Jabba's ZSH settings

This repo contains my own ZSH settings.

For putting my settings together, I used lots of resources (see links below).

First I tried oh-my-zsh. It was great. It has a very logical structure and it was very easy to use, but it was a bit bloated. It contains lots of things that I don't need.

Then I tried zprezto. It was less bloated but it was a bit harder to use than oh-my-zsh.

After that I said to myself: "Shit man, use your own configuration!" :) This contains exactly those things that I need.

Installation

1. Clone the repo. I suggest cloning it into your HOME directory:

$ cd
$ git clone git@github.com:jabbalaci/jabbas-zsh-settings.git

2. Create some symbolic links (these are required):

$ cd
$ ln -s jabbas-zsh-settings/.zsh
$ ln -s jabbas-zsh-settings/.zshenv
$ ln -s jabbas-zsh-settings/.zshrc

3. Start zsh to test if it works well. You should see a nice colored prompt:

$ zsh

4. If you have the balls, set zsh as your primary shell. Use the output of which zsh:

$ which zsh
/usr/bin/zsh
$ chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh

5. Finally, customize the first line of ~/.zshenv if you cloned the repo somewhere else. If you cloned it in your HOME directory, there is nothing to do:

export ZSH_JABBAS_SETTINGS=$HOME/jabbas-zsh-settings

Links

• oh-my-zsh
• zprezto
• Jerome Dalbert's ZSH settings
• gotbletu's ZSH video series
• a nice and icy ZSH prompt in Nim
• etc.