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1 | # Antigen | 1 | # Antigen |
2 | 2 | ||
3 | Antigen is a small set of functions that help you easily manage your shell (zsh) | 3 | Antigen is a small set of functions that help you easily manage your shell (zsh) |
4 | plugins, called bundles. The concept is pretty much the same as bundles in a | 4 | plugins, called bundles. The concept is pretty much the same as bundles in a |
5 | typical vim+pathogen setup. Antigen is to zsh, what [Vundle][] is to vim. | 5 | typical vim+pathogen setup. Antigen is to zsh, what [Vundle][] is to vim. |
6 | 6 | ||
7 | Please note that this is a very new project and can be considered beta at best. | 7 | Please note that this is a very new project and can be considered beta at best. |
8 | That said, I am using antigen full time now on my work machine. Also, please | 8 | That said, I am using antigen full time now on my work machine. Also, please |
9 | read the commit comments of the changesets when you pull a new version of | 9 | read the commit comments of the changesets when you pull a new version of |
10 | antigen. | 10 | antigen. |
11 | 11 | ||
12 | ## Show off | 12 | ## Show off |
13 | 13 | ||
14 | > Enough talk. Let's fight! | 14 | > Enough talk. Let's fight! |
15 | > -- Po, Kung-fu Panda. | 15 | > -- Po, Kung-fu Panda. |
16 | 16 | ||
17 | You're going to experience antigen right in your open shell. No `.zshrc` | 17 | You're going to experience antigen right in your open shell. No `.zshrc` |
18 | tweaking and reading the rest of this documentation. Kinda like an ice-cream | 18 | tweaking and reading the rest of this documentation. Kinda like an ice-cream |
19 | sample, if you will. | 19 | sample, if you will. |
20 | 20 | ||
21 | Get and load antigen. | 21 | Get and load antigen. |
22 | 22 | ||
23 | curl https://raw.github.com/zsh-users/antigen/master/antigen.zsh > antigen.zsh | 23 | curl https://raw.github.com/zsh-users/antigen/master/antigen.zsh > antigen.zsh |
24 | source antigen.zsh | 24 | source antigen.zsh |
25 | 25 | ||
26 | There. You now have all the antigen goodies. Let's try install some plugins. How | 26 | There. You now have all the antigen goodies. Let's try install some plugins. How |
27 | about some color to start with. Get the [syntax highlighting plugin][] by | 27 | about some color to start with. Get the [syntax highlighting plugin][] by |
28 | running | 28 | running |
29 | 29 | ||
30 | antigen-bundle zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting | 30 | antigen-bundle zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting |
31 | 31 | ||
32 | Now let it do its thing and once its done and you're back at your prompt, try | 32 | Now let it do its thing and once its done and you're back at your prompt, try |
33 | and type a command. See that? Colors! | 33 | and type a command. See that? Colors! |
34 | 34 | ||
35 | So, you do git? ruby? git and ruby? There are lots of awesome plugins over at | 35 | So, you do git? ruby? git and ruby? There are lots of awesome plugins over at |
36 | oh-my-zsh. Treat yourself to some. | 36 | oh-my-zsh. Treat yourself to some. |
37 | 37 | ||
38 | antigen-bundle robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh plugins/ruby | 38 | antigen-bundle robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh plugins/ruby |
39 | antigen-bundle robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh plugins/git | 39 | antigen-bundle robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh plugins/git |
40 | 40 | ||
41 | There are lots of plugins out there in the wild and people are writing zsh | 41 | There are lots of plugins out there in the wild and people are writing zsh |
42 | utilities as small scripts all the time. Antigen is compatible with all of them. | 42 | utilities as small scripts all the time. Antigen is compatible with all of them. |
43 | The plugins and scripts don't need any special handling to be compatible with | 43 | The plugins and scripts don't need any special handling to be compatible with |
44 | antigen. | 44 | antigen. |
45 | 45 | ||
46 | Another example, [kennethreitz's autoenv](autoenv). Just a bundle command away. | ||
47 | |||
48 | antigen-bundle kennethreitz/autoenv | ||
49 | |||
50 | And boom! you have all the autoenv goodness. Just remember how you used to do | ||
51 | these before antigen, clone it, modify your bashrc to source it, load a new | ||
52 | terminal, all just to test it out. Duh! | ||
53 | |||
46 | The side effect of this is that you can tell antigen to grab just about anything | 54 | The side effect of this is that you can tell antigen to grab just about anything |
47 | from anyone's `dotfiles` repo, as long as it is in a directory under any repo on | 55 | from anyone's `dotfiles` repo, as long as it is in a directory under any repo on |
48 | github. | 56 | github. |
49 | 57 | ||
50 | And themes? How would you like a fancy new prompt for yourself? | 58 | And themes? How would you like a fancy new prompt for yourself? |
51 | 59 | ||
52 | antigen-theme funky | 60 | antigen-theme funky |
53 | 61 | ||
54 | No? Not your taste? There are many themes available to you, check out the | 62 | No? Not your taste? There are many themes available to you, check out the |
55 | oh-my-zsh's [page on themes][]. (You can currently only install themes from | 63 | oh-my-zsh's [page on themes][]. (You can currently only install themes from |
56 | robbyrussell's, i.e., the canonical oh-my-zsh repo). | 64 | robbyrussell's, i.e., the canonical oh-my-zsh repo). |
57 | 65 | ||
58 | Note: Many of those plugins and especially themes, assume you have the core | 66 | Note: Many of those plugins and especially themes, assume you have the core |
59 | library of oh-my-zsh loaded. So, if you want to experiment further, issue a | 67 | library of oh-my-zsh loaded. So, if you want to experiment further, issue a |
60 | 68 | ||
61 | antigen-lib | 69 | antigen-lib |
62 | 70 | ||
63 | and continue until you're tired. At which point you can come back to this page | 71 | and continue until you're tired. At which point you can come back to this page |
64 | ;) | 72 | ;) |
65 | 73 | ||
66 | ## Usage | 74 | ## Usage |
67 | 75 | ||
68 | So, now that you're here, I'll assume you are convinced and want antigen running | 76 | So, now that you're here, I'll assume you are convinced and want antigen running |
69 | your shell all the time. Sweet. Let's do it. | 77 | your shell all the time. Sweet. Let's do it. |
70 | 78 | ||
71 | First, clone this repo, probably as a submodule if you have your dotfiles in a | 79 | First, clone this repo, probably as a submodule if you have your dotfiles in a |
72 | git repo, | 80 | git repo, |
73 | 81 | ||
74 | git clone https://github.com/sharat87/antigen.git | 82 | git clone https://github.com/sharat87/antigen.git |
75 | 83 | ||
76 | The usage should be very familiar to you if you use Vundle. A typical `.zshrc` | 84 | The usage should be very familiar to you if you use Vundle. A typical `.zshrc` |
77 | might look like this | 85 | might look like this |
78 | 86 | ||
79 | source /path-to-antigen-clone/antigen.zsh | 87 | source /path-to-antigen-clone/antigen.zsh |
80 | 88 | ||
81 | # Load the oh-my-zsh's library. | 89 | # Load the oh-my-zsh's library. |
82 | antigen-lib | 90 | antigen-lib |
83 | 91 | ||
84 | # Bundles from the default repo (robbyrussell's oh-my-zsh). | 92 | # Bundles from the default repo (robbyrussell's oh-my-zsh). |
85 | antigen-bundle git | 93 | antigen-bundle git |
86 | antigen-bundle heroku | 94 | antigen-bundle heroku |
87 | antigen-bundle pip | 95 | antigen-bundle pip |
88 | antigen-bundle lein | 96 | antigen-bundle lein |
89 | antigen-bundle command-not-found | 97 | antigen-bundle command-not-found |
90 | 98 | ||
91 | # Syntax highlighting bundle. | 99 | # Syntax highlighting bundle. |
92 | antigen-bundle zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting | 100 | antigen-bundle zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting |
93 | 101 | ||
94 | # Load the theme. | 102 | # Load the theme. |
95 | antigen-theme robbyrussell | 103 | antigen-theme robbyrussell |
96 | 104 | ||
97 | # Tell antigen that you're done. | 105 | # Tell antigen that you're done. |
98 | antigen-apply | 106 | antigen-apply |
99 | 107 | ||
100 | Open your zsh with this zshrc and you should see all the bundles you defined | 108 | Open your zsh with this zshrc and you should see all the bundles you defined |
101 | here, getting installed. Once its done, you are ready to roll. The complete | 109 | here, getting installed. Once its done, you are ready to roll. The complete |
102 | syntax for the `antigen-bundle` command is discussed further down on this page. | 110 | syntax for the `antigen-bundle` command is discussed further down on this page. |
103 | 111 | ||
104 | ## Motivation | 112 | ## Motivation |
105 | 113 | ||
106 | If you use zsh and [oh-my-zsh][], you know that having many different plugins | 114 | If you use zsh and [oh-my-zsh][], you know that having many different plugins |
107 | that are developed by many different authors in a single (sub)repo is not a very | 115 | that are developed by many different authors in a single (sub)repo is not a very |
108 | easy to maintain. There are some really fantastic plugins and utilities in | 116 | easy to maintain. There are some really fantastic plugins and utilities in |
109 | oh-my-zsh, but having them all in a single repo doesn't really scale well. And I | 117 | oh-my-zsh, but having them all in a single repo doesn't really scale well. And I |
110 | admire robbyrussell's efforts for reviewing and merging the gigantic number of | 118 | admire robbyrussell's efforts for reviewing and merging the gigantic number of |
111 | pull requests the project gets. It needs a better way of plugin management. | 119 | pull requests the project gets. It needs a better way of plugin management. |
112 | 120 | ||
113 | This was discussed on [a][1] [few][2] [issues][3], but it doesn't look like | 121 | This was discussed on [a][1] [few][2] [issues][3], but it doesn't look like |
114 | there was any progress made. So, I'm trying to start this off with antigen, | 122 | there was any progress made. So, I'm trying to start this off with antigen, |
115 | hoping to better this situation. Please note that I'm by no means a zsh or any | 123 | hoping to better this situation. Please note that I'm by no means a zsh or any |
116 | shell script expert (far from it). | 124 | shell script expert (far from it). |
117 | 125 | ||
118 | [1]: https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/issues/465 | 126 | [1]: https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/issues/465 |
119 | [2]: https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/issues/377 | 127 | [2]: https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/issues/377 |
120 | [3]: https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/issues/1014 | 128 | [3]: https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/issues/1014 |
121 | 129 | ||
122 | Inspired by vundle, antigen can pull oh-my-zsh style plugins from various github | 130 | Inspired by vundle, antigen can pull oh-my-zsh style plugins from various github |
123 | repositories. You are not limited to use plugins from the oh-my-zsh repository | 131 | repositories. You are not limited to use plugins from the oh-my-zsh repository |
124 | only and you don't need to maintain your own fork and pull from upstream every | 132 | only and you don't need to maintain your own fork and pull from upstream every |
125 | now and then. | 133 | now and then. |
126 | 134 | ||
127 | Antigen also lets you switch the prompt theme with one command, just like that | 135 | Antigen also lets you switch the prompt theme with one command, just like that |
128 | 136 | ||
129 | bundle-theme candy | 137 | bundle-theme candy |
130 | 138 | ||
131 | and your prompt is changed, just for this session of course. | 139 | and your prompt is changed, just for this session of course. |
132 | 140 | ||
133 | ## Commands | 141 | ## Commands |
134 | 142 | ||
135 | ### antigen-bundle | 143 | ### antigen-bundle |
136 | 144 | ||
137 | This command tells antigen to install (if not already installed) and load the | 145 | This command tells antigen to install (if not already installed) and load the |
138 | given plugin. The simplest usage follows the following syntax. | 146 | given plugin. The simplest usage follows the following syntax. |
139 | 147 | ||
140 | antigen-bundle <plugin-name> | 148 | antigen-bundle <plugin-name> |
141 | 149 | ||
142 | This will install the `plugins/<name>` directory from [robbyrussell's | 150 | This will install the `plugins/<name>` directory from [robbyrussell's |
143 | oh-my-zsh][oh-my-zsh] (can be changed by setting `ANTIGEN_DEFAULT_REPO_URL`). | 151 | oh-my-zsh][oh-my-zsh] (can be changed by setting `ANTIGEN_DEFAULT_REPO_URL`). |
144 | 152 | ||
145 | However, the above is just syntax sugar for the extended syntax of the | 153 | However, the above is just syntax sugar for the extended syntax of the |
146 | `antigen-bundle` command. | 154 | `antigen-bundle` command. |
147 | 155 | ||
148 | antigen-bundle [<url> [<loc>]] | 156 | antigen-bundle [<url> [<loc>]] |
149 | 157 | ||
150 | where `<url>` is the repository url and it defaults to [robbyrussell's | 158 | where `<url>` is the repository url and it defaults to [robbyrussell's |
151 | oh-my-zsh][oh-my-zsh] repo (can be changed by setting `ANTIGEN_DEFAULT_REPO_URL` | 159 | oh-my-zsh][oh-my-zsh] repo (can be changed by setting `ANTIGEN_DEFAULT_REPO_URL` |
152 | discussed further down). `<loc>` is the path under this repository which has the | 160 | discussed further down). `<loc>` is the path under this repository which has the |
153 | zsh plugin. This is typically the directory that contains a `*.plugin.zsh` file, | 161 | zsh plugin. This is typically the directory that contains a `*.plugin.zsh` file, |
154 | but it could contain a completion file or just many `*.zsh` files to be sourced. | 162 | but it could contain a completion file or just many `*.zsh` files to be sourced. |
155 | `<loc>` defaults to `/`, which indicates the repository itself is a plugin. | 163 | `<loc>` defaults to `/`, which indicates the repository itself is a plugin. |
156 | 164 | ||
157 | An example invocation would be | 165 | An example invocation would be |
158 | 166 | ||
159 | # The following is the same as `antigen-bundle ant`. But for demonstration | 167 | # The following is the same as `antigen-bundle ant`. But for demonstration |
160 | # purposes, we use the extended syntax here. | 168 | # purposes, we use the extended syntax here. |
161 | antigen-bundle https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh.git plugins/ant | 169 | antigen-bundle https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh.git plugins/ant |
162 | 170 | ||
163 | This would install the ant plugin from robbyrussell's oh-my-zsh repo. Of course, | 171 | This would install the ant plugin from robbyrussell's oh-my-zsh repo. Of course, |
164 | github url's can be shortened. | 172 | github url's can be shortened. |
165 | 173 | ||
166 | antigen-bundle robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh plugins/ant | 174 | antigen-bundle robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh plugins/ant |
167 | 175 | ||
168 | And since this repo is the default, even that isn't necessary. But we can't | 176 | And since this repo is the default, even that isn't necessary. But we can't |
169 | specify the `loc` without giving the first argument. | 177 | specify the `loc` without giving the first argument. |
170 | 178 | ||
171 | For this and a few other reasons, `antigen-bundle` also supports a simple | 179 | For this and a few other reasons, `antigen-bundle` also supports a simple |
172 | keyword argument syntax, using which we can rewrite the above as | 180 | keyword argument syntax, using which we can rewrite the above as |
173 | 181 | ||
174 | antigen-bundle --loc=plugins/ant | 182 | antigen-bundle --loc=plugins/ant |
175 | 183 | ||
176 | Which picks up the default for the `url` argument, and uses the `loc` given to | 184 | Which picks up the default for the `url` argument, and uses the `loc` given to |
177 | it. | 185 | it. |
178 | 186 | ||
179 | *Note* that you can mix and match positional and keyword arguments. But you | 187 | *Note* that you can mix and match positional and keyword arguments. But you |
180 | can't have positional arguments after keyword arguments. | 188 | can't have positional arguments after keyword arguments. |
181 | 189 | ||
182 | antigen-bundle robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh --loc=plugins/ant | 190 | antigen-bundle robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh --loc=plugins/ant |
183 | 191 | ||
184 | And keyword arguments don't care about the order in which the arguments are | 192 | And keyword arguments don't care about the order in which the arguments are |
185 | specified. The following is perfectly valid. | 193 | specified. The following is perfectly valid. |
186 | 194 | ||
187 | antigen-bundle --loc=plugins/ant --url=robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh | 195 | antigen-bundle --loc=plugins/ant --url=robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh |
188 | 196 | ||
189 | In addition to the above discussed arguments, `antigen-bundle` also takes a | 197 | In addition to the above discussed arguments, `antigen-bundle` also takes a |
190 | `btype` keyword-only argument, that is used internally. You shouldn't be | 198 | `btype` keyword-only argument, that is used internally. You shouldn't be |
191 | concerned with this argument, its only used internally and will probably go away | 199 | concerned with this argument, its only used internally and will probably go away |
192 | in the future. It indicates whether the bundle is a theme or a simple plugin. | 200 | in the future. It indicates whether the bundle is a theme or a simple plugin. |
193 | 201 | ||
194 | You can use this `antigen-bundle` command not just from your `.zshrc`, but also | 202 | You can use this `antigen-bundle` command not just from your `.zshrc`, but also |
195 | from your shell environment. This allows you to install plugins on the fly and | 203 | from your shell environment. This allows you to install plugins on the fly and |
196 | try them out. Of course if you want a bundle to be available every time you open | 204 | try them out. Of course if you want a bundle to be available every time you open |
197 | a shell, put it in your `.zshrc`. | 205 | a shell, put it in your `.zshrc`. |
198 | 206 | ||
199 | Other keyword-only arguments accepted: | 207 | Other keyword-only arguments accepted: |
200 | 208 | ||
201 | `branch` — Specify the branch of the git repo to be used for this bundle. | 209 | `branch` — Specify the branch of the git repo to be used for this bundle. |
202 | Please note that if you specify two plugins to be loaded from the same git repo, | 210 | Please note that if you specify two plugins to be loaded from the same git repo, |
203 | but different branches, then two separate clones of this repo will be | 211 | but different branches, then two separate clones of this repo will be |
204 | maintained. This is a small implementation detail and shouldn't influence you in | 212 | maintained. This is a small implementation detail and shouldn't influence you in |
205 | any way. | 213 | any way. |
206 | 214 | ||
207 | ### antigen-bundles | 215 | ### antigen-bundles |
208 | 216 | ||
209 | If you have a fair number of bundles, using the `antigen-bundle` command can | 217 | If you have a fair number of bundles, using the `antigen-bundle` command can |
210 | look cumbersome. You can use the `antigen-bundles` command to *bulk* define | 218 | look cumbersome. You can use the `antigen-bundles` command to *bulk* define |
211 | bundles instead of individual calls to `antigen-bundle`. | 219 | bundles instead of individual calls to `antigen-bundle`. |
212 | 220 | ||
213 | Usage is pretty straightforward. Just pipe the bundle specifications, just as | 221 | Usage is pretty straightforward. Just pipe the bundle specifications, just as |
214 | you would give to the `antigen-bundle` command, one per line, into the | 222 | you would give to the `antigen-bundle` command, one per line, into the |
215 | `antigen-bundles` command. The easiest way to do this, is using the heredoc | 223 | `antigen-bundles` command. The easiest way to do this, is using the heredoc |
216 | syntax. | 224 | syntax. |
217 | 225 | ||
218 | antigen-bundles <<EOF | 226 | antigen-bundles <<EOF |
219 | # Guess what to install when running an unknown command. | 227 | # Guess what to install when running an unknown command. |
220 | command-not-found | 228 | command-not-found |
221 | 229 | ||
222 | # The heroku tool helper plugin. | 230 | # The heroku tool helper plugin. |
223 | heroku | 231 | heroku |
224 | 232 | ||
225 | EOF | 233 | EOF |
226 | 234 | ||
227 | This is equivalent to | 235 | This is equivalent to |
228 | 236 | ||
229 | antigen-bundle command-not-found | 237 | antigen-bundle command-not-found |
230 | antigen-bundle heroku | 238 | antigen-bundle heroku |
231 | 239 | ||
232 | Of course, as you can see, from the lines piped to `antigen-bundles`, empty | 240 | Of course, as you can see, from the lines piped to `antigen-bundles`, empty |
233 | lines and those starting with a `#` are ignored. The rest are passed to | 241 | lines and those starting with a `#` are ignored. The rest are passed to |
234 | `antigen-bundle` without any quoting rules applied. They are actually `eval`-ed | 242 | `antigen-bundle` without any quoting rules applied. They are actually `eval`-ed |
235 | with the `antigen-bundle` command. See the source if you want to really | 243 | with the `antigen-bundle` command. See the source if you want to really |
236 | understand how it works. Its a very small function. | 244 | understand how it works. Its a very small function. |
237 | 245 | ||
238 | ### antigen-update | 246 | ### antigen-update |
239 | 247 | ||
240 | This is something you might not want to put in your `.zshrc`. Instead, run it | 248 | This is something you might not want to put in your `.zshrc`. Instead, run it |
241 | occasionally to update all your plugins. It doesn't take any arguments. | 249 | occasionally to update all your plugins. It doesn't take any arguments. |
242 | 250 | ||
243 | antigen-update | 251 | antigen-update |
244 | 252 | ||
245 | Please note that the updates that are downloaded are not immediately available. | 253 | Please note that the updates that are downloaded are not immediately available. |
246 | You have to open a new shell to be able to see the changes. This is a limitation | 254 | You have to open a new shell to be able to see the changes. This is a limitation |
247 | by design since reloading all the plugins *might* have some nasty side effects | 255 | by design since reloading all the plugins *might* have some nasty side effects |
248 | that may not be immediately apparent. Let's just say it can make your shell act | 256 | that may not be immediately apparent. Let's just say it can make your shell act |
249 | real quirky. | 257 | real quirky. |
250 | 258 | ||
251 | **Please note**: This command is not for updating *antigen* itself. Its for | 259 | **Please note**: This command is not for updating *antigen* itself. Its for |
252 | updating the bundles you are using with antigen. | 260 | updating the bundles you are using with antigen. |
253 | 261 | ||
254 | ### antigen-list | 262 | ### antigen-list |
255 | 263 | ||
256 | Use this command to list out the currently *loaded* plugins. Keep in mind that | 264 | Use this command to list out the currently *loaded* plugins. Keep in mind that |
257 | this includes any bundles installed on-the-fly. | 265 | this includes any bundles installed on-the-fly. |
258 | 266 | ||
259 | Takes no arguments. Gives out the repo url and the plugin's location under the | 267 | Takes no arguments. Gives out the repo url and the plugin's location under the |
260 | repo. | 268 | repo. |
261 | 269 | ||
262 | ### antigen-cleanup | 270 | ### antigen-cleanup |
263 | 271 | ||
264 | Used to clean up the clones of repos which are not used by any plugins. It takes | 272 | Used to clean up the clones of repos which are not used by any plugins. It takes |
265 | no arguments. When this is run, it lists out the repo-clones that are available | 273 | no arguments. When this is run, it lists out the repo-clones that are available |
266 | but are not used by any plugin *currently loaded*. | 274 | but are not used by any plugin *currently loaded*. |
267 | 275 | ||
268 | This command currently cannot run in a non-interactive mode. So it won't be very | 276 | This command currently cannot run in a non-interactive mode. So it won't be very |
269 | pleasant to use it in your `.zshrc`. | 277 | pleasant to use it in your `.zshrc`. |
270 | 278 | ||
271 | ### antigen-lib | 279 | ### antigen-lib |
272 | 280 | ||
273 | This is a shortcut to | 281 | This is a shortcut to |
274 | 282 | ||
275 | antigen-bundle --loc=lib | 283 | antigen-bundle --loc=lib |
276 | 284 | ||
277 | So, it basically installs the oh-my-zsh's library as a bundle. Please note that | 285 | So, it basically installs the oh-my-zsh's library as a bundle. Please note that |
278 | this assumes that the `ANTIGEN_DEFAULT_REPO_URL` is set to the oh-my-zsh repo or | 286 | this assumes that the `ANTIGEN_DEFAULT_REPO_URL` is set to the oh-my-zsh repo or |
279 | a fork of that repo. If you want to specify the `url` too, then you can't use | 287 | a fork of that repo. If you want to specify the `url` too, then you can't use |
280 | the `antigen-lib` short cut. You have to do that directly with the | 288 | the `antigen-lib` short cut. You have to do that directly with the |
281 | `antigen-bundle` command. | 289 | `antigen-bundle` command. |
282 | 290 | ||
283 | This is present only for legacy reasons and *might* (or might not) be removed in | 291 | This is present only for legacy reasons and *might* (or might not) be removed in |
284 | the future. | 292 | the future. |
285 | 293 | ||
286 | Use | 294 | Use |
287 | 295 | ||
288 | antigen-lib | 296 | antigen-lib |
289 | 297 | ||
290 | in your `.zshrc`, before any `antigen-bundle` declarations. It takes no | 298 | in your `.zshrc`, before any `antigen-bundle` declarations. It takes no |
291 | arguments. | 299 | arguments. |
292 | 300 | ||
293 | ### antigen-theme | 301 | ### antigen-theme |
294 | 302 | ||
295 | Used for switching the prompt theme. Invoke it with the name of the theme you | 303 | Used for switching the prompt theme. Invoke it with the name of the theme you |
296 | want to use. | 304 | want to use. |
297 | 305 | ||
298 | antigen-theme fox | 306 | antigen-theme fox |
299 | 307 | ||
300 | Currently, themes are pulled from robbyrussell's oh-my-zsh repo, but it will | 308 | Currently, themes are pulled from robbyrussell's oh-my-zsh repo, but it will |
301 | support getting themes from other repos as well in the future. | 309 | support getting themes from other repos as well in the future. |
302 | 310 | ||
303 | You can use this command to change your theme on the fly in your shell. Go on, | 311 | You can use this command to change your theme on the fly in your shell. Go on, |
304 | try out a few themes in your shell before you set it in your `.zshrc`. | 312 | try out a few themes in your shell before you set it in your `.zshrc`. |
305 | 313 | ||
306 | ### antigen-apply | 314 | ### antigen-apply |
307 | 315 | ||
308 | You have to add this command after defining all bundles you need, in your zshrc. | 316 | You have to add this command after defining all bundles you need, in your zshrc. |
309 | The completions defined by your bundles will be loaded at this step. | 317 | The completions defined by your bundles will be loaded at this step. |
310 | 318 | ||
311 | It is possible to load completions as and when a bundle is specified with the | 319 | It is possible to load completions as and when a bundle is specified with the |
312 | bundle command, in which case this command would not be necessary. But loading | 320 | bundle command, in which case this command would not be necessary. But loading |
313 | the completions is a time-consuming process and your shell will start noticeably | 321 | the completions is a time-consuming process and your shell will start noticeably |
314 | slow if you have a good number of bundle specifications. | 322 | slow if you have a good number of bundle specifications. |
315 | 323 | ||
316 | However, if you're a zsh expert and can suggest a way so that this would not be | 324 | However, if you're a zsh expert and can suggest a way so that this would not be |
317 | necessary, I am very interested in discussing it. Please open up an issue with | 325 | necessary, I am very interested in discussing it. Please open up an issue with |
318 | your details. Thanks. | 326 | your details. Thanks. |
319 | 327 | ||
320 | ## Configuration | 328 | ## Configuration |
321 | 329 | ||
322 | The following environment variables can be set to customize the behavior of | 330 | The following environment variables can be set to customize the behavior of |
323 | antigen. Make sure you set them *before* source-ing `antigen.zsh`. | 331 | antigen. Make sure you set them *before* source-ing `antigen.zsh`. |
324 | 332 | ||
325 | `ANTIGEN_DEFAULT_REPO_URL` — This is the default repository url that is | 333 | `ANTIGEN_DEFAULT_REPO_URL` — This is the default repository url that is |
326 | used for `bundle` commands. The default value is robbyrussell's oh-my-zsh repo, | 334 | used for `bundle` commands. The default value is robbyrussell's oh-my-zsh repo, |
327 | but you can set this to the fork url of your own fork. | 335 | but you can set this to the fork url of your own fork. |
328 | 336 | ||
329 | `ADOTDIR` — This directory is used to store all the repo clones, your | 337 | `ADOTDIR` — This directory is used to store all the repo clones, your |
330 | bundles, themes, caches and everything else antigen requires to run smoothly. | 338 | bundles, themes, caches and everything else antigen requires to run smoothly. |
331 | Defaults to `$HOME/.antigen`. | 339 | Defaults to `$HOME/.antigen`. |
332 | 340 | ||
333 | **Note**: `ANTIGEN_REPO_CACHE` & `ANTIGEN_BUNDLE_DIR` — These variables | 341 | **Note**: `ANTIGEN_REPO_CACHE` & `ANTIGEN_BUNDLE_DIR` — These variables |
334 | were used previously but are now removed. Please use `ADOTDIR` instead, as | 342 | were used previously but are now removed. Please use `ADOTDIR` instead, as |
335 | mentioned above. | 343 | mentioned above. |
336 | 344 | ||
337 | ## Notes on writing plugins | 345 | ## Notes on writing plugins |
338 | 346 | ||
339 | > *TBD* | 347 | > *TBD* |
340 | 348 | ||
341 | ## Meta | 349 | ## Meta |
342 | 350 | ||
343 | Project is licensed with the [MIT License][license]. To contribute, just fork, | 351 | Project is licensed with the [MIT License][license]. To contribute, just fork, |
344 | make changes and send a pull request. If its a rather long/complicated change, | 352 | make changes and send a pull request. If its a rather long/complicated change, |
345 | please consider opening an [issue][] first so we can discuss it out. | 353 | please consider opening an [issue][] first so we can discuss it out. |
346 | 354 | ||
347 | Any comments/suggestions/feedback welcome. Please join the discussion on the | 355 | Any comments/suggestions/feedback welcome. Please join the discussion on the |
348 | [reddit page][] of this project. Also, follow me on twitter, | 356 | [reddit page][] of this project. Also, follow me on twitter, |
349 | [@sharat87](twitter). | 357 | [@sharat87](twitter). |
350 | 358 | ||
351 | [Vundle]: https://github.com/gmarik/vundle | 359 | [Vundle]: https://github.com/gmarik/vundle |
352 | [page on themes]: https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/wiki/Themes | 360 | [page on themes]: https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/wiki/Themes |
353 | [syntax highlighting plugin]: https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting | 361 | [syntax highlighting plugin]: https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting |
362 | [autoenv]: https://github.com/kennethreitz/autoenv | ||
354 | [oh-my-zsh]: https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh | 363 | [oh-my-zsh]: https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh |
355 | [issue]: https://github.com/sharat87/antigen/issues | 364 | [issue]: https://github.com/sharat87/antigen/issues |
356 | [license]: http://mit.sharats.me | 365 | [license]: http://mit.sharats.me |
357 | [reddit page]: http://www.reddit.com/r/commandline/comments/u4f26/antigen_a_plugin_manager_for_zsh_shell/ | 366 | [reddit page]: http://www.reddit.com/r/commandline/comments/u4f26/antigen_a_plugin_manager_for_zsh_shell/ |
358 | [twitter]: http://twitter.com/sharat87 | 367 | [twitter]: http://twitter.com/sharat87 |
359 | 368 |