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Zsh 5.0 released

141 points by fredoliveira 14y ago

avolcano 14y ago
This file lists what's new since 4.2: https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh/blob/master/NEWS https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh/blob/master/NEWS
- stevenleeg 14y ago
  > Highlighting and colouring of the command line is supported. Does this mean something like syntax highlighting for the command line is now possible?
  - shabble 14y ago
    I'm using zsh-syntax-highlighting[1] for that, which requires 4.3+, so it will work here. It's pretty great as a starting point, but it really could use more people writing highlighter plugins for different things. It's on my list of things to figure out how to do eventually. [1] https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting
  - Watabou 14y ago
    It was already possible with https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting. Fish is another shell that supports syntax highlighting out of the box.
jcoder 14y ago
I didn't realize that the zsh OS X currently ships with (4.3.11) isn't a stable release. Is that unusual for their built-ins?
- wtallis 14y ago
  I think many of the built-in are actually pretty out of date, but it does seem like Apple's not too concerned with following the upstream release schedule - one of the Xcode releases shipped with a slightly pre-3.0 release of LLVM's clang.
  - duskwuff 14y ago
    Apple has been responsible for a lot of recent LLVM development, so it's not as though they didn't know what they were getting into with that.
- mxey 14y ago
  Everyone ships with the development 4.3.x series, because stable Zsh releases are very rare and the development series is actually very stable. It is not just OS X by far.
travisjeffery 14y ago
Updated Homebrew's Zsh formula for v5, give it a +1 if you want to see it updated faster: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/pull/13543 https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/pull/13543
- Watabou 14y ago
  Is it possible to upgrade OS X's default zsh version to 5.0? How do I make that my login shell? When I go to login options, I don't see zsh 5.0 as an option. Does this mean I have to manually enter the path like /usr/local/zsh?
  - jfb 14y ago
    % chsh yourusername
    - drivebyacct2 14y ago
      Don't you mean `chsh -s /bin/zsh` ?
      - jfb 14y ago
        That works, too. But my way allows you to set your office number in the Gecos field!
  - jevinskie 14y ago
    It's /usr/local/bin/zsh. You have to add that path to /etc/shells before chsh will let you set it as a login shell. Happy zshing!
    - Watabou 14y ago
      Thank you, this works!
- ComputerGuru 14y ago
  GitHub still doesn't have a +1 button and you must still clutter the issue tracker with +1 comments? Wow.
riobard 14y ago
I know this has been asked thousands times before, but I want to know with this latest release, should I switch from Bash to Zsh now? What features do Zsh offer which are not in Bash? Currently I'm thinking about the Fish-style syntax highlighting. Fish is really nice, but it's not very compatible with the rest of the shell environment. So I'm back on Bash, but really miss the syntax highlighting. I need some good reasons to switch again...
- braindead_in 14y ago
  I switched solely for the reason Zsh has command substring search. It's a huge timesaver for some who spends more than 50% of time on the terminal.
  - qznc 14y ago
    Ctrl-R in bash?
    - ComputerGuru 14y ago
      No, substring searches. Ctrl+R in bash (by default, at least) will not search from the middle of a command. For instance, if the previous command was "hello", searching for "ello" will not bring it up. Whereas with zsh, it will.
      - haberman 14y ago
        The default bash on OS X (3.2.48(1)-release) just did when I tried it.
        lloeki 14y ago
        Ctrl+R definitely works that way with bash, but I think he may be referencing tab completion: > ell<TAB> Completing external command git-shell xdmshell xkbbell Completing shell function _ispell
  - 14y ago
it 14y ago
I liked zsh a lot until I found that it would take a long time to cd into certain directories, I think they were ones with large git repositories. Maybe there's some way to shut that off but I went back to bash where I could be sure things would be responsive.
- Pawka 14y ago
  Same problem here. I think this is based on git plugin, since it displays current branch when you cd into directory. You can try disable that plugin.
- trinary 14y ago
  Some of the plugins included in contrib, as well as really feature heavy pre-made configs like oh-my-zsh can slow things down. They're good to use as a starting point, but you can make the features you actually want really fast with some research.
- mise 14y ago
  One thing I have noticed is a delay in tab completion with the `git checkout` command. In my plain gnome-terminal with git it would instantly autocomplete when I pressed tab.
- davvid 14y ago
  Were you using oh-my-zsh? I have a few patches that speed up its git plugin by letting you opt-out of expensive operations. https://github.com/davvid/oh-my-zsh/commits/davvid https://github.com/davvid/oh-my-zsh/commits/davvid Last I checked, oh-my-zsh was in transition to a new version(?), and the pull requests have generally been ignored because of this.
  - it 14y ago
    Yes, I was using oh-my-zsh. I'd like to try it again if it's easy to make it non-slow.
    - davvid 14y ago
ernesth 14y ago
Mailing list archive message: http://www.zsh.org/mla/users/2012/msg00495.html http://www.zsh.org/mla/users/2012/msg00495.html Commit on the official repository: http://zsh.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=zsh/zsh;a=commit;h=e27142d45686cacc6ed155e5045b97dd6243d44c http://zsh.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=zsh/zsh;a=co...

141 points by fredoliveira 14y ago

This file lists what's new since 4.2: https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh/blob/master/NEWS https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh/blob/master/NEWS

stevenleeg 14y ago
> Highlighting and colouring of the command line is supported. Does this mean something like syntax highlighting for the command line is now possible?
- shabble 14y ago
  I'm using zsh-syntax-highlighting[1] for that, which requires 4.3+, so it will work here. It's pretty great as a starting point, but it really could use more people writing highlighter plugins for different things. It's on my list of things to figure out how to do eventually. [1] https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting
- Watabou 14y ago
  It was already possible with https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting. Fish is another shell that supports syntax highlighting out of the box.

jcoder 14y ago

I didn't realize that the zsh OS X currently ships with (4.3.11) isn't a stable release. Is that unusual for their built-ins?

wtallis 14y ago
I think many of the built-in are actually pretty out of date, but it does seem like Apple's not too concerned with following the upstream release schedule - one of the Xcode releases shipped with a slightly pre-3.0 release of LLVM's clang.
- duskwuff 14y ago
  Apple has been responsible for a lot of recent LLVM development, so it's not as though they didn't know what they were getting into with that.
mxey 14y ago
Everyone ships with the development 4.3.x series, because stable Zsh releases are very rare and the development series is actually very stable. It is not just OS X by far.

travisjeffery 14y ago

Updated Homebrew's Zsh formula for v5, give it a +1 if you want to see it updated faster: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/pull/13543 https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/pull/13543

Watabou 14y ago
Is it possible to upgrade OS X's default zsh version to 5.0? How do I make that my login shell? When I go to login options, I don't see zsh 5.0 as an option. Does this mean I have to manually enter the path like /usr/local/zsh?
- jfb 14y ago
  % chsh yourusername
  - drivebyacct2 14y ago
    Don't you mean `chsh -s /bin/zsh` ?
    - jfb 14y ago
      That works, too. But my way allows you to set your office number in the Gecos field!
- jevinskie 14y ago
  It's /usr/local/bin/zsh. You have to add that path to /etc/shells before chsh will let you set it as a login shell. Happy zshing!
  - Watabou 14y ago
    Thank you, this works!
ComputerGuru 14y ago
GitHub still doesn't have a +1 button and you must still clutter the issue tracker with +1 comments? Wow.

riobard 14y ago

I know this has been asked thousands times before, but I want to know with this latest release, should I switch from Bash to Zsh now? What features do Zsh offer which are not in Bash? Currently I'm thinking about the Fish-style syntax highlighting. Fish is really nice, but it's not very compatible with the rest of the shell environment. So I'm back on Bash, but really miss the syntax highlighting. I need some good reasons to switch again...

braindead_in 14y ago
I switched solely for the reason Zsh has command substring search. It's a huge timesaver for some who spends more than 50% of time on the terminal.
- qznc 14y ago
  Ctrl-R in bash?
  - ComputerGuru 14y ago
    No, substring searches. Ctrl+R in bash (by default, at least) will not search from the middle of a command. For instance, if the previous command was "hello", searching for "ello" will not bring it up. Whereas with zsh, it will.
    - haberman 14y ago
      The default bash on OS X (3.2.48(1)-release) just did when I tried it.
      - lloeki 14y ago
        Ctrl+R definitely works that way with bash, but I think he may be referencing tab completion: > ell<TAB> Completing external command git-shell xdmshell xkbbell Completing shell function _ispell
- 14y ago

it 14y ago

I liked zsh a lot until I found that it would take a long time to cd into certain directories, I think they were ones with large git repositories. Maybe there's some way to shut that off but I went back to bash where I could be sure things would be responsive.

Pawka 14y ago
Same problem here. I think this is based on git plugin, since it displays current branch when you cd into directory. You can try disable that plugin.
trinary 14y ago
Some of the plugins included in contrib, as well as really feature heavy pre-made configs like oh-my-zsh can slow things down. They're good to use as a starting point, but you can make the features you actually want really fast with some research.
mise 14y ago
One thing I have noticed is a delay in tab completion with the `git checkout` command. In my plain gnome-terminal with git it would instantly autocomplete when I pressed tab.
davvid 14y ago
Were you using oh-my-zsh? I have a few patches that speed up its git plugin by letting you opt-out of expensive operations. https://github.com/davvid/oh-my-zsh/commits/davvid https://github.com/davvid/oh-my-zsh/commits/davvid Last I checked, oh-my-zsh was in transition to a new version(?), and the pull requests have generally been ignored because of this.
- it 14y ago
  Yes, I was using oh-my-zsh. I'd like to try it again if it's easy to make it non-slow.
  - davvid 14y ago

ernesth 14y ago

Mailing list archive message: http://www.zsh.org/mla/users/2012/msg00495.html http://www.zsh.org/mla/users/2012/msg00495.html Commit on the official repository: http://zsh.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=zsh/zsh;a=commit;h=e27142d45686cacc6ed155e5045b97dd6243d44c http://zsh.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=zsh/zsh;a=co...