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Re: Zsh 5.0 released

#11

Post by jfb »

Watabou wrote: post #9
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?

% chsh yourusername

Re: Zsh 5.0 released

#12

Post by jevinskie »

Watabou wrote: post #9
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?

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!

Re: Zsh 5.0 released

#13

Post by riobard »

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...

Re: Zsh 5.0 released

#14

Post by braindead_in »

riobard wrote: post #13

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 re…

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.

Re: Zsh 5.0 released

#15

Post by drivebyacct2 »

jfb wrote: post #11
Watabou wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

% chsh yourusername

Don't you mean `chsh -s /bin/zsh` ?

Re: Zsh 5.0 released

#16

Post by Watabou »

jevinskie wrote: post #12
Watabou wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

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!

Thank you, this works!

Re: Zsh 5.0 released

#17

Post by qznc »

braindead_in wrote: post #14
riobard wrote: post #13

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 re…

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.

Ctrl-R in bash?

Re: Zsh 5.0 released

#18

Post by tome »

riobard wrote: post #13

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 re…

I switched to zsh a couple of years ago, and I wish I'd never even started with bash! It's one of the few app changes I've made where I unequivocally regret not having made it sooner (the other notable one is sawfish -> xmonad -- make of that what you will!)

Re: Zsh 5.0 released

#19

Post by greyfade »

riobard wrote: post #13

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 re…

Completion in Zsh alone made it worthwhile for me. The completion scripts for Zsh are worlds more powerful and complete than anything I've found for Bash.

And, there's even a script that offers Fish-like syntax coloring for Zsh: https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting/

But not having used Fish yet myself, I can't really offer any reasons to use Zsh over Fish.

Re: Zsh 5.0 released

#20

Post by it »

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.
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