I'm trying to auto-expand aliases as I type in zsh using the globalias plugin from oh-my-zsh. It was working when I first installed the plugin, but now it has broken. I think it broke after I rearranged the lines in my ~/.zshrc but I'm not sure.
I've tried to simplify the problem by removing everything except the following lines form my ~/.zshrc (I got this from a reddit thread but it also looks v similar to the function in the globalias plugin):
function expand-alias() {
zle _expand_alias
zle self-insert
}
zle -N expand-alias
bindkey -M main ' ' expand-alias
When I source this file and type a space in my prompt, I see
No such widget `_expand_alias'
I've tried googling and it seems like _expand_alias should be a built-in ZLE function, but when I look for it with zle -la | grep _expand_alias it's not there.
I'm not sure what to try next? I can't find a way to reset zsh or the built-in ZLE commands.
I solved it by adding the line autoload -Uz compinit && compinit near the start of my ~/.zshrc.
Hope this helps someone!