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Install Oh My Zsh
Oh My Zsh is an open source, community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration.
| 1 | sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)" |
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Install zsh-autosuggestions
Fish-like fast/unobtrusive autosuggestions for zsh. It suggests commands as you type based on history and completions.
| 1 | git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions |
Add the plugin to the list of plugins for Oh My Zsh to load (inside ~/.zshrc)
nano ~/.zshrc plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions) |
Start a new terminal session.
Install zsh-syntax-highlighting using Oh-my-zsh (Preferred)
This package provides syntax highlighting for the shell zsh. It enables highlighting of commands whilst they are typed at a zsh prompt into an interactive terminal. This helps in reviewing commands before running them, particularly in catching syntax errors.
Clone this repository in oh-my-zsh’s plugins directory:
| 1 | git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting |
Activate the plugin in ~/.zshrc:
plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting)
Start a new terminal session.
