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#Fast Syntax Highlighting (F-Sy-H)

Feature rich syntax highlighting for Zsh.

#Table of Contents

• News
• Installation
• Features
• Performance
• IRC Channel

#Other Contents

• License
• Changelog
• Theme Guide
• Chroma Guide

#News

• 15-06-2019
  • A new architecture for defining the highlighting for specific commands: it now uses abstract definitions instead of top-down, regular code. The first effect is the highlighting for the git command it is now maximally faithful, it follows the git command almost completely. Screencast

#Installation

#Manual

Clone the Repository.

git clone https://github.com/zdharma/fast-syntax-highlighting ~/path/to/fsh

And add the following to your zshrc file.

source ~/path/to/fsh/fast-syntax-highlighting.plugin.zsh

#Zinit

Add the following to your zshrc file.

zinit light zdharma/fast-syntax-highlighting

Here's an example of how to load the plugin together with a few other popular ones with the use of Turbo, i.e.: speeding up the Zsh startup by loading the plugin right after the first prompt, in background:

zinit wait lucid for \
 atinit"ZINIT[COMPINIT_OPTS]=-C; zicompinit; zicdreplay" \
    zdharma/fast-syntax-highlighting \
 blockf \
    zsh-users/zsh-completions \
 atload"!_zsh_autosuggest_start" \
    zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions

#Antigen

Add the following to your zshrc file.

antigen bundle zdharma/fast-syntax-highlighting

#Zgen

Add the following to your .zshrc file in the same place you're doing your other zgen load calls in.

zgen load zdharma/fast-syntax-highlighting

#Oh-My-Zsh

Clone the Repository.

git clone https://github.com/zdharma/fast-syntax-highlighting.git \
  ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/fast-syntax-highlighting

And add fast-syntax-highlighting to your plugin list.

#Features

#Themes

Switch themes via fast-theme {theme-name}.

Run fast-theme -t {theme-name} option to obtain the snippet above.

Run fast-theme -l to list available themes.

#Variables

Comparing to the project zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting (the upper line):

#Brackets

#Conditions

Comparing to the project zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting (the upper line):

#Strings

Exact highlighting that recognizes quotings.

#here-strings

#exec descriptor-variables

Comparing to the project zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting (the upper line):

#for-loops and alternate syntax (brace {/} blocks)

#Function definitions

Comparing to the project zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting (the upper 2 lines):

#Recursive eval and $( ) highlighting

Comparing to the project zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting (the upper line):

#Chroma functions

Highlighting that is specific for a given command.

The chromas that are enabled by default can be found here.

#Math-mode highlighting

#Zcalc highlighting

#Performance

Performance differences can be observed in this Asciinema recording, where a 10 kB function is being edited.

#IRC Channel

Channel #zinit@freenode is a support place for all author's projects. Connect to: chat.freenode.net:6697 (SSL) or chat.freenode.net:6667 and join #zinit.

Following is a quick access via Webchat