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+# ezzsh - zshrc
+
+# path to your zsh configuration.
+ZSH=.zsh
+
+# export ZSH_THEME="random"
+export ZSH_THEME="ezzsh" # name of zsh theme
+
+# Set this to true to use case-sensitive completion
+CASE_SENSITIVE="false" # bool
+
+# Comment this out to disable weekly auto-update checks
+DISABLE_AUTO_UPDATE="true" # bool
+
+# Uncomment following line if you want to disable colors in ls
+DISABLE_LS_COLORS="false" # bool
+
+# Uncomment following line if you want to disable autosetting terminal title.
+DISABLE_AUTO_TITLE="false" # bool
+
+# Uncomment following line if you want disable red dots displayed while waiting for completion
+DISABLE_COMPLETION_WAITING_DOTS="false" # bool
+
+# plugins to load (array)
+# Example format: plugins=(rails git textmate ruby lighthouse)
+plugins=(git)
+
+
+# Customize to your needs...
+source $ZSH/zsh
+
+alias ls='ls --color=auto --group-directories-first -F'
+
+# workaround for broken xfce4 terminal to force $TERM:
+if [[ "$COLORTERM" == "xfce4-terminal" ]]; then
+    export TERM="xterm-256color"
+fi
+
+# workaround for rxvt
+if [[ "$COLORTERM" == "rxvt-xpm" ]]; then
+    export TERM="rxvt-unicode-256color"
+fi
+
+# set $OS_TYPE to "osx" / "linux":
+if [[ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]]; then
+  export OS_TYPE="osx"
+else
+  export OS_TYPE="linux"
+fi
+
+# $ZSH - Path to your zsh installation.
+export ZSH=$HOME/.zsh/
+
+export PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:$PATH
+
+# set $EDITOR
+export EDITOR='vim'
+
+# man pages: color
+export LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\E[01;31m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\E[01;33m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\E[0m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\E[0m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\E[01;44;33m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\E[0m'
+export LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\E[01;32m'
+
+# zsh fix for ssh host completion from ~/.ssh/config
+[ -f ~/.ssh/config ] && : ${(A)ssh_config_hosts:=${${${${(@M)${(f)"$(<~/.ssh/config)"}:#Host *}#Host }:#*\**}:#*\?*}}
+
+# needed to keep backgrounded jobs running when exiting zsh:
+setopt NO_HUP
+
+# homebrew
+# githup api token, in the format, example: 
+# > export HOMEBREW_GITHUB_API_TOKEN=XXXXX
+if [[ -e ~/.homebrew-github-api-token ]]; then
+  source ~/.homebrew-github-api-token
+fi
+
+# mosh setup
+# export MOSH_TITLE_NOPREFIX=1
+
+# jump/mark/unmark/marks stuff (make sure to load the "jump" plugin in plugins=() )
+function _completemarks {
+  reply=($(ls $MARKPATH))
+}
+compctl -K _completemarks jump
+compctl -K _completemarks unmark
+
+# force english locales
+export LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
+export LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
+export LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
+export LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
+export LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
+export LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
+export LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
+export LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
+export LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
+export LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
+export LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
+export LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
+export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
+
+# set ls options
+LS_OPTIONS="--color=auto --group-directories-first -F"
+
+# Mac OS X specific stuff:
+if [[ "$OS_TYPE" == "osx" ]]; then
+  # preceed path with homebrew stuff:
+  export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
+  # ipython on mac:
+  alias ipython='/Users/armin/git/ipython/bin/ipython'
+  # homebrew verbosity / emoji icon removal:
+  export HOMEBREW_VERBOSE=1
+  export HOMEBREW_CURL_VERBOSE=1
+  export HOMEBREW_NO_EMOJI=1
+  # let's use ls from gnu utils because the bsd ls doesn't know long options:
+  if hash gls; then
+    LS_COMMAND="gls"
+  else
+    LS_COMMAND="ls"
+  fi
+  # homebrew verbose and without annoying emoji icon:
+  export HOMEBREW_VERBOSE=1
+  export HOMEBREW_CURL_VERBOSE=1
+  export HOMEBREW_NO_EMOJI=1
+  # let's use dircolors from gnu utils because the osx version is buggy:
+  alias dircolors="gdircolors"
+# Linux specific stuff
+else
+  LS_COMMAND="ls"
+fi
+
+# enable ls colorization: 
+if [ "$TERM" != "dumb" ]; then
+  eval "$(dircolors "$ZSH"/dircolors)"
+  alias ls="$LS_COMMAND $LS_OPTIONS"
+fi
+
+# set $SHELL:
+export SHELL="$(which zsh)"
+
+# keychain stuff
+if [[ "$OS_TYPE" == "linux" ]]; then
+  ssh_cmd="$(which ssh)"
+  function ssh () {
+    echo "$@" >> $HOME/.keychain-args
+    echo "$(date)" > $HOME/.keychain-output
+    # using keychain for gpg made problems, so we only use the id_rsa SSH key here:
+    # keychain id_rsa 44248BA0
+    keychain id_rsa >> $HOME/.keychain-output 2>&1
+    [ -z "$HOSTNAME" ] && HOSTNAME=`uname -n`
+    [ -f $HOME/.keychain/$HOSTNAME-sh ] && \
+      . $HOME/.keychain/$HOSTNAME-sh
+    [ -f $HOME/.keychain/$HOSTNAME-sh-gpg ] && \
+      . $HOME/.keychain/$HOSTNAME-sh-gpg
+    "$ssh_cmd" "$@"
+  }
+fi
+
+# grep with color
+alias grep='grep --color=auto'
+
+# don't autocorrect sudo command (fixes "zsh: correct 'vim' to '.vim' [nyae]?" bug)
+alias sudo='nocorrect sudo'
+
+