zsh-autosuggestions/README.md
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# zsh-autosuggestions
_[Fish](http://fishshell.com/)-like fast/unobtrusive autosuggestions for zsh._
It suggests commands as you type, based on command history.
## Installation
1. Clone this repository somewhere on your machine. This guide will assume `~/.zsh/zsh-autosuggestions`.
```sh
git clone git://github.com/tarruda/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.zsh/zsh-autosuggestions
```
2. Add the following to your `.zshrc`:
```sh
source ~/.zsh/zsh-autosuggestions/dist/autosuggestions.zsh
autosuggest_start
```
**Note:** If you're using other zle plugins like `zsh-syntax-highlighting` or `zsh-history-substring-search`, check out the [section on compatibility](#compatibility-with-other-zle-plugins) below.
## Usage
As you type commands, you will see a completion offered after the cursor in a muted gray color. This color can be changed by setting the `ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_HIGHLIGHT_STYLE` variable. See [configuration](#configuration).
If you press the <kbd></kbd> key (`forward-char` widget) or <kbd>End</kbd> (`end-of-line` widget) with the cursor at the end of the buffer, it will accept the suggestion, replacing the contents of the command line buffer with the suggestion.
If you invoke the `forward-word` widget, it will partially accept the suggestion up to the point that the cursor moves to.
## Configuration
You may want to override the default global config variables after sourcing the plugin. Default values of these variables can be found [here](https://github.com/tarruda/zsh-autosuggestions/blob/master/src/config.zsh).
### Suggestion Highlight Style
Set `ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_HIGHLIGHT_STYLE` to configure the style that the suggestion is shown with. The default is `fg=8`.
### Widget Mapping
This plugin works by triggering custom behavior when certain [zle widgets](http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/Zsh-Line-Editor.html#Zle-Widgets) are invoked. You can add and remove widgets from these arrays to change the behavior of this plugin:
- `ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_CLEAR_WIDGETS`: Widgets in this array will clear the suggestion when invoked.
- `ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_MODIFY_WIDGETS`: Widgets in this array will modify the buffer and fetch a new suggestion when invoked.
- `ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_ACCEPT_WIDGETS`: Widgets in this array will accept the suggestion when invoked.
- `ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_PARTIAL_ACCEPT_WIDGETS`: Widgets in this array will partially accept the suggestion when invoked.
**Note:** These arrays must be set before calling `autosuggest_start`.
**Note:** A widget shouldn't belong to more than one of the above arrays.
### Key Bindings
This plugin provides two widgets that you can use with `bindkey`:
1. `autosuggest-accept`: Accepts the current suggestion.
2. `autosuggest-clear`: Clears the current suggestion.
For example, this would bind <kbd>ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>space</kbd> to accept the current suggestion.
```sh
bindkey '^ ' autosuggest-accept
```
## Compatibility With Other ZLE Plugins
### [`zsh-syntax-highlighting`](https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting)
Source `zsh-autosuggestions.zsh` *before* `zsh-syntax-highlighting`.
Call `autosuggest_start` *after* sourcing `zsh-syntax-highlighting`.
For example:
```sh
source ~/.zsh/zsh-autosuggestions/dist/autosuggestions.zsh
source ~/.zsh/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
autosuggest_start
```
### [`zsh-history-substring-search`](https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-history-substring-search)
When the buffer is empty and one of the `history-substring-search-up/down` widgets is invoked, it will call the `up/down-line-or-history` widget. If the `up/down-line-or-history` widgets are in `ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_CLEAR_WIDGETS` (the list of widgets that clear the suggestion), this can create an infinite recursion, crashing the shell session.
For best results, you'll want to remove `up-line-or-history` and `down-line-or-history` from `ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_CLEAR_WIDGETS`:
```
# Remove *-line-or-history widgets from list of widgets that clear the autosuggestion to avoid conflict with history-substring-search-* widgets
ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_CLEAR_WIDGETS=("${(@)ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_CLEAR_WIDGETS:#(up|down)-line-or-history}")
```
Additionally, the `history-substring-search-up` and `history-substring-search-down` widgets are not bound by default. You'll probably want to add them to `ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_CLEAR_WIDGETS` so that the suggestion will be cleared when you start searching through history:
```sh
# Add history-substring-search-* widgets to list of widgets that clear the autosuggestion
ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_CLEAR_WIDGETS+=(history-substring-search-up history-substring-search-down)
```
Make sure you add/remove these widgets *before* calling `autosuggest_start`.
For example:
```sh
source ~/.zsh/zsh-autosuggestions/dist/autosuggestions.zsh
source ~/Code/zsh-history-substring-search/zsh-history-substring-search.zsh
ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_CLEAR_WIDGETS=("${(@)ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_CLEAR_WIDGETS:#(up|down)-line-or-history}")
ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_CLEAR_WIDGETS+=(history-substring-search-up history-substring-search-down)
autosuggest_start
```
## Uninstallation
1. Remove the code referencing this plugin from `~/.zshrc`.
2. Remove the git repository from your hard drive
```sh
rm -rf ~/.zsh/zsh-autosuggestions # Or wherever you installed
```
## License
This project is licensed under [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).
For the full text of the license, see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file.