Re: Zsh configuration files

["Benjamin R. Haskell" <zsh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 23 Nov 2008, MaurÃÂcio wrote:

> > > I've just started using zsh in two computers. I
> > > configured zsh in one of them and copied .zshrc
> > > and .zcompdump to the other. However, the prompt
> > > in the second is different from the first. Are
> > > there other configuration files I forgot to
> > > copy?
> >
> > Define different. If one has bold colors where the
> > other has light colors, it's a implementation detail
> > of the terminal emulator.
> >
> > Most notably at the moment, Konsole 1.x (KDE 3)
> > employs lighter colors while Konsole 2.x (KDE 4)
> > uses bold. Bold is correct, but many terminals
> > don't adhere to that.
>
> Nothing important, just the prompt in the second
> computer shows no information (current directory
> etc.).
>
> What matters to me is that, since I keep my
> configuration under version control, I would like
> to be sure everything in my user configuration is
> there. If something remains wrong, I'll try to fix.
>
> Thanks,
> MaurÃcio

Hi MaurÃcio --

Nice to see you here.

Long ago, I set some things up for easily sharing my Zsh startup scripts 
between various computers I use. I did most of this when I was still 
fairly new to Zsh, so some things might have easier/better ways to do 
them, but this is how I set mine up. Some features:

1. Automatically runs any files matching .zsh_* in my home dir, excluding 
vim swap files

2. For running as root, I can just link my normal-user .zshrc and .zshenv 
files, and it'll detect that they're linked, and use the .zsh_* files from 
my normal-user directory

3. To override things in the .zsh_* files, I also have .zsh_*- files.
 (e.g. .zsh_prompt, for general prompt setup, and .zsh_prompt- for 
system-specific)

4. On some systems, I don't have 'list' access to my actual home dir 
until I get my AFS tokens, so I read the list of .zsh_* files from 
~/.ZSHFILES



Here's the section from my .zshrc that handles all this:

##### at the end of my .zshrc #####
# three dirs to check by default
dirs=(~/.zsh-scripts ~ ~/.zsh-scripts-)

# if this .zshrc is a symlink, use its directory, too
SCRIPT=${(%)${:-%N}}
if [ -L $SCRIPT ] ; then
        SCRIPT=$(readlink $SCRIPT)
        dirs+=($SCRIPT:h)
fi
for dir in $dirs ; do
        [ ! -d $dir ] && continue
        setopt nullglob
        pushd $dir
        files=(.zshrc-)
        if [ -f .ZSHFILES ] ; then
                files=($files `cat .ZSHFILES`)
        else
                files=($files *zsh_*~*.swp~*.zsh_history)
        fi
        for file in $files ; [ -r $file ] && source $file
        popd
        setopt nonullglob
done
##### .zshrc #####


So, in my Mercurial repository, I have the following files:

.zsh_aliases
.zsh_aliases-
.zsh_bluetooth-
.zsh_colors
.zsh_completion-
.zsh_functions
.zsh_functions-
.zsh_gpg-
.zsh_history_setup
.zsh_locale
.zsh_make_backups-
.zsh_math
.zsh_prompt
.zsh_prompt-
.zsh_screen
.zsh_ssh
.zsh_svn_backup
.zshenv
.zshenv-
.zshrc
.zshreminder

But, I only really keep these versioned for my 'main' computer. For any 
other computers I use, I have a script that packages up the ones that 
aren't machine-specific and dumps it onto my web server. So, when I start 
using Zsh on a new computer I can do:

wget -O - http://benizi.com/zsh.tbz2 | tar -jxvf -
# (Nothing sensitive -- that's the actual URL.)

.screenrc
.vimrc
.zsh_aliases
.zsh_colors
.zsh_functions
.zsh_history_setup
.zsh_locale
.zsh_math
.zsh_prompt
.zsh_screen
.zsh_ssh
.zshenv
.zshrc

Usually the only thing I immediately add is:

echo 'PSCOLOR=$BLUE' > ~/.zsh_prompt-
(I find it helpful to have different machines' prompts colored 
differently. PSCOLOR is something used in .zsh_prompt)

(MaurÃcio -- The functions I mentioned on the mlterm list are spread 
across .zsh_prompt and .zsh_colors )

Best,
Ben