I have a bunch of <a href="https://github.com/jesusgollonet/dotfiles/blob/master/zsh/aliases"> alliases in my shell
</a>. When
coding in vim, I frequently run whatever file I'm working on from vim's command
mode,
<pre><code class="language-vim">:!node %
</code></pre>
often by just mapping a key combo to run it.
<pre><code class="language-vim">:map ,r :w\|!node %&lt;CR&gt;
</code></pre>
A problem I often run into is that vim's command mode
doesn't know about my shell aliases. So if I have an alias like this in .zshrc
<pre><code class="language-bash">alias python=python3
</code></pre>
When running <code>:!python %</code> from vim, I get something like
<pre><code class="language-vim">zsh:1: command not found: python

shell returned 127
</code></pre>
My aliases used to be defined in .zshrc, but this file is not sourced when
running a command from vim's command mode. The solution is to <a href="https://github.com/jesusgollonet/dotfiles/blob/master/zsh/zshenv">move your
aliases to <code>~/.zshenv</code>
</a>, which is
sourced.
Note there's no need to load ~/.zshenv from ~/.zshrc, as it's part of the <a href="https://zsh.sourceforge.io/Intro/intro_3.html">
default zsh startup sequence </a>
and therefore loaded by default.

Shell aliases in vim command mode