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The test point is XPASSing, which makes CI red. As a duct tape measure to turn CI green again, update the test expectations to make it XFAIL. The hacky part is that the expectation set by this commit will never be met; the test point will never XPASS now until its expectations are changed again. Issue #623 remains open to track setting the test expectation to the correct value (i.e., make the test XFAIL in a manner that _will_ XPASS if the bug is fixed; in other words, pay off the technical debt created by this commit). Issue #616 remains open to fix the actual bug. |
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zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh |
zsh-syntax-highlighting
Fish shell-like syntax highlighting for Zsh.
Requirements: zsh 4.3.11+.
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.
Some examples:
How to install
See INSTALL.md.
FAQ
Why must zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
be sourced at the end of the .zshrc
file?
zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
wraps ZLE widgets. It must be sourced after all
custom widgets have been created (i.e., after all zle -N
calls and after
running compinit
). Widgets created later will work, but will not update the
syntax highlighting.
Does syntax highlighting work during incremental history search?
Highlighting the command line during an incremental history search (by default bound to to Ctrl+R in zsh's emacs keymap) requires zsh 5.4 or newer.
Under zsh versions older than 5.4, the zsh-default underlining of the matched portion of the buffer remains available, but zsh-syntax-highlighting's additional highlighting is unavailable. (Those versions of zsh do not provide enough information to allow computing the highlighting correctly.)
See issues #288 and #415 for details.
How are new releases announced?
There is currently no "push" announcements channel. However, the following alternatives exist:
- GitHub's RSS feed of releases: https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting/releases.atom
- An anitya entry: https://release-monitoring.org/project/7552/
How to tweak
Syntax highlighting is done by pluggable highlighter scripts. See the documentation on highlighters for details and configuration settings.