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Fast Syntax Highlighting (F-Sy-H)

Feature rich syntax highlighting for Zsh.

Table of Contents

• News
• Installation
• Features
• Performance

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.

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

Zplugin (Recommended)

Add the following to your zshrc file.

zplugin light zdharma/fast-syntax-highlighting

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 \
  ~/.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.