2025-06-04_zsh-gnu-stow.md

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 date: 2025-06-04
 title: zsh and GNU stow
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 In [my last post exploring `nvim`](https://blog.mcknight.tech/2025/05/21/nvim/), I mentioned some potential next projects on my agenda.
 Well, I wasted no time continuing down the path of trying to perfect my shell experience. I very quickly updated my
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 apparently maintained option.
 
 #### OMZ extract
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 This convenience command lets me extract files without having to remember the syntax for
 extracting `.tar.xz`, `.zip`, `.tar.gz`, etc. A simple `extract <file>`
 
 #### OMZ colored-man-pages
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 This adds some color to man pages which I think makes it a little easier to skim to find
 CLI args and section headers. Its not the *best* IMO, but something is better than nothing
 here when trying to skim through what can be pretty dense documentation.
 
 #### OMZ encode64
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 It isn't every day that I need to get a b64-encoded representation of a string, but its
 handy to be able to do so quickly and easily.
 
 #### OMZ pip
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 I like having tab completion for pip. I haven't used it too much yet, but I already see
 how this will save me from trying to `pip isntall` when I really mean `pip install`. I
 do this more than I'd like to admit. Other than that, its nice to have reminders for the
 less commonly used flags.
 
 #### OMZ sudo
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 The Oh My Zsh sudo plugin adds a convenience keybind (`esc`+`esc`) to prepend `sudo` to
 the current command or the previous command if the input is empty. I find this to be
 convenient as it is fairly common to re-run the previous command with elevated privileges
 or to prepend `sudo` if I forgot to start with that.
 
 #### zsh-autosuggestions
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 This plugin works much like suggestions in an IDE, providing a suggested command completion
 that can be filled in with a bound key (I am using `Shift`+`Tab`).
 I find this mapping more convenient than the default `->`, since I can reach it without
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 are both a kind of completion.
 
 #### zsh-syntax-highlighting
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 This plugin highlights syntax as you type in a command. This clearly identifies unresolved
 commands or files to help catch errors before trying to run an incomplete command. It also
 helps to identify un-escaped characters in a quoted string.
 
 ### `.zshrc`
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 Now that I've explained it in parts, here's my `.zshrc` file in its entirety:
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 ```
 # Lines configured by zsh-newuser-install
 HISTFILE=~/.histfile
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 ```
 
 #### Some notes on `autossh`
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 I have only been using `autossh` for a couple hours at this point, based on internet recommendations
 that it will do better at resuming with `tmux` (via `tmux-resurrect`). Based on initial testing, it
 appears to be working but I don't yet know if it is markedly better than plain `ssh`.
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 configurations when multiple connections will be attaching the same `tmux` session.
 
 ### Conclusion
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 I don't think my shell configuration will ever be "done", but I've reached a point where I'm
 satisfied for now. GNU `stow` has simplified my dotfile management and made it easier to
 manage more configurations as I add tools to my repertoire. I now have `zsh` looking like
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 As I spend more time using `nvim`, I am starting to use it more for coding tasks and it may become my primary "IDE".
 In any case, I am actively messing with my `nvim` configuration, so I probably have enough thoughts for another post
 about that.
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