Zsh Aliases

Global Alias

"In most shells, an alias is an alternate name for a command that the user defines. They are often used to shorten up long commands, or refer to commonly run ones. For example, a user could define an alias called myprocs that runs the command ps -fu $LOGNAME"

alias -g name=value

http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/workshops/zsh/alias.html

Suffix Aliases

Will set to open a format with defined software.

alias -s format=software
alias -s html=emacs

http://linux.die.net/man/1/zshbuiltins