PlayGround

Objective: Write a short yet concise cause for zsh which can convince an advanced shell user to give it a try – “Zsh in 50 seconds”.

**/**(.) **/**(@) etc.

echo *pattern*<tab> gets written out
same for echo $(some cmd)<tab>

% echo one two
% apt-ca<tab> sea<tab> $_ –> apt-cache search two

Caching for e.g. dpkg/apt related completions

the tab leaves volatile variables like $_ intact (unlike bash)

Use of $LS_COLORS not only for ls but also tab completion:
zmodload -i zsh/complist
zstyle ':completion:*' list-colors ${(s.:.)LS_COLORS}

http://ft.bewatermyfriend.org/comp/data/zshtalk.html http://friedcpu.wordpress.com/2007/07/24/zsh-the-last-shell-youll-ever-need/ http://www.aperiodic.net/phil/prompt/