0 running zsh 5.0.0

 module                            global local   aliases colour  startup
 ======                            ====== =====   ======= ======  =======
 gnu-utility                          yes no          yes yes        5 ms
 environment                          yes no          yes yes        9 ms
 terminal                             yes no          yes yes        6 ms
 editor                               yes no          yes yes        7 ms
 history                              yes no          yes yes        3 ms
 utility                              yes no          yes yes       19 ms
 completion                           yes no          yes yes       29 ms
 directory                            yes no          yes yes        3 ms
 ssh                                  yes no          yes yes       34 ms
 gnupg                                yes no          yes yes       33 ms
 osx                                  yes no          yes yes        3 ms
 archive                              yes no          yes yes        2 ms
 git                                  yes no          yes yes        4 ms
 yum                                   no no          yes yes        3 ms
 tmux                                 yes no          yes yes        4 ms
 syntax-highlighting                  yes no          yes yes       14 ms
 perl                                 yes no          yes yes        7 ms
 rsync                                yes no          yes yes        7 ms
 grc                                  yes no          yes yes        3 ms
 node                                 yes no          yes yes        3 ms
 mercurial                            yes no          yes yes        3 ms
 notify                               yes no          yes yes        3 ms
 dotsync                              yes no          yes yes        6 ms
 fasd                                 yes no          yes yes       12 ms
 taskwarrior                          yes no          yes yes        2 ms
 history-substring-search             yes no          yes yes        6 ms
 theme                                yes no          yes yes       28 ms
                                                                  =======
                                               modules Loaded in   273 ms
                                                dotzsh Loaded in   359 ms

dzD will enable ZTRACE and reload zshrc

dzd will disable XTRACE and reload zshrc

dzs will reload zshrc

The project is managed via Git. It is highly recommend that you commit your changes and push them to GitHub to not lose them. If you do not know how to use Git, follow this tutorial and bookmark this reference.

Submit program completions to the zsh-completions project. The dotzsh completions directory will be synchronized against it.

The Zsh Reference Card is indispensable.

dotzsh has been tested and developed to work on the following

• MacOSX >= 10.6
• Enterprise Linux >= 5
• Debian >= 6
• Ubuntu >= 11
• ArchLinux >= 2011.08.19
• OpenSolaris >= 11

If you use an older version or a different OS and see problems please raise an issue on the issue tracker

Copyright (c) 2012 dotzsh contributers

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.