zsh-syntax-highlighting/README.md

zsh-syntax-highlighting

Fish shell like syntax highlighting for Zsh.

Requirements: zsh 4.3.17+.

How to install

Using packages

• Arch Linux: community/zsh-syntax-highlighting / AUR/zsh-syntax-highlighting-git
• Gentoo: mv overlay
• Mac OS X / Homebrew: brew install zsh-syntax-highlighting

In your ~/.zshrc

• Clone this repository:

    git clone git://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git
  

  (or download a snapshot)

• 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 plugins directory:

    cd ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins
    git clone git://github.com/zsh-users/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
  

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.

How to tweak

Syntax highlighting is done by pluggable highlighter scripts, see the highlighters directory
for documentation and configuration settings.