This is really a variation of my old .bashrc, it calls for the prompt (you can find it under my gists as well) as an external script, you will also want at least zsh-syntax-highlight installed to have neat on-the fly...well...erm...syntax highlighting.

.zshrc

# Lines configured by zsh-newuser-install
HISTFILE=~/.histfile
HISTSIZE=1000
SAVEHIST=1000
setopt appendhistory autocd extendedglob nomatch notify correctall
unsetopt beep
bindkey -v
# End of lines configured by zsh-newuser-install
# The following lines were added by compinstall
zstyle :compinstall filename '$HOME/.zshrc'

autoload -Uz compinit
compinit

#autoload -U promptinit
#promptinit
#prompt clint
source ~/le_prompt.zsh

# End of lines added by compinstall
source /usr/share/zsh/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh

 
#-- exports --#
export EDITOR="vim"
export BROWSER="chromium"
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/scripts:/usr/local/bin:                                                                                                            
export SB_REMOVE_BEL=yes
export HISTCONTROL="ignoredupes"
export COMMAND_ORIENTED_HISTORY=1
 
#-- Aliases --#
alias ls='ls --color=auto'
alias pbcopy='xsel --clipboard --input'
alias pbpaste='xsel --clipboard --output'  
alias grep='grep --color=auto'
alias gay='grc -es --colour=auto'
 
mkcd () { mkdir -p "$@" && cd "$@"; }
 
extract () {
if [ -f $1 ] ; then
    case $1 in
        *.tar.bz2)  tar xjf $1     ;;
        *.tar.gz)   tar xzf $1     ;;
        *.bz2)      bunzip2 $1     ;;
        *.rar)      rar x $1       ;;
        *.gz)       gunzip $1      ;;
        *.tar)      tar xf $1      ;;
        *.tbz2)     tar xjf $1     ;;
        *.tgz)      tar xzf $1     ;;
        *.zip)      unzip $1       ;;
        *.Z)        uncompress $1  ;;
        *)          echo "'$1' cannot be extracted via extract()" ;;
    esac
else
    echo "'$1' is not a valid file"
fi
}
 
#-- fing rainbows how do the work? --#
alias configure='gay ./configure'
alias diff='gay diff'
alias make='gay make'
alias gcc='gay gcc'
alias g++='gay g++'
alias cvs='gay cvs'
alias as='gay as'
alias ld='gay ld'
alias netstat='gay netstat'
alias ping='gay ping'
alias traceroute='gay traceroute'
alias tail='gay tail'
alias nmap='gay nmap'
alias ps='gay ps'
 
#-- colored man pages --#
export LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\E[01;31m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\E[01;31m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\E[0m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\E[0m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\E[01;44;33m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\E[0m'
export LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\E[01;32m'