Wednesday, August 6th, 2008, 12:40 am

ZSH, I love it 

I was bored a couple of days ago. I installed xmonad and everything worked like it schould. So I started browsing the ArchLinux wiki searching for something new to install. I heard about zsh-completion being wonderfull but I never understould what zsh was. Zsh is a shell, an alternative to bash. I never had problems with bash but I never founf it really good. I liked it’s completion but I heard zsh’s completion was better.

Zsh is in ArchLinux’ extra repository. You can change from shell using the usermod command. You just do

usermod -s /bin/zsh USERNAME

You have to login and logout to activate the shell. Basic configuration is done in .zshrc. It works like .bashrc with some other commands. My .zshrc is bits and pieces from other people and form my .bashrc. You can find my .zshrc on my git branch. Gentoo’s documentation on zsh is rather good.

Since I now have succesfully installed and configured zsh I am looking for a new project, anyone tips? And also, i would love to see your .zshrc

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  1. [ :-) ]
    August 13, 2008 @ 2:05 am
    rpj8:

    I’ve always been a bit timid whenever I think about changing my default shell. Also, I’ve read / been told that zsh is a bit chunkier to handle and it can run a bit slower than bash. How true is this? Have you noticed any hang-ups?

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  2. [ :-) ]
    August 13, 2008 @ 2:11 am
    Vincent:

    I was a bit timid as well, it is such a base program but i am gladd i did it. A lot easier then i thought.The only problem that i have with is that when i install a new program, it isn’t in the tab-completion file til i restart the terminal. I haven’t noticed any speed difference with bash. And i am not sure what you mean by chunkier.

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