[Need help]How to set the variables for zsh-z?

[shenmishajing]

How to set the variables for zsh-z? I add the following code to my .zshrc, but it does not work.

export ZSHZ_DATA=$ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/z/data
export ZSHZ_ECHO=1
export ZSHZ_CASE=smart
export ZSHZ_NO_RESOLVE_SYMLINKS=1

I have tried to put them in the beginning of my .zshrc, but they do not work also. So, How should I set those variables correctly?

[agkozak]

How strange. When I put your code into a .zshrc, it works for me.

Could you post the whole .zshrc so that I can see if there are any conflicts? Thanks.

[shenmishajing]

@agkozak Here is my .zshrc:

# Enable Powerlevel10k instant prompt. Should stay close to the top of ~/.zshrc.
# Initialization code that may require console input (password prompts, [y/n]
# confirmations, etc.) must go above this block; everything else may go below.
if [[ -r "${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/p10k-instant-prompt-${(%):-%n}.zsh" ]]; then
  source "${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/p10k-instant-prompt-${(%):-%n}.zsh"
fi

# If you come from bash you might have to change your $PATH.
# export PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH

# Path to your oh-my-zsh installation.
export ZSH="$HOME/.oh-my-zsh"

# Set name of the theme to load --- if set to "random", it will
# load a random theme each time oh-my-zsh is loaded, in which case,
# to know which specific one was loaded, run: echo $RANDOM_THEME
# See https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/wiki/Themes
ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k"

# Set list of themes to pick from when loading at random
# Setting this variable when ZSH_THEME=random will cause zsh to load
# a theme from this variable instead of looking in $ZSH/themes/
# If set to an empty array, this variable will have no effect.
# ZSH_THEME_RANDOM_CANDIDATES=( "robbyrussell" "agnoster" )

# Uncomment the following line to use case-sensitive completion.
# CASE_SENSITIVE="true"

# Uncomment the following line to use hyphen-insensitive completion.
# Case-sensitive completion must be off. _ and - will be interchangeable.
# HYPHEN_INSENSITIVE="true"

# Uncomment one of the following lines to change the auto-update behavior
# zstyle ':omz:update' mode disabled  # disable automatic updates
zstyle ':omz:update' mode auto      # update automatically without asking
# zstyle ':omz:update' mode reminder  # just remind me to update when it's time

# Uncomment the following line to change how often to auto-update (in days).
# zstyle ':omz:update' frequency 13

# Uncomment the following line if pasting URLs and other text is messed up.
# DISABLE_MAGIC_FUNCTIONS="true"

# Uncomment the following line to disable colors in ls.
# DISABLE_LS_COLORS="true"

# Uncomment the following line to disable auto-setting terminal title.
# DISABLE_AUTO_TITLE="true"

# Uncomment the following line to enable command auto-correction.
# ENABLE_CORRECTION="true"

# Uncomment the following line to display red dots whilst waiting for completion.
# You can also set it to another string to have that shown instead of the default red dots.
# e.g. COMPLETION_WAITING_DOTS="%F{yellow}waiting...%f"
# Caution: this setting can cause issues with multiline prompts in zsh < 5.7.1 (see #5765)
# COMPLETION_WAITING_DOTS="true"

# Uncomment the following line if you want to disable marking untracked files
# under VCS as dirty. This makes repository status check for large repositories
# much, much faster.
# DISABLE_UNTRACKED_FILES_DIRTY="true"

# Uncomment the following line if you want to change the command execution time
# stamp shown in the history command output.
# You can set one of the optional three formats:
# "mm/dd/yyyy"|"dd.mm.yyyy"|"yyyy-mm-dd"
# or set a custom format using the strftime function format specifications,
# see 'man strftime' for details.
# HIST_STAMPS="mm/dd/yyyy"

# Would you like to use another custom folder than $ZSH/custom?
# ZSH_CUSTOM=/path/to/new-custom-folder

# Which plugins would you like to load?
# Standard plugins can be found in $ZSH/plugins/
# Custom plugins may be added to $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/
# Example format: plugins=(rails git textmate ruby lighthouse)
# Add wisely, as too many plugins slow down shell startup.

plugins=(
  copypath
  copyfile
  sudo
  git
  z
  zsh-history-substring-search
  zsh-autosuggestions
  fast-syntax-highlighting
)

export ZSH_COMPDUMP=$ZSH/cache/.zcompdump-$(scutil --get ComputerName 2>/dev/null)-${ZSH_VERSION}
source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh

HB_CNF_HANDLER="$(brew --repository)/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-command-not-found/handler.sh"
if [ -f "$HB_CNF_HANDLER" ]; then
source "$HB_CNF_HANDLER";
fi

# User configuration

# export MANPATH="/usr/local/man:$MANPATH"

# You may need to manually set your language environment
# export LANG=en_US.UTF-8

# Preferred editor for local and remote sessions
# if [[ -n $SSH_CONNECTION ]]; then
#   export EDITOR='vim'
# else
#   export EDITOR='mvim'
# fi

# Compilation flags
# export ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64"

# Set personal aliases, overriding those provided by oh-my-zsh libs,
# plugins, and themes. Aliases can be placed here, though oh-my-zsh
# users are encouraged to define aliases within the ZSH_CUSTOM folder.
# For a full list of active aliases, run `alias`.
#
# Example aliases
# alias zshconfig="mate ~/.zshrc"
# alias ohmyzsh="mate ~/.oh-my-zsh"

bindkey '^p' history-substring-search-up
bindkey '^n' history-substring-search-down

# This speeds up pasting w/ autosuggest
# https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions/issues/238
pasteinit() {
  OLD_SELF_INSERT=${${(s.:.)widgets[self-insert]}[2,3]}
  zle -N self-insert url-quote-magic # I wonder if you'd need `.url-quote-magic`?
}

pastefinish() {
  zle -N self-insert $OLD_SELF_INSERT
}
zstyle :bracketed-paste-magic paste-init pasteinit
zstyle :bracketed-paste-magic paste-finish pastefinish

export ZSHZ_DATA=$ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/z/data
export ZSHZ_ECHO=1
export ZSHZ_CASE=smart
export ZSHZ_NO_RESOLVE_SYMLINKS=1

alias ls='lsd'
alias l='ls -alg'
alias co='code'
export editor='code --wait'

export HOMEBREW_API_DOMAIN="https://mirrors.bfsu.edu.cn/homebrew-bottles/api"
export HOMEBREW_BOTTLE_DOMAIN="https://mirrors.bfsu.edu.cn/homebrew-bottles"
export HOMEBREW_PIP_INDEX_URL="https://mirrors.bfsu.edu.cn/pypi/web/simple"
export HOMEBREW_CLEANUP_MAX_AGE_DAYS=0

# set proxy
export proxy_ip='localhost'
export proxy_port='7890'
alias sp='export https_proxy=http://$proxy_ip:$proxy_port http_proxy=http://$proxy_ip:$proxy_port all_proxy=socks5://$proxy_ip:$proxy_port'
# unset proxy
alias up='unset all_proxy&&unset https_proxy&&unset http_proxy'
# echo proxy
alias ep='echo "http_proxy=$http_proxy\nhttps_proxy=$https_proxy\nall_proxy=$all_proxy"'

# use proxy in terminal
sp

# To customize prompt, run `p10k configure` or edit $ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/powerlevel10k/.p10k.zsh.
[[ ! -f $ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/powerlevel10k/.p10k.zsh ]] || source $ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/powerlevel10k/.p10k.zsh

by the way, I have move the ~/.p10k.zsh to $ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/powerlevel10k/.p10k.zsh

[agkozak]

Thanks! I'll try out your configuration a little later.

Could you also check to make sure that you're running an up-to-date version of Oh-My-Zsh where z is my agkozak/zsh-z and not the old rupa/z? If you type

less ~/.oh-my-zsh/plugins/z/z.plugin.zsh

you should see

################################################################################
# Zsh-z - jump around with Zsh - A native Zsh version of z without awk, sort,
# date, or sed
#
# https://github.com/agkozak/zsh-z
#
# Copyright (c) 2018-2023 Alexandros Kozak

[shenmishajing]

Yes, I have updated oh-my-zsh recently. This is the result of less

Thanks for your help.

[shenmishajing]

@agkozak Well, I'm sorry that I find they already work. I think the reason of this is that I restart a terminal after I set those variables, but I forget to restart all the terminals, especially those in tmux, so I get a .z file created under my home dir again and again. It's my fatal error, sorry for this.

[agkozak]

Good job diagnosing that. It will be good for me to remember that that can happen moving forward.