m0viefreak a8fe22d422 driver: Don't highlight in isearch

zsh version 5.2 and lower don't support ISEARCHMATCH_ACTIVE and
we are unable to re-apply zle_highlight on top. Therefore it is
impossible to see the underlined matched area.

Since that information is more important, completely disable
highlighting in isearch in that case.

To do that, we need to make sure we are actually called when
something changes in isearch.

Trumps #257.

The FAQ entry presupposes #245 will be fixed (in time for the release) too.

2016-07-29 21:07:48 +00:00

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zsh-syntax-highlighting

Fish shell-like like syntax highlighting for Zsh.

Requirements: zsh 4.3.17+.

This package provides syntax highlighing for the shell zsh. It enables
highlighing 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.

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.

Why does syntax highlighting not work while searching history?

This problem is fixed in zsh 5.3 and newer.

Highlighting the command line during an incremental history search
(with the history-incremental-search-backward widget, which is
bound by default to Ctrl+R in zsh's emacs keymap) requires zsh 5.3
or newer.

Under zsh 5.2 and older, 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 issue #288 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.

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