zsh-abbr VS zsh-autocomplete

If you have trouble, open a GitHub issue https://github.com/olets/zsh-abbr/issues/new/choose

The abbreviations from Fish will expand the moment you hit space or execute the command. It's basically like an alias, but will expand. However this is not possible in Bash. Zsh itself does not support this, but there is an addon I am using for: https://github.com/olets/zsh-abbr

But you aren't limited to something OMZ specific. zsh-abbr is a manager for "abbreviations" (similar to auto-expanding aliases but with additional tools, and saving everything to a file which can be backed up). And there are zsh snippet managers… I haven't used any so can't speak to them; pet might be the most popular.

Something broke? Open an issue

Enhanced completion: Extend completion by syntax-aware completion, completion with quotes and parameter expansions in prefix texts, ambiguous candidate generation, etc. Also, menu-complete supports selection of candidates in menu (candidate list) by cursor keys, TAB and S-TAB. The feature auto-complete supports the automatic suggestion of completed texts as in fish and zsh-autosuggestions (with Bash 4.0+). The feature menu-filter integrates automatic filtering of candidates into menu completion (with Bash 4.0+). There are other functionalities such as dabbrev and sabbrev like zsh abbreviations or zsh-abbr.

I know. I have an addon for ZSH which mimics the Fish like abbreviations: https://github.com/olets/zsh-abbr

I am on ZSH and prefer abbreviations (with an addon to mimic Fish abbr), because the command will expand on typing and I change it before execution. Also it is then correctly logged as expanded version in the history. However, I also have a few aliases too:

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions && git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting && git clone https://github.com/zdharma-continuum/fast-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/fast-syntax-highlighting && git clone --depth 1 -- https://github.com/marlonrichert/zsh-autocomplete.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-autocomplete

git clone --depth 1 "https://github.com/marlonrichert/zsh-autocomplete.git" $HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autocomplete

Not up to the mark with https://github.com/marlonrichert/zsh-autocomplete which works contextually.

I found it: https://github.com/marlonrichert/zsh-autocomplete

If you're using zsh, you can use zsh-autocomplete plugin. Super easy to use. zsh-autocomplete github

save yourself time and use autosuggestions/autocompletions fish shell does it by default, zsh needs a plugin https://github.com/marlonrichert/zsh-autocomplete (this one has a video showcasing it)

Yeah second this ^ its exactly what OP is asking for. Combine with auto-complete plugin and you can find any command youve typed before easily

git clone --depth 1 -- https://github.com/marlonrichert/zsh-autocomplete.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-autocomplete