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3.7 KiB
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78 lines
3.7 KiB
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# dircycle
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Plugin for cycling through the directory stack
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This plugin enables directory navigation similar to using back and forward on browsers or common file explorers like Finder or Nautilus. It uses a small zle trick that lets you cycle through your directory stack left or right using <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>Left</kbd> / <kbd>Right</kbd> . This is useful when moving back and forth between directories in development environments, and can be thought of as kind of a nondestructive pushd/popd.
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## Enabling the plugin
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1. Open your `.zshrc` file and add `dircycle` in the plugins section:
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```zsh
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plugins=(
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# all your enabled plugins
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dircycle
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)
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```
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2. Restart the shell or restart your Terminal session:
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```console
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$ exec zsh
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$
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```
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## Usage Examples
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Say you opened these directories on the terminal:
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```console
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~$ cd Projects
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~/Projects$ cd Hacktoberfest
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~/Projects/Hacktoberfest$ cd oh-my-zsh
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~/Projects/Hacktoberfest/oh-my-zsh$ dirs -v
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0 ~/Projects/Hacktoberfest/oh-my-zsh
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1 ~/Projects/Hacktoberfest
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2 ~/Projects
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3 ~
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```
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By pressing <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>Left</kbd>, the current working directory or `$CWD` will be from `oh-my-zsh` to `Hacktoberfest`. Press it again and it will be at `Projects`.
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And by pressing <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>Right</kbd>, the `$CWD` will be from `Projects` to `Hacktoberfest`. Press it again and it will be at `oh-my-zsh`.
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Here's a example history table with the same accessed directories like above:
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| Current `$CWD` | Key press | New `$CWD` |
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| --------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | --------------- |
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| `oh-my-zsh` | <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>Left</kbd> | `Hacktoberfest` |
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| `Hacktoberfest` | <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>Left</kbd> | `Projects` |
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| `Projects` | <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>Left</kbd> | `~` |
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| `~` | <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>Right</kbd> | `Projects` |
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| `Projects` | <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>Right</kbd> | `Hacktoberfest` |
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| `Hacktoberfest` | <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>Right</kbd> | `oh-my-zsh` |
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| `oh-my-zsh` | <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>Right</kbd> | `~` |
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Note the last traversal, when pressing <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>Right</kbd> on a last known `$CWD`, it will change back to the first known `$CWD`, which in the example is `~`.
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Here's an asciinema cast demonstrating the example above:
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[](https://asciinema.org/a/204406)
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## Functions
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| Function | Description |
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| -------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| `insert-cycledleft` | Change `$CWD` to the previous known stack, binded on <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>Left</kbd> |
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| `insert-cycledright` | Change `$CWD` to the next known stack, binded on <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>Right</kbd> |
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## Rebinding keys
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You can bind these functions to other key sequences, as long as you know the bindkey sequence. For example, these commands bind to <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>Left</kbd> / <kbd>Right</kbd> in `xterm-256color`:
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```zsh
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bindkey '^[[1;4D' insert-cycledleft
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bindkey '^[[1;4C' insert-cycledright
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```
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You can get the bindkey sequence by pressing <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>V</kbd>, then pressing the keyboard shortcut you want to use.
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