fzf-tab VS dotfiles

Am i the only one who feels fish is not worth it despite of hype? Don't get me wrong. I think that fish is really good shell.

BUT...

After adding the following plugins to zsh(before you chime in, it's just adding these lines,not anything configuring much. also it auto bootstraps on new install), I found out that fish is no where near configured zsh.

1) https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/zinit (plugin manager)

2) https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/fast-syntax-highlightin...

3) https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/history-search-multi-wo...

4) https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions

5) https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-completions

6) https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab

7) any good shell prompt generator like https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k

For example, I use fzf integration for tab completion. Fish's fzf integration is nowhere as good as that of zsh's. Also, posix compat and almost bash compat of zsh is plus.

I acknowledge that zsh isn't perfect shell either and I have tried and failed few times in past to switch to fish. If you provide me compelling reason/s to switch to fish, I am all ears.

Seriously, see https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab/pull/132.

Basically I want one that works like fzf-tab, but instead of using fzf I want dmenu, I asked chatGPT to make one (I'm aware of how pathetic this sounds...) but it didn't work the way I expected

You might have better luck with finding the answer if you file an issue at https://github.com/lincheney/fzf-tab-completion. Few here are using https://github.com/lincheney/fzf-tab-completion (https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab is a much more popular alternative among zsh users).

Here is another great plugin that pairs nicely with the above.

https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab

Yeah it's just the prefect tool for speeding up so many things in the command line. I even have Fzf pop up for tab completion with fzf-tab.

There's a popular autosuggestion extension (https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions) which puts dimmed suggestions from the command history in front of the cursor. I use & like it a lot -- however it doesn't do command descriptions as in your sample picture. fzf-tab does something similar, though (https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab); I find it very useful likewise.

Just want to make sure: Have you looked into fzf-tab before starting to implement this?

You can set this up with even less customization. Here's my snippet for doing so [0]. In this way, the default rule for all containers that are part of compose projects gets assigned a subdomain (service.compose-stack.lvh.me).

However, even with my tweaks, the overall solution is still limited. Because it's not on "localhost", the browser considers it an "insecure context" unless you also set up local HTTPS.

[0] https://github.com/CGamesPlay/dotfiles/blob/13659d19ca899cea...

I’ve started using Remote OSS [0] with some custom scripts to install and run the remote code host. Works great on remote servers and even with devcontainers on remote hosts. You can use a script like the one here to handle automatically installing and setting up the tunnel [1]. I’m working on a PR that adds a way to automatically run custom scripts to set up the tunnels as well [1].

[0] https://open-vsx.org/extension/xaberus/remote-oss

[1] https://github.com/CGamesPlay/dotfiles/blob/master/files/.lo...

[2] https://github.com/xaberus/vscode-remote-oss/pull/9

I built a "Control-P" feature for fish that would also be a good trigger for this tool. Basically, you activate the shortcut to run the program, then it will change the directory based on the selection, but restore your original command line after. So you can be halfway through a command before realizing you are in the wrong place. Also, can cd with one fewer keystroke. My version is at [0], but obviously modifiable for other tools like this one.

[0] https://github.com/CGamesPlay/dotfiles/blob/master/files/.co...

FWIW, I still use regular vim with ale [0] and it does everything I want. It formats files with Black and isort, shows ruff and pyright errors, supports jumping to definitions, and has variable information available on hover. I have collected my config over the past several years, but I pretty rarely encounter errors with it.

[0]: https://github.com/dense-analysis/ale [1] https://github.com/CGamesPlay/dotfiles/blob/master/files/.co...

I think the first example should have been done with direnv rather than having a manual step, but I supposed to each their own. The other examples are all pretty neat.

I recently set up fasd, which I recommend, but I tied it together with fzf, which makes it really nice.

fasd: https://github.com/clvv/fasd

tie it with fzf: https://github.com/CGamesPlay/dotfiles/blob/master/files/.co...