GRMLZSHRC
-May, 2009
+August, 2009
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== PERSISTENT HISTORY ==
+If you got commands you consider important enough to be included in every
+shell's history, you can put them into ~/.important_commands and they will be
+available via the usual history lookup widgets.
= REFERENCE =
== KEYBINDINGS ==
+Apart from zsh's default key bindings, //grmlzshrc// comes with its own set of
+key bindings. Note that bindings like **ESC-e** can also be typed as **ALT-e**
+on PC keyboards.
+
+: **ESC-e**
+Edit the current command buffer in your favourite editor.
+
== SHELL FUNCTIONS ==
//grmlzshrc// comes with a wide array of defined shell functions to ease the
user's life.
-: urlencode()
+: **2html()**
+Converts plaintext files to HTML using vim. The output is written to
+<filename>.html.
+
+: **doc()**
+Takes packagename as argument. Sets current working directory to
+/usr/share/doc/<packagename> and prints out a directory listing.
+
+: **hex()**
+Prints the hexadecimal representation of the number supplied as argument
+(base ten only).
+
+: **readme()**
+Opens all README-like files in current working directory with the program
+defined in the $PAGER environment variable.
+
+: **startx()**
+Initializes an X session using startx(1) if /etc/X11/xorg.conf exists, else
+issues a Warning to use the grml-x(1) script. Can be overridden by using
+/usr/bin/startx directly.
+
+: **urlencode()**
Takes a string as its first argument and prints it RFC 2396 URL encoded to
standard out.
+: **xinit()**
+Initializes an X session using xinit(1) if /etc/X11/xorg.conf exists, else
+issues a Warning to use the grml-x(1) script. Can be overridden by using
+/usr/bin/xinit directly.
+
+
+== ALIASES ==
+//grmlzshrc// comes with a wide array of predefined aliases to ease the user's
+life.
+
+: **cmplayer** (//mplayer -vo fbdev//)
+Video player with framebuffer as video output device, so you can watch
+videos on a virtual tty. Hint: Using fbdev2 allows you to use the shell
+while watching a movie.
+
+: **da** (//du -sch//)
+Prints the summarized disk usage of the arguments as well as a grand total
+in human readable format.
+
+: **fblinks** (//links2 -driver fb//)
+A Web browser on the framebuffer device. So you can browse images and click
+links on the virtual tty.
+
+: **fbmplayer** (//mplayer -vo fbdev -fs -zoom//)
+Fullscreen Video player with the framebuffer as video output device. So you
+can watch videos on a virtual tty.
+
+: **g** (//git//)
+Revision control system by Linus Torvalds.
+
+: **http** (//python -m SimpleHTTPServer//)
+Basic HTTP server implemented in python. Listens on port 8000/tcp and
+serves current directory. Implements GET and HEAD methods.
+
+: **j** (//jobs -l//)
+Prints status of jobs in the current shell session in long format.
+
+: **md** (//mkdir -p//)
+Creates directory including parent directories, if necessary
+
+: **rw-** (//chmod 600//)
+Grants read and write permission of a file to the owner and nobody else.
+
+: **rwx** (//chmod 700//)
+Grants read, write and execute permission of a file to the owner and nobody
+else.
+
+: **r--** (//chmod 644//)
+Grants read and write permission of a file to the owner and read-only to
+anybody else.
+
+: **r-x** (//chmod 755//)
+Grants read, write and execute permission of a file to the owner and
+read-only plus execute permission to anybody else.
+
= AUXILIARY FILES =
This is a set of files, that - if they exist - can be used to customize the
behaviour of //grmlzshrc//.
-: .zshrc.pre
+: **.zshrc.pre**
Sourced at the very beginning of //grmlzshrc//. Among other things, it can
be used to permantenly change //grmlzshrc//'s STARTUP VARIABLES (see above):
\
GRML_ALWAYS_LOAD_ALL=1
```
-: .zshrc.local
+: **.zshrc.local**
Sourced right before loading //grmlzshrc// is finished. There is a global
version of this file (/etc/zsh/zshrc.local) which is sourced before the
user-specific one.
+: **.zdirs**
+Directory listing for persistent dirstack (see above).
+
+: **.important_commands**
+List of commands, used by persistent history (see above).
= INSTALLATION ON NON-DEBIAN SYSTEMS =
+On Debian systems (http://www.debian.org) - and possibly Ubuntu
+(http://www.ubuntu.com) and similar systems - it is very easy to get
+//grmlzshrc// via grml's .deb repositories.
+
+On non-debian systems, that is not an option, but all is not lost:
+\
+```
+% wget -O .zshrc http://git.grml.org/f/grml-etc-core/etc/zsh/zshrc
+```
+
+If you would also like to get seperate function files (which you can put into
+your **$fpath**), you can browse and download them at:
+
+http://git.grml.org/?p=grml-etc-core.git;a=tree;f=usr_share_grml/zsh;hb=HEAD
= CONTRIBUTING =