arzzen / calc.plugin.zsh

zsh calculator - with support for basic math

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calc.plugin.zsh's Issues

invalid alias '=' encountered while printing aliases

Hello,

I cloned the this repo to my $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/ folder and changed the directory name to "calc".

When I run source /Users/admin/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/calc/calc.plugin.zsh, I am now able to use the plugin (which is awesome, by the way!). I have added this line to my .zshrc, but on the loading of my terminal (iTerm2), I get the following error and cannot run = 2+2.

/Users/admin/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh:31: invalid alias '=' encountered while printing aliases

However, if I then source the calc.plugin.zsh file manually (using the same command as above), I can then use the plugin.

Do you know how to fix this? I'm new to zsh and oh-my-zsh so I apologize if this is a newbie error. I am running macOS Mojave (v.10.14.4) on a 13" 2016 MacBook Pro.

Thank you,
- Josh Cook

Disable globbing for =

In your examples, you have to quote an expression containing *, which is not so intuitive.

Solution: Set noglob: Insert after your function definition:

aliases[=]='noglob ='

Use zcalc instead of bc

Hi,

I just noticed, that ZSH already ships a calculator zcalc (see man zshcontrib) -- perhaps this could be used instead of bc?

I replaced your function by (cf #1)

autoload -U zcalc
function = {
    zcalc -e "$*"
}
aliases[=]='noglob ='

Pros:

• no external program needed
• zcalc seems to support way more constructs than bc

Publishing the plugin on oh-my-zsh

Great work, thank you!
Have you considered to publish the plugin on oh-my-zsh to make it more easily accessible?

Cheers!