Module: zpmod

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The module is a binary Zsh module (think about zmodload Zsh command, it's that topic) which transparently and automatically compiles sourced scripts. Many plugin managers do not offer compilation of plugins, the module is a solution to this. Even if a plugin manager does compile plugin's main script (like Zi does).

Installation

Without Zi

Install just the standalone binary which can be used with anyother plugin manager.

Note This script can be used with most plugin managers and Zi is not required.

sh <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/z-shell/zpmod/main/Scripts/install.sh)

This script will display what to add to ~/.zshrc (2 lines) and show usage instructions.

With Zi

Note Zi users can build the module by issuing following command instead of running above build.sh script.

zi module build

This command will compile the module and display instructions on what to add to ~/.zshrc.

Measuring Time of sources

Besides the compilation-feature, the module also measures duration of each script sourcing. Issue zpmod source-study after loading the module at top of ~/.zshrc to see a list of all sourced files with the time the sourcing took in milliseconds on the left. This feature allows to profile the shell startup. Also, no script can pass-through that check and you will obtain a complete list of all loaded scripts, like if Zshell itself was investigating this. The list can be surprising.

Debugging

To enable debug messages from the module set:

typeset -g ZI_MOD_DEBUG=1