starg /.zshrc

Extracted from my configuration and stripped off local settings. I drew quite a few tricks from _why but still have a few places left for improvement. Contains mostly small tweaks for navigating around since I don't do much more in my shell.
setopt interactivecomments
setopt noclobber # non-destructive redirection
autoload colors # color macros
autoload -Uz compinit
compinit
ZSHDIR=~/.zsh
bindkey -e # vi's keybindings are just too magic for a shell

# set variable debian_chroot if running in a chroot with /etc/debian_chroot
if [[ -z "$debian_chroot" ]] && [[ -r /etc/debian_chroot ]]; then
    debian_chroot=$(cat /etc/debian_chroot)
fi

# prepare the environment
typeset -Ux PYTHONPATH=~/svn:$PYTHONPATH
typeset -Ux PATH=~/bin:$PATH
typeset -Ux EDITOR=vim

# insert unicode character (ctrl-u hexcode ctrl-u)
autoload insert-unicode-char
zle -N insert-unicode-char
bindkey '^u' insert-unicode-char

# completion caching
zstyle ':completion:*' use-cache on
zstyle ':completion:*' cache-path ~/.zsh/cache
setopt hashlist_all

# abbreviation expansion
typeset -Ag abbrev
abbrev=(
  #'key' 'value'
)
magic-abbrev-expand() {
    local MATCH
    LBUFFER=${LBUFFER%%(#m)[_a-zA-Z0-9]#}
    LBUFFER+=${abbrev[$MATCH]:-$MATCH}
    zle self-insert
}
no-magic-abbrev-expand() {
    LBUFFER+=' '
}
zle -N magic-abbrev-expand
zle -N no-magic-abbrev-expand
bindkey " " magic-abbrev-expand
bindkey "^x " no-magic-abbrev-expand

# completing PIDs with menu selection
zstyle ':completion:*:*:kill:*' menu yes select
zstyle ':completion:*:kill:*' force-list always

# in-word completion
bindkey '^i' expand-or-complete-prefix

# always use the menu
zstyle ':completion:*' menu select=0 select=long-list

# expand ... automatically to ../..
rationalise-dot() {
    if [[ $LBUFFER = *.. ]]; then
        LBUFFER+=/..
    else
        LBUFFER+=.
    fi
}
zle -N rationalise-dot
bindkey . rationalise-dot

# navigation shortcuts and tweaks
alias cd..="cd .."
alias dop="cd ~/Desktop/"
setopt autocd # non-commands are cd'ed to
setopt autopushd pushd_ignoredups pushd_silent
setopt listpacked # tighter completion display
setopt noautoremoveslash # leave slashes in place
function _popd {
    unsetopt print_exit_value
    popd -q 2>/dev/null
    setopt print_exit_value
    chpwd
    zle -I
}
zle -N _popd
bindkey '^[[1;3D' _popd

# history settings
autoload history-search-end # history search navigates to EOL
HISTFILE=~/.histfile
HISTSIZE=5000
SAVEHIST=20000
setopt appendhistory inc_appendhistory
setopt hist_findnodups hist_ignoredups

# url escaping
if autoload -U url-quote-magic ; then
    zle -N self-insert url-quote-magic
    zstyle ':url-quote-magic:*' url-metas '*?[]^()~#{}='
fi

# job control
bindkey -s '^z' "fg\n" # ^z continues as well
setopt longlistjobs # display PID on suspend
setopt notify # report background job events immediately
setopt print_exit_value # report job status changes
setopt checkjobs # report job status on shell exit

# prompt
typeset PROMPT="${debian_chroot:+\[$debian_chroot\] }%v%(!.#.$) "
typeset RPROMPT="%(1j.%j:.)%n@%m"
setopt transient_rprompt # remove right prompt when accepting command line
setopt promptsubst # apply substitutions in prompts

# client detection
function isyakuake {
    [ "$DCOP_YAKUAKE_SESSION" ] && return 0
    return 1
}

# low-level title interface
function _title() { 
    print -Pn "\e]2;$*\a";
}
function _yakuake() { 
    dcop yakuake DCOPInterface slotRenameSession $DCOP_YAKUAKE_SESSION $(print -Pn "$*")
}

# title
function title() {
    if isyakuake; then
        _yakuake "$1"
    else
        _title "$1"
    fi
}
function longtitle() {
    if isyakuake; then
        _title "$1"
    else
        return
    fi
}

# events
function precmd() {
    title "$PSVAR"
    longtitle "%n@%M: %d"
}
function preexec() {
    longtitle "%D{%H%M.%S:} $1"
}
function chpwd() {
    PSVAR=${(S)${(S)${(S)${(S)$(print -Pn %~)/#\/www\//@}/#\~\/sandbox\//_}/#\~\/sandbox/sandbox}/#\~\/svn\//\&}
}
chpwd # set $PSVAR initially
function zshexit() {
    if isyakuake; then _title "Shell"; fi
}

# colors
alias ls='ls --color=auto'
alias grep='grep --color=auto'
alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
alias rgrep='rgrep --color=auto'
zstyle ':completion:*' list-colors ${(s.:.)LS_COLORS}

# security measures
alias cp="cp -i"
alias mv="mv -i"

# sandbox
local sandbox=~/sandbox
function sandbox() {
    local dir=$sandbox/$1
    mkdir -p "$dir"
    cd "$dir"
    if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
        ${EDITOR:-vim} $argv[2,-1]
    fi
}
alias ndbox=sandbox

local _sandbox_safe=$(echo "$sandbox"|sed "s/\//\\\\\//g")
_sandbox_comp() {
    zle -U $* "$1"
    if [ $CURRENT -eq 2 ]; then
        # ~/sandbox/*
        compadd $(ls -1p "$sandbox"|grep /|map basename)
        compadd .
    elif [ $CURRENT -ge 3 ]; then
        # ~/sandbox/$2/*
        dir=$words[2]
        compadd $(find "$sandbox/$dir"|sed -r "s/^$_sandbox_safe\/$dir\/?//")
    fi
}
compdef _sandbox_comp sandbox