terminal vim not loading .zshrc

Question

My terminal vim configuration is not loading the ~/.zshrc. Zsh is the environment login shell. What is the proper configuration for this situation?

Here are some measures I've already taken and since removed:

set shell=zsh
(uses zsh as shell but doesn't source the rc)

set shellcmdflag=-ci
(all output suspended)

cat ~/.zshenv
$ source ~/.zshrc (many errors when opening vim)

Plumose

Answer 1

From the manual:

Commands  are  first  read from /etc/zshenv; this cannot be overridden.

[...]

Commands are then read from $ZDOTDIR/.zshenv. If the shell is a
login shell, commands are read from /etc/zprofile and then 
$ZDOTDIR/.zprofile. Then, if the shell is interactive, 
commands are read from /etc/zshrc and then $ZDOTDIR/.zshrc. Finally,
if the shell is a login shell, /etc/zlogin and $ZDOTDIR/.zlogin are
read.

From what I understand,

set shell=zsh\ -i

should work.

Flabellum

that's the second command in set shellcmdflag=-ci. when i try that, all the output is suspended. – Plumose

-ci or -i are the correct flags. Do you mean that vim is suspended and you are at the shell's prompt? That's the expected and normal behaviour of Vim in a terminal. You won't be able to change it at all. In GVim/MacVim, doing :!<command> expands the command-line into a sort of dumb terminal for you to read the output of <command>. If that's the behaviour you are after you'll have to switch to GVim/MacVim. – Flabellum

With either the ci or c flags, commands finish with something like 21195 suspended (tty output) vim and I am left at the zsh shell prompt. I then have to type fg to have the expected result. – Stubble

@slm the manual entry provides the insight you need to resolve the issue. my problem was related to the read order of commands. – Plumose

Answer 2

The accepted answer doesn't work as expected. The actual solution should be putting the aliases and other ~/.zshrc content into ~/.zshenv. The only thing needed in ~/.vimrc is set shell=zsh without any flags.

Stringhalt

the manual entry provides the insight you need to resolve the issue. my problem was related to the read order of commands. nowhere were aliases mentioned as being a problem. – Plumose

A bit smoother. Add a symlink ln -s ~/.zshrc ~/.zshenv – Teleplay

Answer 3

I found an handy solution. As the only thing I really need is all my aliases, I added a function to my ~/.zshrc file:

function zshalias()
{
  grep "^alias" ~/.zshrc > ~/.zshenv
}

Then execute source ~/.zshrc && zshalias.

In your vimrc you only need:

shell=zsh

Everything then works perfectly with no suspended tty output!

Uneven