q - registers for your bash and zsh shell

q implements vim like macro registers in your bash and zsh shell!

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Maintainers

🔸 Cal Martin - Initial implemenation

🔸 Oisin Johnston - Reconfigurable key bindings :)

Installation

Bash

Manual

Download q.sh to somewhere, and place this line in your .bashrc:

source /path/to/q.sh

ZSH

Antigen

Simply place this line in your .antigenrc:

antigen bundle cal2195/q

NB: if you use zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting, make sure you place antigen bundle cal2195/q below it! :)

Manual

Download q.plugin.zsh to somewhere and place this line in your .zshrc:

source /path/to/q.plugin.zsh

Usage

q commands start with the prefix Q for setting registers, q for executing registers, and U for unsetting registers.

Register names can be any alphanumeric string! Command that already exist in your $PATH take priority:

> Qutebrowser
Sorry, "qutebrowser" already exists in your $PATH! :(

Saving directories

To set a register, navigate to the directory and use the command Q:

> cd ~/fyp/experiments
> Qfe
Register fe set to /home/cal/fyp/experiments

To then cd to that directory, just use q:

> qfe
cd /home/cal/fyp/experiments

Saving commands

To save a command to a register, just add it after the register:

> Qi3c vim ~/.config/i3/config
Register i3c set to vim ~/.config/i3/config

Then you can call up vim using q:

> qi3c
vim ~/.config/i3/config

You can also add arguments!

> Qv vim
Register v set to vim
> qv .zsh/alias.zsh
vim .zsh/alias.zsh

Useful for longer commands:

> Qy yaourt -Syyu
Register y set to yaourt -Syyu
> qy
yaourt -Syyu
:: Synchronising package databases...
...

Listing register contents

To see what registers you have set and their contents, just type q:

> q
q - registers for zsh

Usage: q[register] [args]
       Q[register] [command]
       U[register]

Setting Registers:
 Q[register]                     Set register [register] to current directory
 Q[register] [command]           Set register [register] to [command]

Unsetting Registers:
 U[register]                     Unset register [register]

Running Registers:
 q[register]                     Run command or cd to directory in register [register]
 q[register] [args]              Run command in register [register] with [args]

Registers:
 c: cd /home/cal/.config
 f: cd /home/cal/data/college/fyp
 g: cd /home/cal/data/git
 x: cd /home/cal/data/college/fyp/experiments

Unsetting Registers

To unset a register, simply use the U command:

> Uh
Unset register h.

Setting Custom Commands

To change the default commands (Q,q,U) to something else just set three variables in .zshrc/.bashrc before sourcing the script:

Q_SET='<new_set_command>'
Q_RUN='<new_run_command>'
Q_UNSET='<new_unset_command>'

Usage Help

q - registers for zsh

Usage: q[register] [args]
       Q[register] [command]
       U[register]

Setting Registers:
 Q[register]                     Set register [register] to current directory
 Q[register] [command]           Set register [register] to [command]

Unsetting Registers:
 U[register]                     Unset register [register]

Running Registers:
 q[register]                     Run command or cd to directory in register [register]
 q[register] [args]              Run command in register [register] with [args]

Registers:
 c: cd /home/cal/.config
 f: cd /home/cal/data/college/fyp
 g: cd /home/cal/data/git
 x: cd /home/cal/data/college/fyp/experiments