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+# History settings
+HISTSIZE=100000
+SAVEHIST=100000
+HISTFILE=~/.zsh_history
+
+# Source some stuff that should not be public
+source ~/.zshprivate 
+
+export EDITOR=vim
+
+alias l='ls --color'
+alias ls='ls --color'
+alias lsa='ls -a --color'
+alias ll='ls --color -l'
+alias lla='ls -la --color'
+alias lsd='ls -ld --color'
+
+alias xterm='uxterm -bg black -fg grey -sb -leftbar -si -bc -cr orange'
+
+alias    ..='cd ..'
+alias   ...='cd ../..'
+alias  ....='cd ../../..'
+alias .....='cd ../../../..'
+
+# Set up the Zsh
+setopt extendedhistory
+setopt histignoredups
+setopt histreduceblanks
+setopt incappendhistory
+setopt sharehistory
+
+# Set up the prompt
+autoload -Uz promptinit
+promptinit
+
+prompt_gentoo_setup () {
+prompt_gentoo_prompt=${1:-'blue'}
+prompt_gentoo_user=${2:-'green'}
+prompt_gentoo_root=${3:-'red'}
+
+if [ "$USER" = 'root' ]
+then
+base_prompt="%B%F{$prompt_gentoo_root}%m%k "
+else
+base_prompt="%B%F{$prompt_gentoo_user}%n@%m%k "
+fi
+post_prompt="%b%f%k"
+#setopt noxtrace localoptions
+path_prompt="%B%F{$prompt_gentoo_prompt}%1~"
+PS1="$base_prompt$path_prompt %# $post_prompt"
+PS2="$base_prompt$path_prompt %_> $post_prompt"
+PS3="$base_prompt$path_prompt ?# $post_prompt"
+}
+prompt_gentoo_setup "$@"
+
+# Completion stuff
+autoload -Uz compinit
+compinit
+
+zstyle ':completion:*' auto-description 'specify: %d'
+zstyle ':completion:*' completer _expand _complete _correct _approximate
+zstyle ':completion:*' format 'Completing %d'
+zstyle ':completion:*' group-name ''
+zstyle ':completion:*' menu select=2
+eval "$(dircolors -b)"
+zstyle ':completion:*:default' list-colors ${(s.:.)LS_COLORS}
+zstyle ':completion:*' list-colors ''
+zstyle ':completion:*' list-prompt %SAt %p: Hit TAB for more, or the character to insert%s
+zstyle ':completion:*' matcher-list '' 'm:{a-z}={A-Z}' 'm:{a-zA-Z}={A-Za-z}' 'r:|[._-]=* r:|=* l:|=*'
+zstyle ':completion:*' menu select=long
+zstyle ':completion:*' select-prompt %SScrolling active: current selection at %p%s
+zstyle ':completion:*' use-compctl false
+zstyle ':completion:*' verbose true
+zstyle ':completion:*:*:kill:*:processes' list-colors '=(#b) #([0-9]#)*=0=01;31'
+zstyle ':completion:*:kill:*' command 'ps -u $USER -o pid,%cpu,tty,cputime,cmd'
+
+# I use xterm and this sets a nice title with hostname and cwd in it.
+case $TERM in
+    xterm*)
+        precmd () {print -Pn "\e]0;%n@%m: %~\a"}
+        ;;
+esac