prezto/modules/environment

Environment

Prepare the environment by setting some variables.

Because of its importance, this module should be the first loaded module.

Environment variables

path

• $cdpath, $cdpath and AUTO_CD
• $infopath
• $manpath, Other path-like things
• $path, Path

utils

• $EDITOR, The user's preferred utility to edit text files.
• $VISUAL, The user's preferred utility to edit text files. (See differencebetween VISUAL and EDITOR)
• $PAGER, The user's preferred utility to display text files.
• $GREP_COLOR, Specifies the marker for highlighting.
• $GREP_OPTIONS, This variable specifies default options to be placed in front of any explicit options.
• $BROWSER, The user's preferred web browser.

less

• $LESSCHARSET, Selects a predefined character set.
• $LESSHISTFILE, Name of the history file used to remember search commands and shell commands between invocations of less.
• $LESSEDIT, Editor prototype string (used for the v command).
• $LESS, Options which are passed to less automatically.
• $LESSOPEN, Command line to invoke the (optional) input-preprocessor.

Note to the developers

This module MUST NOT rely on any command not built in zsh.

Authors

The authors of this module should be contacted via the github bug tracker.

• Sorin Ionescu
• Colin Hebert