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Aloxaf / fzf-tab

fzf-tab

Replace zsh's default completion selection menu with fzf!

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Replace zsh's default completion selection menu with fzf!

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Observed mentions: 2020-03-06 01:26:19 UTC to 2026-01-10 06:37:41 UTC.

0123452020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 1 submissions, 3 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 0 submissions, 5 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 1 submissions, 3 comments20232024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

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20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC505
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC413
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I use atuin for the shell history as it seems to know when I've run a command in one tab/split while another is open where fzf doesn't seem to sync it all the time. But I still use fzf to find files. (Bonus, I use Zoxide to replace the alt+d cd shortcut as it's much faster, and use https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab for tab completions in the terminal to become fuzzy, very very useful)
In Oh My Zsh adds bloat
What I'd really like is integration between fzf and bash autocompletion so that I can get more of a code completion like experience. Or maybe something smarter still. I feel I could get so much more value from kubectl and/or yq with a bit better ux in this regard. Maybe skim does this? Or fzf does it if I configure it differently? Ah, found this now, looks really promising! https://github.com/Aloxaf/fzf-tab (Oh, zsh specific)
In Better Shell History Search
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 as good as 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
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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.
In Fish – A friendly interactive shell

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