So I started using zsh. I like it all right. It seems very cool and slick, and the fact that the current working directory and actual command line are on different lines is nice, but at the same time, I’m noticing that zsh can be a bit slower than bash, especially when printing text to the screen.
I am happily using zsh since a while now, and I am quite satisfied with my history settings, which are:
Lets’s say my prompt looks like this (the _ represents my cursor)
Using extended Unicode characters is (no-doubt) useful for many users.
I use ubuntu 11.04.
I saw the following snippet in this thread: How to change from csh to bash as default shell
In zsh, running the command read -p 'erasing all directories (y/n) ?' ans, throws the error,
By default, the title of a screen session is the name of the last command entered, which is fine for me, but in some cases I’d like to change it. I know the command Ctrl–A A, but it only changes the title until the next command, and I’d like it to stay there until I decide otherwise.
ls option --group-directories-first causes directories to be listed on the top, which makes the output of ls nice and clean: