Zsh

What this config does

NixOS sets Zsh as the login shell for user owais. Home Manager enables completion, autosuggestions, syntax highlighting, Oh My Zsh, and Starship.

Nix location

• conf/shared.nix: programs.zsh.enable for NixOS
• conf/shared.nix: users.users.owais.shell
• conf/shared.nix: Home Manager programs.zsh

Oh My Zsh plugins:

• git
• z

Portable setup

Install Zsh and make it your login shell:

chsh -s "$(command -v zsh)"

Install Oh My Zsh if your distro does not package it:

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Add PATH entries to ~/.zshrc:

export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"
export PATH="$HOME/go/bin:$PATH"

Initialize Starship:

eval "$(starship init zsh)"

Aliases worth copying

alias ll='ls -l'
alias cat='bat --paging=never --style=plain'
alias less='bat'
alias preview='bat --style=numbers,changes --color=always'
alias zed='zeditor'
alias zedn='zeditor --new'

Do not copy these outside NixOS:

alias rebuild='sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake ~/Projects/nixos-conf#$(hostname)'
alias switch='sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake ~/Projects/nixos-conf#$(hostname)'
alias update='sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake ~/Projects/nixos-conf#$(hostname)'
alias nboot='sudo nixos-rebuild boot --flake ~/Projects/nixos-conf#$(hostname)'
alias tbuild='sudo nixos-rebuild test --flake ~/Projects/nixos-conf#$(hostname)'

Check it

zsh --version
echo "$SHELL"
starship --version

Log out and back in after changing the login shell.