introduce a basic environment config

aliases.zsh

@@ -6,11 +6,9 @@
 
 export EDITOR="vim"
 alias vi="vim"
-alias aedit=" $EDITOR ~/.zsh/aliases.zsh; source ~/.zsh/aliases.zsh"
-alias fedit=" $EDITOR ~/.zsh/functions.zsh; source ~/.zsh/functions.zsh"
-alias pedit=" $EDITOR ~/.zsh/private.zsh; source ~/.zsh/private.zsh"
-alias vedit=" $EDITOR /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf"
-alias gedit=" $EDITOR ~/.gitconfig"
+alias aedit=" $EDITOR $ZSH_CONFG/aliases.zsh; source $ZSH_CONFIG/aliases.zsh"
+alias fedit=" $EDITOR $ZSH_CONFG/functions.zsh; source $ZSH_CONFIG/functions.zsh"
+alias pedit=" $EDITOR $ZSH_CONFIG/private.zsh; source $ZSH_CONFIG/private.zsh"
 
 #alias man="unset PAGER; man"
 alias grep='grep --color=auto'
@@ -33,7 +31,6 @@ alias g='git'
 alias d=' dirs -v'
 alias ka="killall"
 
-#alias .='open .'
 alias cd=' cd'
 alias ..=' cd ..; ls'
 alias ...=' cd ..; cd ..; ls'

colors.zsh

@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/zsh
-# A script to make using 256 colors in zsh less painful.
-# P.C. Shyamshankar <sykora@lucentbeing.com>
-# Copied from http://github.com/sykora/etc/blob/master/zsh/functions/spectrum/
-
-typeset -Ag FX FG BG
-
-FX=(
-    reset     "%{%}"
-    bold      "%{%}" no-bold      "%{%}"
-    italic    "%{%}" no-italic    "%{%}"
-    underline "%{%}" no-underline "%{%}"
-    blink     "%{%}" no-blink     "%{%}"
-    reverse   "%{%}" no-reverse   "%{%}"
-)
-
-for color in {000..255}; do
-    FG[$color]="%{[38;5;${color}m%}"
-    BG[$color]="%{[48;5;${color}m%}"
-done
-
-
-# See if we can use colors.
-# Original from Phil Gold at http://aperiodic.net/phil/prompt/
-autoload colors zsh/terminfo
-if [[ "$terminfo[colors]" -ge 8 ]]; then
-    colors
-fi
-for color in RED GREEN YELLOW BLUE MAGENTA CYAN WHITE; do
-    eval PR_$color='%{$terminfo[bold]$fg[${(L)color}]%}'
-    eval PR_LIGHT_$color='%{$fg[${(L)color}]%}'
-    (( count = $count + 1 ))
-done
-PR_NO_COLOR="%{$terminfo[sgr0]%}"
-
-

environment.zsh

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# @author     Sebastian Tramp <mail@sebastian.tramp.name>
+# @license    http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php
+#
+# Basic environment settings related to the zsh compiliation (not private)
+
+# XDG Base Directory Specification
+# http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
+export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$HOME/.config"
+export XDG_CACHE_HOME="$HOME/.cache"
+export ZSH_CONFIG="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/zsh"
+export ZSH_CACHE="$XDG_CACHE_HOME/zsh"
+mkdir -p $ZSH_CACHE
+
+# executable search path
+export PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH
+
+

zshrc

@@ -4,13 +4,11 @@
 # the main RC file (will be linked to ~/.zshrc)
 #
 
-export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$HOME/.config"
-export XDG_CACHE_HOME="$HOME/.cache"
-export ZSH_CONFIG="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/zsh"
-export ZSH_CACHE="$XDG_CACHE_HOME/zsh"
-mkdir -p $ZSH_CACHE
+# first include of the environment
+source $HOME/.config/zsh/environment.zsh
 
 typeset -ga sources
+sources+="$ZSH_CONFIG/environment.zsh"
 sources+="$ZSH_CONFIG/options.zsh"
 sources+="$ZSH_CONFIG/prompt.zsh"
 sources+="$ZSH_CONFIG/functions.zsh"
@@ -32,9 +30,10 @@ sources+="$ZSH_CONFIG/autojump/autojump.zsh"
 systemFile=`uname -s | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]"`
 sources+="$ZSH_CONFIG/$systemFile.zsh"
 
-# Finally include the private.zsh file
+# Private aliases and adoptions
 sources+="$ZSH_CONFIG/private.zsh"
 
+# completion config needs to be after system and private config
 sources+="$ZSH_CONFIG/completion.zsh"
 
 # try to include all sources