Talk:Zsh

Same directory in newly opened tab

I had to append the following to my zshrc

~/.zshrc

<truncated>
. /etc/profile.d/vte.sh

such that a newly opened tab opened in the previous working directory (using gnome-terminal). MrWhite (talk) 13:14, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

I assume he refers to a .zshrc example at Nov 2017. The example at that time looks to me identical to a .zshrc example at Feb 2026. Regid (talk) 15:39, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

The Help command section accuracy is disputed

Quoting Help command section at Feb 2026

Assistant functions have to be enabled separately:

autoload -Uz run-help-git run-help-ip run-help-openssl run-help-p4 run-help-sudo run-help-svk run-help-svn

For example, run-help git commit command will now open the man page git-commit(1) instead of git(1).

For Some of them, such as git and openssl, the assistant functions looks to me not required. I get the expected result anyway. I don't know if they were loaded automatically, or that something else set it correctly. Or that I have done something that I am not aware to being tied, or some other reason.

Further examination reveals, for example, that run-help git commit opens git-commit(1). Possibly because it is opened by the man git commit command as well. While hitting Esc h opens git(1).

Regid (talk) 15:57, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

According to [1], invoking it as run-help git commit (or help git commit if the alias is in place) is incorrect and it's not meant to be used like that.

You do need to load the assistant functions for Alt+h/Esc h to open git-commit(1) with git commit. This is quite easy to test.

-- nl6720 (talk) 12:38, 22 February 2026 (UTC)