No syntax highlighting

[idr4n]

Describe the bug

I just installed zap with the default initial plugins, including plug "zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting", but I am not getting syntax highlighting.

Could there be a any reason for this in terms of my own config? It is the same in Wezterm, Kitty and Alacritty, and I have colors being displayed properly as well as icons.

Steps to reproduce

Clean install of zap with the default plugins (same as shown in the Youtube video where Zap is introduced)

Expected behavior

I should be getting syntax highlighting

Screenshots and recordings

No response

OS / Linux distribution

Arch Linux

Zsh version

5.9

Zap version

commit hash f565bda

Terminal emulator

Wezterm, Kitty, Alacritty

If using WSL on Windows, which version of WSL

None

Additional context

No response

[wintermi]

With the PR #147 the default .zshrc template has been modified to add the following two additional lines:

autoload -Uz compinit
compinit

Could I ask that you please retest the installation of ZAP.

In addition, once installed, please start a new zsh terminal window or execute the command zsh in the current terminal to verify the syntax highlighting is working or not.

[idr4n]

@wintermi I updated zap (zap update) and added the two lines as suggested but still not getting syntax highlighting (in new terminal windows after the update). I also removed and reinstall the syntax highlighting package without luck.

[wintermi]

Could you please execute the following command and paste the output into a comment:

typeset -p ZSH_VERSION ZSH_PATCHLEVEL ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_VERSION ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_REVISION

[wintermi]

There are known issues with the zsh-syntax-highlighting plugin running on v5.9, mostly due to conflict with other plugins or configurations, such as vim mode. This could be present within a .zprofile, .zshenv or .zlogin file.

An alternative to the zsh-syntax-highlighting plugin you could try would be the fast-syntax-highlighting plugin. Simply replace the line that plug's the zsh-syntax-highlighting withing your .zshrc file with the following:

plug "zdharma-continuum/fast-syntax-highlighting"

[idr4n]

Thanks a lot for investigating the issues. This is the output as requested:

typeset ZSH_VERSION=5.9
typeset ZSH_PATCHLEVEL=zsh-5.9-0-g73d3173
typeset ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_VERSION=0.8.0-alpha2-dev
typeset ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_REVISION=HEAD

[idr4n]

Actually, I just disabled the zsh-vi-mode.plugin which was not managed by zap but installed and sourced separately and syntax highlighting is working! So that plugin is the culprit. Thanks a lot. I will close this issue as it is not related to zap and will try the fast-syntax-highlighting plugin that you suggest.

[idr4n]

plug "zdharma-continuum/fast-syntax-highlighting" is working even with the vi mode plugin enabled. Thanks a lot for the suggestion @wintermi.

[wintermi]

Excellent news. Glad I could help. 😊