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Introduction
Binds Ctrl-R
to a widget that searches for multiple keywords in AND
fashion.
In other words, you can enter multiple words, and history entries that match
all of them will be found. The entries are syntax highlighted.
Video – view on asciinema. You can resize the video by pressing Ctrl-+
or Cmd-+
.
HSMW has feature called context viewing – see all occurrences of a command together with surrounding commands:
Set:
zstyle :plugin:history-search-multi-word reset-prompt-protect 1
to be able to use zle reset-prompt
in your e.g. sched
calls, in presence of
zdharma/fast-syntax-highlighting
, zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting
,
zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions
and other plugins that hook up into Zshell by
overloading Zle widgets. You could e.g. use sched
in following way:
PROMPT=%B%F{yellow}%D{%H:%M:%S}%B%b%f
schedprompt() {
zle && zle reset-prompt
sched +1 schedprompt
}
zmodload -i zsh/sched
schedprompt
to refresh the clock in prompt every second. The reset-prompt-protect
zstyle
needs to be set to 1 for correct cooperation with HSMW. Or, you could use zle .reset-prompt
(i.e. with the dot in front) to call the original, not
overloaded (by F-Sy-H, zsh-autosuggestsions, etc.) reset-prompt
widget.
News
-
14-07-2020
- If an
[…]
string will occur in the search query, it'll be interpreted as pattern. So that it's possible to enter as the search query e.g.:print ["a-zA-Z0-9_-]
orprint [^[:alpha:]]
, etc.
- If an
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28-10-2019
^
– if first – matches beginning of the command's string, $ – if last – its end. So that it's possible to enter'^ls'
and have only commands starting withls
matched.
-
25-05-2018
-
Hash holding paths that shouldn't be grepped (globbed) – blacklist for slow disks, mounts, etc.:
typeset -gA FAST_BLIST_PATTERNS FAST_BLIST_PATTERNS[/mount/nfs1/*]=1 FAST_BLIST_PATTERNS[/mount/disk2/*]=1
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-
13-06-2017
-
Canceling search doesn't clear entered query. Change to previous behavior via:
zstyle ":plugin:history-search-multi-word" clear-on-cancel "yes"
-
-
12-04-2017
-
Page size can be relative to screen height, e.g.:
zstyle ":history-search-multi-word" page-size "LINES/4"
-
-
05-04-2017
- 17% performance optimization
-
27-01-2017
- Input-driven case-sensivity of search – if your query contains capital latin letters, search will be case-sensitive
-
12-11-2016
- HSMW can now show context of selected history entry! Just hit
Ctrl-K
, video - More performance optimizations
- HSMW can now show context of selected history entry! Just hit
-
31-10-2016
- Newlines do not disturb the parser anymore, and are also highlighted with a dark color – video
-
27-10-2016
- New optimizations – 30% speed up of syntax highlighting!
- Architectural change – syntax highlighting is now computed rarely, so any possible performance problems are now solved, in advance!
-
24-10-2016
- Workaround for Zsh versions like 5.0.2 has been added – Ctrl-V and ESC cancel search. On such Zsh versions Ctrl-C might not work. Fully problem-free Zsh version will be the upcoming 5.3, where I have together with Zsh Hackers fully fixed the Ctrl-C issue.
-
22-10-2016
- Search process has been optimized by 20%! History sizes like 100000 are now supported.
- Active history entry can be
underline
,standout
(i.e. inverse video),bold
,bg=blue
, etc. with the new Zstyle:plugin:history-search-multi-word / active
(see Zstyles section) – video.
-
16-10-2016
- More optimizations of syntax highlighting (40% in total for the two days) – new video above.
-
15-10-2016
- The compact, already optimized (by me) zsh-syntax-highlighting part has been further optimized by 21%!
Also, more tokens are highlighted – variable expressions like
"${(@)var[1,3]}"
(when quoted).
- The compact, already optimized (by me) zsh-syntax-highlighting part has been further optimized by 21%!
Also, more tokens are highlighted – variable expressions like
-
11-10-2016
-
Syntax highlighting of history – adapted, fine crafted, small part of zsh-syntax-highlighting to color what
hsmw
shows:
-
-
20-09-2016
- Keys Page Up and Page Down work and page-wise move along history. Also,
Ctrl-P
,Ctrl-N
move to previous and next entries.
- Keys Page Up and Page Down work and page-wise move along history. Also,
-
19-09-2016
- Better immunity to zsh-autosuggestions and zsh-syntax-highlighting – home, end, left and right cursor keys now work smoothly.
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25-05-2016
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Cooperation with zsh-autosuggestions plugin
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Configuration option to set page size, example use:
zstyle ":history-search-multi-word" page-size "5"
-
Installation
The plugin is "standalone", which means that only sourcing it is needed. So to
install, unpack history-search-multi-word
somewhere and add
source {where-hsmw-is}/history-search-multi-word.plugin.zsh
to zshrc
.
If using a plugin manager, then Zplugin
is recommended, but you can use any
other too, and also install with Oh My Zsh
(by copying directory to
~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins
).
Zplugin
Add zplugin load zdharma/history-search-multi-word
to your .zshrc
file.
Zplugin will handle cloning the plugin for you automatically the next time you
start zsh.
Antigen
Add antigen bundle zdharma/history-search-multi-word
to your .zshrc
file.
Antigen will handle cloning the plugin for you automatically the next time you
start zsh. You can also add the plugin to a running zsh with antigen bundle zdharma/history-search-multi-word
for testing before adding it to your
.zshrc
.
Oh-My-Zsh
cd ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins
git clone git@github.com:zdharma/history-search-multi-word.git
- Add
history-search-multi-word
to your plugin list
Zgen
Add zgen load zdharma/history-search-multi-word
to your .zshrc file in the same
place you're doing your other zgen load
calls in.
Arch Linux
-
Install
zsh-history-search-multi-word-git
from the AUR. -
Add the following to your
.zshrc
:source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/history-search-multi-word/history-search-multi-word.plugin.zsh
-
Start a new terminal session
Customizing
Zstyles
zstyle ":history-search-multi-word" page-size "8" # Number of entries to show (default is $LINES/3)
zstyle ":history-search-multi-word" highlight-color "fg=yellow,bold" # Color in which to highlight matched, searched text (default bg=17 on 256-color terminals)
zstyle ":plugin:history-search-multi-word" synhl "yes" # Whether to perform syntax highlighting (default true)
zstyle ":plugin:history-search-multi-word" active "underline" # Effect on active history entry. Try: standout, bold, bg=blue (default underline)
zstyle ":plugin:history-search-multi-word" check-paths "yes" # Whether to check paths for existence and mark with magenta (default true)
zstyle ":plugin:history-search-multi-word" clear-on-cancel "no" # Whether pressing Ctrl-C or ESC should clear entered query
Syntax highlighting
Syntax highlighting is customized via HSMW_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES
associative array.
It has keys like reserved-word
, alias
, command
, path
, etc. which are assigned
with strings like fg=blue,bold
, to configure how given elements are to be
colored. If you assign this array before or after loading hsmw
you will change the defaults. Complete list
of available keys is at the beginning
of hsmw-highlight
file. Example ~/.zshrc
addition that sets path
key –
paths that exist will be highlighted with background magenta, foreground white, bold:
typeset -gA HSMW_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES
HSMW_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[path]="bg=magenta,fg=white,bold"
Following code will enable coloring of options of form "-o" and "--option", with cyan:
typeset -gA HSMW_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES
HSMW_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[single-hyphen-option]="fg=cyan"
HSMW_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[double-hyphen-option]="fg=cyan"
Following code will use 256 colors to highlight command separators (like ";" or "&&"):
HSMW_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[commandseparator]="fg=241,bg=17"
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