zsh-autoswitch-virtualenv VS zsh-vi-mode

autoswitch-virtualenv 🥇 🏃‍♂️ ⏳ - ZSH plugin to automatically switch python virtualenvs and pipenvs when traversing directories. Automatically detects pipenv and poetry projects.

For the environment isolation problem. That is just a tooling issue. I.e. you not willing to use environmental isolation methodologies (virtualenv, pipenv, etc), all of which have some nice automation with tools like https://github.com/MichaelAquilina/zsh-autoswitch-virtualenv.

And zsh-vi-mode

Thank you for your answer, I'm using zsh and zsh-vi-mode, and, at least in my experience, it works GREAT!

Here's a random endorsement: have you tried this improved vi-mode plugin for zsh? The built-in mode is good, but the plugin adds some of the commands that I missed. https://github.com/jeffreytse/zsh-vi-mode

My following recommendation does not address your original question, but you might be interested into it. Since a year or so I use a plugin for ZSH which enhances the vim like capabilities on the commandline: https://github.com/jeffreytse/zsh-vi-mode And additionally in normal mode vv will open up vim for editing this commandline and a :wq would go back with the updated line. Not using myself, but cool to have.

Vi mode was not enough for me, so I installed a ZSH plugin with extended Vim features: https://github.com/jeffreytse/zsh-vi-mode

Yeah, I can't imagine working without it. There's also a more feature-packed vi-mode (since the zsh vi-mode lacks some basic bindings).