⚙️ Command Architect
The Zsh Command Architect allows to copy segments of commands in history, rearrange segments of current command, delete segments of current command. This way user glues command from parts without using a mouse. Advanced history search (multi word, without duplicate lines) allows to quickly find the parts.
Keys are:
Ctrl-T
- start Zsh Command Architect (Zshell binding)Enter
- delete selected segment (when in command window) or add selected segment (when in history window)[
or]
- move active segment (when in command window)Shift-left
orShift-right
- move active segment (when in command window)Tab
- switch between the two available windowsg, G
- beginning and end of the list/
- start incremental searchEsc
- exit incremental search, clearing filter<
,>
,{
,}
- horizontal scrollCtrl-L
- redraw of whole displayCtrl-O
,o
- enter uniq mode (no duplicate lines)Ctrl-W
(in incremental search) - delete whole wordCtrl-K
(in incremental search) - delete whole lineCtrl-D
,Ctrl-U
- half page up or downCtrl-P
,Ctrl-N
- previous and next (also done with vim's j,k)
Install Command Architect
Standalone
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/z-shell/zsh-cmd-architect/main/doc/install.sh)"
To update run the command again.
ZCA
will be installed at ~/.config/zca/zsh-cmd-architect
, config files will be copied to ~/.config/zca
. .zshrc
will be updated with only 4
lines of code that will be added to the bottom.
After installing and reloading shell give ZCA
a quick try with Ctrl-T
.
With ZI
Add zi load z-shell/zsh-cmd-architect
to .zshrc
. The config files will be available in ~/.config/zca
.
With Zgen
Add zgen load z-shell/zsh-cmd-architect
to .zshrc
and issue a zgen reset
(this assumes that there is a proper zgen save
construct in .zshrc
). The config files will be available in ~/.config/zca
.
With Antigen
Add antigen bundle z-shell/zsh-cmd-architect
to .zshrc
. There also should be antigen apply
. The config files will
be in ~/.config/znt
.
Manual Installation
After extracting ZCA
to {some-directory}
add following two lines to ~/.zshrc
:
fpath+=( {some-directory} )
source "{some-directory}/zsh-cmd-architect.plugin.zsh"
As you can see, no plugin manager is needed to use the *.plugin.zsh
file. The above two lines of code are all that almost all plugin managers do. In fact, what's actually needed is only:
source "{some-directory}/zsh-cmd-architect.plugin.zsh"
because ZCA
detects if it is used by any plugin manager and can handle $fpath
update by itself.
Single File Manual Installation
Running script doc/generate_single_file
will create single-file version of ZCA
. It can be sourced from .zshrc
.
Don't forget about configuration files (copy them to ~/.config/zca
).
Performance
ZCA
is fastest with Zsh
before 5.0.6
and starting from 5.2
Fixing tmux, screen and linux vt
If TERM=screen-256color
(often a case for tmux
and screen
sessions) then ncv
terminfo capability will have 2
nd bit set.
This in general means that underline won't work. To fix this by creating your own ncv=0
-equipped terminfo file, run:
{ infocmp -x screen-256color; printf '\t%s\n' 'ncv@,'; } > /tmp/t && tic -x /tmp/t
A file will be created in directory ~/.terminfo
and will be automatically used, tmux
and screen
will work.
Similar is for Linux virtual terminal:
{ infocmp -x linux; printf '\t%s\n' 'ncv@,'; } > /tmp/t && tic -x /tmp/t
It will not display underline properly, but will instead highlight by a color, which is quite nice. The same will not work for FreeBSD's vt, ZCA
will detect if that vt is used and will revert to highlighting elements via reverse
mode.