The purpose of this project is to provide a simple quality of life update for aliasing in the shell.
If you do not have a .zsh_alias file in your home directory type
cd ~
touch .zsh_alias
In order to run the script from your terminal type
source <pathto>/ZshAlias/alias_configurator
I highly suggest changing your .zshrc to run the script with argument 1, instead of source ~/.zsh_alias
In your .zshrc file replace source ~/.zsh_alias with source <pathto>/ZshAlias/alias_configurator 1
I also suggest adding alias aliasing='source <pathto>/ZshAlias/alias_configurator' in order to maximize workflow when quickly modifying aliases.
Running source ./alias_configurator without any arguments will show the usage abilities of the script:
Usage: <pathto>/ZshAlias/alias_configurator {0: set | 1: configure | 2: list | 3: edit alias | 4: edit this }
Using the alias for the script (shown above),
aliasing 0 will set the aliases made without any feedback.
aliasing 1 will set the aliases made with feedback and will echo ALIASES CONFIGURED.
aliasing 2 will output the .zsh_alias file, i.e. show list of your aliases.
aliasing 3 will open the .zsh_alias with vim, allowing you to edit your aliases.
aliasing 4 will open the alias_configurator script with vim, allowing you to edit the script to change instances of vim with your favorite text editor and/or change the destination of each sourced file.
The script currently assumes that .zsh_alias ZshAlias/ are located in your home directory
In order to use this script the files must be in the appropriate place, and in order to do this, open the script with a text editor and change all instances of ~ to the appropriate path.