Zsh 5.0 released

#1

Post by fredoliveira » Mon, Jul 23, 2012, 1:30 AM UTC

Zsh 5.0 released
github.com

Re: Zsh 5.0 released

#2

Post by avolcano » Mon, Jul 23, 2012, 1:58 AM UTC

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

Re: Zsh 5.0 released

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Post by stevenleeg » Mon, Jul 23, 2012, 3:24 AM UTC

avolcano wrote: post #2

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

> Highlighting and colouring of the command line is supported.

Does this mean something like syntax highlighting for the command line is now possible?

Re: Zsh 5.0 released

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Post by shabble » Mon, Jul 23, 2012, 3:27 AM UTC

stevenleeg wrote: post #3

avolcano wrote: post #2

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

> Highlighting and colouring of the command line is supported. Does this mean something like syntax highlighting for the command line is now possible?

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

Re: Zsh 5.0 released

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Post by Watabou » Mon, Jul 23, 2012, 3:28 AM UTC

stevenleeg wrote: post #3

avolcano wrote: post #2

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

> Highlighting and colouring of the command line is supported. Does this mean something like syntax highlighting for the command line is now possible?

It was already possible with https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.

Fish is another shell that supports syntax highlighting out of the box.

Re: Zsh 5.0 released

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Post by jcoder » Mon, Jul 23, 2012, 4:28 AM UTC

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?

Re: Zsh 5.0 released

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Post by wtallis » Mon, Jul 23, 2012, 4:32 AM UTC

jcoder wrote: post #6

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?

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.

Re: Zsh 5.0 released

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Post by travisjeffery » Mon, Jul 23, 2012, 4:43 AM UTC

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

Re: Zsh 5.0 released

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Post by Watabou » Mon, Jul 23, 2012, 4:46 AM UTC

travisjeffery wrote: post #8

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

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?

Re: Zsh 5.0 released

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Post by duskwuff » Mon, Jul 23, 2012, 4:58 AM UTC

wtallis wrote: post #7

jcoder wrote: post #6

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?

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.

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.