sixarm_zsh_config
Learning and science
shell configuration guide
SHOW HN2019
85points
22comments
#568of 2,195 in 2019
Top 26%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
3 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Docs: 2 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clear, well-written docs on what goes in each file
From 2 comments
OMG Thank you! I’ve only read the first quarter, but excellent job... the extreme clarity is hugely awesome! “What goes in it” and “what does not go in it” thank you thank you…
an_d_rew on HNJust to let you know that I'm forwarding this around to a bunch of folks I know and/or work with, to help them get to grips with `zsh` due to Catalina upgrades. Thank you for…
bloopernova on HN
Objections
Personal website linked from the repo does not load
From 1 comment
Your website, http://sixarm.com doesn't load. It simply times out.
wodenokoto on HN
Requests
A linter or checker for zsh startup file style
From 1 comment
Oh, a thought occurs to me: With the rules being set out for "put this but not that" into `.zshenv` and other files, would it be possible to write a linter or checking tool to…
bloopernova on HN
Questions
Whether PATH should be guarded against duplicate entries in nested shells
From 2 comments
If something like `export PATH="aa:$PATH"` is written in `.zshenv`, as the file is sourced even for nested zsh sessions, a new `aa` will be prepended for each zsh level. Consider…
rucikir on HN‘typeset -U path’ would be a more simple alternative.
soraminazuki on HN
Alternatives named
oh-my-zsh and zplug/zplugin plugin managers
From 3 comments
I'd do that as a zsh plugin. If you do one that's oh-my-zsh compatible, it'll work with most of the frameworks, and you can install it by hand if you're running bare ZSH. Then…
curiousbiped on HNTangential, but I recently got a massive speed up in my zplug-based load time with a simple `touch $ZPLUG_LOADFILE`. More discussion here: https://github.com/zplug/zplug/issues/368
tombh on HNIf you want even better startup speed, try `zplugin`[0]. It can load plugins asynchrously after your shell starts up, or after you type the first few characters of a command.…
Seirdy on HN
yadm for dotfile management
From 1 comment
I like the fact that I can put ~/.config under VCS more easily than I can put ~/ under a VCS. OTOH, I've recently (months) started to use yadm[1] and seeing that it maybe doesn't…
mfontani on HN