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This patch contains several amends for 0.3.0 and other minor documentation corrections. Major documentation revision and rewrite. fisher help shows fisher(1) by default now. Fix a critical bug that was causing fisher uninstall --force to remove not the symbolic link, but the actual files. Closes #24 Rename orphan tag to custom for plugins installed using a custom URL. warning Remove fisher --link flag and create symbolic links by default for local paths. The user does not have to worry about symbolic links or whether the copy is as symbolic link or not anymore. If the user tries to install a local path, then the best thing to do is to create a symbolic link. This also eliminates the need to call update. warning Remove fisher --cache and fisher --validate. Now, that these options are separated into their own function and they are intentionally private, there is no need for them.
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190 lines
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.\" generated with Ronn/v0.7.3
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.\" http://github.com/rtomayko/ronn/tree/0.7.3
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.TH "FISHER\-FAQ" "7" "January 2016" "" "fisherman"
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.SH "NAME"
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\fBfisher\-faq\fR \- Frequently Asked Questions
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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This document attempts to answer some of Fisherman most frequently asked questions\. Feel free to create a new issue in the Fisherman issue tracker if your question is not answered here\.
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.SS "What is Fisherman?"
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Fisherman is a plugin manager for fish that lets you share and reuse code, prompts and configurations easily\.
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.SS "What do I need to know to use Fisherman?"
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Nothing\. You can continue using your shell as usual\. When you are ready to learn more just type \fBman fisher\fR or \fBman 7 fisher\fR\.
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.SS "How do I access other Fisherman documentation?"
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Fisherman documentation is based in UNIX \fBman(1)\fR pages\. See \fBman fisher\fR and \fBman 7 fisher\fR to get started\. You can also access any documentation using the \fBfisher help\fR command\.
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.SS "What are Fisherman plugins?"
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Plugins are written in fish and extend the shell core functionality, run initialization code, add completions or documentations to other commands, etc\. See \fBfisher help plugins\fR\.
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.P
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Plugins may list any number of dependencies to other plugins using a \fIfishfile\fR\.
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.SS "What is a Fishfile?"
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A plain text file that lists what plugins you have installed or a plugin\'s dependencies to other plugins\.
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Fishfiles let you share plugin configurations across multiple installations, allow plugins to declare dependencies, and prevent information loss in case of system failure\. See also \fBfisher help fishfile\fR\.
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.SS "What kind of Fisherman plugins are there?"
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There is no technical distinction between plugins, themes, commands, etc\., but there is a \fIconceptual\fR difference\.
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.IP "\(bu" 4
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\fBStandalone Utilities\fR: Plugins that define one or more functions, meant to be used at the command line\.
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.IP "\(bu" 4
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\fBPrompts / Themes\fR: Plugins that modify the appearance of the fish prompt by defining a \fBfish_prompt\fR and / or \fBfish_right_prompt\fR functions\.
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.IP "\(bu" 4
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\fBExtension Commands\fR: Plugins that extend Fisherman default commands\. An extension plugin must define one or more functions like \fBfisher_<my_command>\fR\. For specific information about commands, see \fBfisher help commands\fR and then return to this guide\.
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.IP "\(bu" 4
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\fBConfiguration Plugins\fR: Plugins that include one or more \fBmy_plugin\.config\.fish\fR files\. Files that follow this convention are evaluated at the start of the session\.
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See \fBfisher help plugins\fR and \fBfisher help commands\fR\.
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.SS "Does Fisherman support oh\-my\-fish plugins and themes?"
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Yes\. To install either a plugin or theme use their URL:
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.nf
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fisher install omf/plugin\-{rbenv,tab} omf/theme\-scorphish
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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You can use the same mechanism to install any valid plugin from any given URL\. See also \fBCompatibility\fR in \fBfisher(7)\fR\.
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.SS "What does Fisherman do exactly every time I create a new shell session?"
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Essentially, add Fisherman functions and completions to the \fB$fish_{function,complete}_path\fR and evaluate files that follow the convention \fB*\.config\.fish\fR\.
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set fish_function_path {$fisher_config,$fisher_home}/functions $fish_function_path
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set fish_complete_path {$fisher_config,$fisher_home}/completions $fish_complete_path
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for file in $fisher_config/conf\.d/*\.config\.fish
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source $file
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end
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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See \fB$fisher_home/config\.fish\fR for the full code\.
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.SS "How is Fisherman faster than oh\-my\-fish/Wahoo, etc?"
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Fisherman ameliorates the slow shell start problem using a flat dependency tree instead of loading a directory hierarchy per plugin\. This also means that Fisherman performance does not decline depending on the number of plugins installed\. See also \fBFlat Tree\fR in \fBfisher(7)\fR\.
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.SS "Why don\'t you contribute your improvements back to oh\-my\-fish instead of creating a new project?"
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I have contributed back to oh\-my\-fish extensively\. See also oh\-my\-fish history for August 27, 2015 when another project, Wahoo, was entirely merged with oh\-my\-fish\.
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In addition, Fisherman was built from the ground up using a completely different design, implementation and set of principles\.
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Some features include: UNIX familiarity, minimalistic design, flat tree structure, unified plugin architecture, external self\-managed database, cache system, dependency manifest file and compatibility with oh\-my\-fish, etc\. See \fBfisher(7)\fR\.
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.SS "How can I upgrade from an existing oh\-my\-fish or Wahoo installation?"
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Install Fisherman\.
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.IP "" 4
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.nf
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git clone https://github\.com/fisherman/fisherman
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cd fisherman
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make
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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You can now safely remove oh\-my\-fish \fB$OMF_PATH\fR and \fB$OMF_CONFIG\fR\.
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Backup dotfiles and other sensitive data first\.
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.IP "" 4
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rm \-rf {$OMF_PATH,$OMF_CONFIG}
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.SS "I changed my prompt with <code>fish_config</code> and now I can\'t use any Fisherman theme, what do I do?"
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\fBfish_config\fR persists the prompt to \fBXDG_CONFIG_HOME/fish/functions/fish_prompt\.fish\fR\. That file takes precedence over Fisherman prompts that installs to \fB$fisher_config/functions\fR\. To use Fisherman prompts remove the \fBfish_promt\.fish\fR inside \fBXDG_CONFIG_HOME/fish/functions\fR\.
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Assuming \fBXDG_CONFIG_HOME\fR is \fB~/\.config\fR in your system:
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rm ~/\.config/fish/functions/fish_prompt\.fish
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.SS "How do I use fish as my default shell?"
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Add Fish to \fB/etc/shells\fR:
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.IP "" 4
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.nf
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echo "/usr/local/bin/fish" | sudo tee \-a /etc/shells
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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Make Fish your default shell:
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.IP "" 4
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.nf
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chsh \-s /usr/local/bin/fish
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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To switch back to another shell\.
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.IP "" 4
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.nf
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chsh \-s /bin/another/shell
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.fi
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.IP "" 0
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.SS "Why is this FAQ similar to the oh\-my\-fish FAQ?"
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Because it was written by the same author of Fisherman and Wahoo and some of the questions and answers simply overlap\.
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