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title: zsh
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layout: default
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created: 2009-02-21 12:34:27 +0100
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updated: 2009-07-17 23:13:24 +0200
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toc: false
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tags:
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- know-how
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- software
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- linux
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I recently switched to using the [zsh](http://zsh.sf.net/) instead of [bash](http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/).
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The reasons were those comfort functions of zsh, such as:
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* menu driven completion (you can navigate items using the cursor keys)
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* command correction (typing `mkae` gives a `Did you mean 'make'?`)
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* parameter completion (shows possible parameters for most commands **incl. a short description**)
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* path name guessing (typing `tail /v/l/dmesg` gets corrected into `tail /var/log/dmesg`)
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So I installed the packages: [zsh](apt://zsh), [zsh-doc](apt://zsh-doc) and [zsh-lovers](apt://zsh-lovers). When
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starting it for the first time, you'll encounter a configuration tool which asks several questions to make your zsh
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experience a good one.
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Bad thing is: This tool can't read the settings you made in a previous session, so be careful running it a second time.
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I found an easy way to make the prompt show only 2 parts of the PWD using some zsh-magic: [Prompt with 2 directories]({% post_url 2009-02-20-prompt-with-2-dirs %}).
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My full configuration file is here: [.zshrc]({{ site.url }}/assets/zshrc.txt).
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DEL-key not working
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Using the <kbd>Del</kbd>-key changed the 3 letters after the cursor to upper case and then made further editing of the
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current line impossible. I found a solution to this problem over at [gnegg.ch](http://www.gnegg.ch/2004/10/delete-key-in-zsh/):
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Just add the following bindings to the `.zshrc`:
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bindkey "^[[3~" delete-char
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bindkey "^[3;5~" delete-char
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Problems with mc
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*zsh* seems to cause problems with the *Midnight Commander*. The *mc* can't detect the PWD using *zsh* as a sub-shell
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and therefore gives several "`Warning: Cannot change directory to …`" although the path **did** change. But this
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message moves the rest of the screen and makes *mc* almost unusable. You can use *mc* without a subshell by starting it
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with `mc -u` or just switch your login-shell back to *bash* (in your `/etc/passwd`) and change the link of your
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preferred console application to e.g. `gnome-terminal -e zsh` - in the latter case, *mc* will use your login-shell
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(*bash*) as a sub-shell and work as expected.
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