zsh-universal-variables

Fish shell like universal variables for Zsh.

Universal Variables are set throughout the shells. They are a type of global Variables. The major difference to fish is: they are not persistent and won't last over a session of open terminals. Therefore, the universal variables won't be set for new terminals.

How to install

Using packages

At the moment there are no packages to for universal variables

In your ~/.zshrc

Download the script or clone this repository:

  git clone git@github.com:nv1t/zsh-universal-variables.git

Source the script at the end of ~/.zshrc:

  source /path/to/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh

Source ~/.zshrc to take changes into account:
```
  source ~/.zshrc
```

With oh-my-zsh

Download the script or clone this repository in oh-my-zsh plugins directory:

  cd ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins
  git clone git@github.com:nv1t/zsh-universal-variables.git

Activate the plugin in ~/.zshrc (in last position):

  plugins=( [plugins...] zsh-universal-variables)

Source ~/.zshrc to take changes into account:
```
  source ~/.zshrc
```

Usage

The Keyword universal executes a command on every possible shell before next command execution:
```
  universal export STR="Hello World!"
  universal STR="Hello World!"
```
The Environment variables won't get saved, it's just active for the session

nv1t / zsh-universal-variables