zsh: alias cat to bat, utils replacements to new file

3 files changed, 52 insertions, 32 deletions

diff --git a/.config/zsh/.zshrc b/.config/zsh/.zshrc
index 367794a..1766e57 100644
--- a/.config/zsh/.zshrc
+++ b/.config/zsh/.zshrc
@@ -13,28 +13,6 @@ export CDPATH=".:$HOME:$HOME/devil:$HOME/src"
 # just enables a bit nicer life when copy/pasting commands from docs
 setopt interactive_comments
 
-# colors in various core utils
-alias diff='diff --color'
-
-grep_opts="--color=auto --exclude-dir=.git"
-alias grep="grep $grep_opts"
-alias egrep="egrep $grep_opts"
-alias fgrep="fgrep $grep_opts"
-unset grep_opts
-
-if command -v exa &> /dev/null; then
-	alias ls='exa'
-	alias ll='exa --long --header --all'
-elif ls --color &> /dev/null; then
-	# gnu ls
-	alias ls='ls --color=auto'
-	alias ll='ls -l --almost-all --no-group --human-readable'
-else
-	# bsd/mac ls
-	export CLICOLOR='1'
-	alias ll='ls -hoA'
-fi
-
 # dots go up
 alias -g ...='../..'
 alias -g ....='../../..'
@@ -43,15 +21,6 @@ alias -g .....='../../../..'
 # aliases
 alias cls=clear
 alias config='git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles --work-tree=$HOME'
-alias mkdir='mkdir -p'
-
-if command -v gpg2 &> /dev/null; then
-	alias gpg='gpg2'
-fi
-
-if [[ "$OSTYPE" == 'cygwin' ]]; then
-	alias sudo='cygstart --action=runas'
-fi
 
 # collapse spaces into tabs in-place
 # spacetotab <FILE> [WIDTH=4]
@@ -60,7 +29,8 @@ function spacetotab () {
 	mv "$1.tmp" "$1"
 }
 
-source $ZDOTDIR/completions.zsh
+source $ZDOTDIR/utils.zsh
+source $ZDOTDIR/completion.zsh
 source $ZDOTDIR/history.zsh
 source $ZDOTDIR/vi-mode.zsh
 source $ZDOTDIR/prompt.zsh
diff --git a/.config/zsh/completions.zsh b/.config/zsh/completion.zsh
index bbaacba..bbaacba 100644
--- a/.config/zsh/completions.zsh
+++ b/.config/zsh/completion.zsh
diff --git a/.config/zsh/utils.zsh b/.config/zsh/utils.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e368ea0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/zsh/utils.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# utils.zsh
+# Replacements for coreutils, color and reasonable defaults for common tools, etc.
+
+function has () {
+	command -v "$@" &> /dev/null
+}
+
+# cat
+if has bat; then
+	alias cat='bat --plain --paging=never'
+fi
+# should consider another alias for --show-all (and --number on base cat) but it's not a good default
+
+# diff
+alias diff='diff --color'
+
+# grep
+grep_opts="--color=auto --exclude-dir=.git"
+alias grep="grep $grep_opts"
+alias egrep="egrep $grep_opts"
+alias fgrep="fgrep $grep_opts"
+unset grep_opts
+
+# ls
+if has exa; then
+	alias ls='exa'
+	alias ll='exa --long --header --all'
+elif ls --color &> /dev/null; then
+	alias ls='ls --color=auto'
+	alias ll='ls -l --almost-all --no-group --human-readable'
+else
+	# bsd/mac ls
+	export CLICOLOR='1'
+	alias ll='ls -hoA'
+fi
+
+# mkdir
+alias mkdir='mkdir -p'
+
+# gpg
+if has gpg2; then
+	alias gpg='gpg2'
+fi
+
+# cygwin-specific
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" == 'cygwin' ]]; then
+	alias sudo='cygstart --action=runas'
+fi
+
+unfunction has