Prepare a set of Rust tools that can be used with zsh in zinit

• I was using oh-my-zsh as a plugin manager to extend zsh, which has become the standard shell for Macs, but changed to a lightweight tool called zinit in terms of operation.
• At the same time, it turned out that I could use the Rust command tools that I usually use (ripgrep and exa).
• In this article, we will describe how to set up zinit and configure the tools.

Environment

• Mac OS X 10.15.6
• ZSH 5.7.1

Procedure

Install zinit

• Install zinit (a lightweight and fast zsh plugin management tool) in your environment with the following command.

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zdharma/zinit/master/doc/install.sh)"

• After entering the command, the following information will be automatically entered in ~/.zshrc.

### Added by Zinit's installer

# ...............

source "$HOME/.zinit/bin/zinit.zsh"
autoload -Uz _zinit
### End of Zinit's installer chunk

• Update manually with the following command.

zinit self-update

Selecting a tool

• This time, the Rust command tools managed by zinit are as follows.
  • ripgrep
    • Fast grep alternative tool
  • exa
    • Fast ls alternative tool
  • bat
    • Fast cat alternative tool
  • fd
    • Fast find alternative tool

Setting up zshrc

• After completing the tool selection, describe the following plug-in contents in .zshrc

### Added by Zinit's installer
# ....
### End of Zinit's installer chunk

# ripgrep
zinit ice as"program" from"gh-r" mv"ripgrep* -> rg" pick"rg/rg"
zinit light BurntSushi/ripgrep

# exa
zinit ice as"program" from"gh-r" mv"exa* -> exa"
zinit light ogham/exa

# bat
zinit ice as"program" from"gh-r" mv"bat* -> bat" pick"bat/bat"
zinit light sharkdp/bat

# fd
zinit ice as"program" from"gh-r" mv"fd* -> fd" pick"fd/fd"
zinit light sharkdp/fd

• After saving, load it with the following command

source ~/.zshrc

• The tool will start downloading, and after it finishes, enter the various commands.
  • ripgrep : rg word
  • bat : bat filename
• Once confirmed, you are done.

Link

• Github
• Document
• https://github.com/zdharma/zinit/issues/278