Using Prezto with antidote

[mattmc3]

NOTE: See update below

You can use Prezto modules just like any other plugin with the help of the path: annotation. However, you need to understand some of the internals of Prezto to use it effectively.

If you aren't using Prezto's main init file, you need to follow a few simple tips to get Prezto to work:

• First, Prezto assumes there is a pmodload function for loading modules. You won't need that with antidote, but it still has to exist - so you will need to create an empty pmodload function yourself.
• Second, Prezto won't source its .zpreztorc with its zstyle configurations. You will need to do that yourself, or add Prezto's zstyles to your .zshrc prior to loading it.
• Third, you need to make sure you load the helper module first or any dependencies prior to other modules.
• And finally, any functions directories will need to be autoloaded using antidote's kind:autoload annotation.

# .zshrc

# appease prezto
pmodload() {}
[[ -f ${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zpreztorc ]] && ${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zpreztorc

# source antidote
source /path/to/antidote.zsh
antidote load

# .zsh_plugins.txt
sorin-ionescu/prezto path:modules/helper autoload:functions
sorin-ionescu/prezto path:modules/environment
sorin-ionescu/prezto path:modules/terminal
sorin-ionescu/prezto path:modules/editor
sorin-ionescu/prezto path:modules/history
sorin-ionescu/prezto path:modules/directory
sorin-ionescu/prezto path:modules/spectrum
sorin-ionescu/prezto path:modules/utility autoload:functions
sorin-ionescu/prezto path:modules/completion
sorin-ionescu/prezto path:modules/history-substring-search
sorin-ionescu/prezto path:modules/prompt autoload:functions

Prezto isn't treated differently than any other bundle in antidote, which means all of Prezto's inter-dependencies will be yours to manage, should you choose to leverage it.

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Updated answer 2024-08-01

I have published a new plugin, getantidote/use-prezto which makes using Prezto much easier. Instead of defining your own pmodload, sourcing .zpreztorc, loading helper first, and doing all that other setup noise - you can now simply load getantidote/use-prezto first and it will handle all that setup for you:

# .zsh_plugins.txt
getantidote/use-prezto
sorin-ionescu/prezto path:modules/environment
sorin-ionescu/prezto path:modules/terminal
sorin-ionescu/prezto path:modules/editor
sorin-ionescu/prezto path:modules/history
sorin-ionescu/prezto path:modules/directory
sorin-ionescu/prezto path:modules/spectrum
sorin-ionescu/prezto path:modules/utility autoload:functions
sorin-ionescu/prezto path:modules/completion
sorin-ionescu/prezto path:modules/history-substring-search
sorin-ionescu/prezto path:modules/prompt autoload:functions