zsh-syntax-highlighting/README.md
Julien Nicoulaud 0772ddd346 Big refactoring.
* Don't override user defined styles
* Better modularisation of highlighters
* Allow to define which highlighters are activated
* Allow to define the order in which they are defined
* Minor performance optimizations
* Fixed some variables leak
* Improve documentation
* Brackets highlighter: use ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES instead of a specific array
2011-06-12 22:57:14 +02:00

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zsh-syntax-highlighting
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**[Fish shell](http://www.fishshell.com) like syntax highlighting for [Zsh](http://www.zsh.org).**
*Requirements: zsh 4.3.9+.*
How to install
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### In your ~/.zshrc
* Download the script or clone this repository:
git clone git://github.com/nicoulaj/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git
* Source the script **at the end** of `~/.zshrc`:
source /path/to/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
* Source `~/.zshrc` to take changes into account:
source ~/.zshrc
### With oh-my-zsh
* Download the script or clone this repository in [oh-my-zsh](http://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh) plugins directory:
cd ~/.oh-my-zsh/plugins/
git clone git://github.com/nicoulaj/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git
* Activate the plugin in `~/.zshrc` (in **last** position):
plugins=( [plugins...] zsh-syntax-highlighting)
* Source `~/.zshrc` to take changes into account:
source ~/.zshrc
How to tweak
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Syntax highlighting is done by pluggable highlighter scripts, see the [highlighters directory](highlighters)
for documentation and configuration settings.