command not found: .autocomplete.__init_

[beauwilliams]

• zsh-autocomplete version: e40c131
• Zsh version: zsh-5.3-0-g4cfdbdb
• Framework: none
• Plugin manager: none

$ cd ~zsh-autocomplete
$ git switch main       # Make sure you test with the `main` branch.
$ git pull              # Update to the latest commit.
$ cd $(mktemp -d)       # Create a temp dir and enter it.
$ # Restart Zsh without config files or environment variables in this dir:
$ exec env -i HOME=$PWD PS1='%# ' TERM=$TERM zsh -f
% source /path/to/zsh-autocomplete/zsh-autocomplete.plugin.zsh
% ⚠️INSERT YOUR STEPS THAT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM⚠️

ERROR: command not found: .autocomplete.__init_

Open shell, with minimal zshrc (single line) with source ~/.zsh/zsh-autocomplete/zsh-autocomplete.plugin.zsh
Produces error each time we start the shell

We can 'fix' the error by running exec zsh -d

Screenshot: https://i.ibb.co/Pw7GBnW/Screen-Shot-2021-06-04-at-2-56-05-pm.png

[marlonrichert]

• Zsh version: zsh-5.3-0-g4cfdbdb

I don't test with Zsh < 5.7. So, no guarantees that zsh-autocomplete will work with Zsh 5.3.

We can 'fix' the error by running exec zsh -d

So, that means there's something in your global dotfiles (/etc/z*) that's messing things up. Please try to find out what it is. 🙂

What OS are you using?

[beauwilliams]

Yes I was a bit surprised to see 5.3 pop up. I did some digging and it seems the variables are not correctly reflecting the version I am running: https://i.ibb.co/cbQvhx9/Screen-Shot-2021-06-05-at-9-19-37-am.png

As far as I am aware, should be 5.8 running on OSX.

I'll do some digging around. I found some files in /private/etc but did not immediately suggest anything that could be causing the error.

[beauwilliams]

Interestingly, running zsh -o SOURCE_TRACE fixes the error. I have no idea why..

Here is the output:
+/etc/zshrc:1>
+/Users/admin/.zshrc:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/.fzf.zsh:1>
+/usr/local/opt/fzf/shell/key-bindings.zsh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/.p10k.zsh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/powerlevel10k/internal/p10k.zsh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/powerlevel10k/internal/configure.zsh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/powerlevel10k/internal/worker.zsh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/powerlevel10k/internal/parser.zsh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/powerlevel10k/internal/icons.zsh:1>
+/Users/admin/.iterm2_shell_integration.zsh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/fast-syntax-highlighting/fast-syntax-highlighting.plugin.zsh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/fast-syntax-highlighting/fast-highlight:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/fast-syntax-highlighting/fast-string-highlight:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/zsh-vim-mode-enhanced/zsh-vi-mode.plugin.zsh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/zsh-vim-mode-enhanced/zsh-vi-mode.zsh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/boss-git-zsh-plugin/boss-git.plugin.zsh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/enhancd/init.sh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/enhancd/src/cd.sh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/enhancd/src/command.sh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/enhancd/src/entry.sh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/enhancd/src/filepath.sh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/enhancd/src/filter.sh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/enhancd/src/flag.sh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/enhancd/src/history.sh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/enhancd/src/ltsv.sh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/enhancd/src/sources.sh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/enhancd/src/completion.zsh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/zsh-completions/zsh-completions.plugin.zsh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/alias-tips/alias-tips.plugin.zsh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/plugin-osx/osx-aliases.plugin.zsh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/hacker-quotes/hacker-quotes.plugin.zsh:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/zsh-autocomplete/zsh-autocomplete.plugin.zsh:1>
+/Users/admin/.ghcup/env:1>
+/Users/admin/.zsh/powerlevel10k/gitstatus/gitstatus.plugin.zsh:1>

[marlonrichert]

Yes I was a bit surprised to see 5.3 pop up. I did some digging and it seems the variables are not correctly reflecting the version I am running: https://i.ibb.co/cbQvhx9/Screen-Shot-2021-06-05-at-9-19-37-am.png

What do you get from the following?

print $SHELL $ZSH_VERSION
$SHELL --version

Interestingly, running zsh -o SOURCE_TRACE fixes the error. I have no idea why..

Perhaps because the zsh command points to Zsh 5.8, but when you initially start your shell, it actually runs Zsh 5.3?

[beauwilliams]

Yep, something is not right. Bit odd, maybe its a homebrew issue..

I don't know exactly what to trust here, but I assume --version is correct in saying its 5.8. But the variables say otherwise. Yep good idea, it might be something that happens during init. perhaps zsh 5.3 calls zsh5.8

https://i.ibb.co/NtWSTCK/Screen-Shot-2021-06-07-at-6-20-22-pm.png

[beauwilliams]

Okay so here is the fix, fyi for anyone else. This is related to homebrew. You need version > 5.4? for this plugin and so you need the login shell to reflect a version above that. You can get login shell with print $SHELL $ZSH_VERSION as suggested above. Note that zsh --version prints the shell you are using at the moment, but not the "default" shell as you can call it.

To change the login shell on an OSX machine (perhaps unix generally) you need append the path to your shell e.g the version homebrew installed /usr/local/bin/zsh to the file /etc/shells

Afterward you will be able to successfully run chsh -s /usr/local/bin/zsh without encountering an error chsh: /usr/local/bin/zsh: non-standard shell