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Julien Nicoulaud 0772ddd346 Big refactoring. 
* Don't override user defined styles
* Better modularisation of highlighters
* Allow to define which highlighters are activated
* Allow to define the order in which they are defined
* Minor performance optimizations
* Fixed some variables leak
* Improve documentation
* Brackets highlighter: use ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES instead of a specific array
 		2011-06-12 22:57:14 +02:00
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README.md

zsh-syntax-highlighting / highlighters / main

This is the main highlighter, that highlights:

  • Commands
  • Options
  • Arguments
  • Paths
  • Strings

How to activate it

To activate it, add it to ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_HIGHLIGHTERS:

ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_HIGHLIGHTERS=( [...] main)

This highlighter is active by default.

How to tweak it

This highlighter defines the following styles:

  • unknown-token - unknown tokens / errors
  • reserved-word - shell reserved words
  • alias - aliases
  • builtin - shell builtin commands
  • function - functions
  • command - commands
  • hashed-command - hashed commands
  • path - paths
  • globbing - globbing expressions
  • history-expansion - history expansion expressions
  • single-hyphen-option - single hyphen options
  • double-hyphen-option - double hyphen options
  • back-quoted-argument - backquoted expressions
  • single-quoted-argument - single quoted arguments
  • double-quoted-argument - double quoted arguments
  • dollar-double-quoted-argument - dollar double quoted arguments
  • back-double-quoted-argument - back double quoted arguments
  • assign - variable assignments
  • default - parts of the buffer that do not match anything

To override one of those styles, change its entry in ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES, for example in ~/.zshrc:

# To differentiate aliases from other command types
ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[alias]='fg=magenta,bold'

# To have paths colored instead of underlined
ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[path]='fg=cyan'

# To disable highlighting of globbing expressions
ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[globbing]='none'

The syntax for declaring styles is documented here.