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Oh My Zsh

Oh My Zsh is an extension of zsh that allows for extensibility on top of Zsh, such as autocompletion, themes, and plugins.

Build Podcast Write-up

Oh My ZSH is a community driven project for managing zsh configuration. We will explore some functions of z-shell (zsh), iTerm and Oh My ZSH so that we can get to be a little more productive in our daily coding hours!

Background on Oh My Zsh

1. Oh My ZSH main website, twitter - top forked or starred project in github
2. iTerm and its features, wiki
3. zsh

Things to learn with Oh My ZSH

1. iTerm

• ctrl + cmd + t to hide and show terminal
  • tabs:
    • new tab: cmd + t
    • toggle through tabs: shift + cmd + [ or shift + cmd + ]
  • panes:
    • new pane: shift + opt + cmd + v for vertical or shift + opt + cmd + h for horizontal pane
    • toggle through panes: cmd + [ or cmd + ]
    • switch pane with mouse: Preference > Pointer > Miscellaneous Setting > Focus follows Mouse
  • search with cmd + f and opt + enter to copy to clipboard
  • automcomplete for commands in history with cmd + ;

2. zsh

1. change to zsh in iTerm: Preference > Profiles > General > Command > choose Command > /bin/zsh
2. ps -ef|grep $$|grep -v grep will look for current process ID in the list of current running processes - zsh in this case
3. spelling check
4. globbping - selecting files marching a pattern. E.g. to read all the readme.md files in the build podcast repo: ls ~/Sites/build-podcast/**/*.md

3. oh my zsh

1. copy bash profile settings in file ~/.bash_profile

More Resources on Iterm, Oh-My-ZSH, Zsh

• how to determine which shell am i working on?

1. iTerm

1. Working effectively with iTerm2
2. iTerm2, the successor to Terminal

2. zsh

1. zsh - the last shell you will ever need
2. user’s guide to zsh

3. oh my zsh

1. podcast with Robby Russell, the creator
2. podcast by Ryan Bates - learn how to make plugins
3. zsh lovers
4. official list of plugins and themes
5. wordy neardy zsh prompt