iTerm2 + Oh My Zsh + Solarized color scheme + Meslo powerline font + [Powerlevel9k] - (macOS)
brew cask install iterm2
Or, if you do not have homebrew (you should ;)): Download and install iTerm2
iTerm2 has better color fidelity than the built in Terminal, so your themes will look better.
Get the iTerm color settings
Just save it somewhere and open the file(s). The color settings will be imported into iTerm2. Apply them in iTerm through iTerm → preferences → profiles → colors → load presets. You can create a different profile other than Default
if you wish to do so.
More info here: https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
When the installation is done, edit ~/.zshrc
and set ZSH_THEME="agnoster"
If you prefer the Powerlevel9k look with added info such as exit codes and timestamps on the right, run:
git clone https://github.com/bhilburn/powerlevel9k.git ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/powerlevel9k
Then edit your ~/.zshrc
and set ZSH_THEME="powerlevel9k/powerlevel9k"
.
Powerlevel9k offers a whole lot more, best is to check out these user made configs yourself.
Open the downloaded font and press "Install Font".
Set this font in iTerm2 (14px is my personal preference) (iTerm → Preferences → Profiles → Text → Change Font).
Restart iTerm2 for all changes to take effect.
Things like
can be found in the section below.
Just follow these steps: https://github.com/tarruda/zsh-autosuggestions#oh-my-zsh
If the auto suggestions do not appear to show, it could be a problem with your color scheme. Under "iTerm → Preferences → Colors tab", check the value of Black Bright, that is the color your auto suggestions will have. It will be displayed on top of the Background color. If there is not enough contrast between the two, you won't see the suggestions even if they're actually there..
By default, word jumps (option + → or ←) and word deletions (option + backspace) do not work. To enable these, go to "iTerm → Preferences → Profiles → Keys → Load Preset... → Natural Text Editing → Boom! Head explodes"
By default, your prompt will now show “user@hostname” in the prompt. This will make your prompt rather bloated. Optionally set DEFAULT_USER
in ~/.zshrc
to your regular username (these must match) to hide the “user@hostname” info when you’re logged in as yourself on your local machine. You can get your exact username value by executing whoami
in the terminal.
For further customisation of your prompt, you can follow a great guide here: https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-customize-your-command-prompt--net-24083
brew install zsh-syntax-highlighting
If you do not have or do not like homebrew, follow the installation instructions instead.
After installation through homebrew, add
source /usr/local/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
to the end of your .zshrc
file. After that, it's best to restart your terminal. Sourcing your ~/.zshrc
does not seem to work well with this plugin.
Installing a patched font will mess up the integrated terminal in VS Code unless you use the proper settings. You'll need to go to settings (CMD + ,) and add or edit the following values:
"terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "Source Code Pro for Powerline"
"terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "Meslo LG M for Powerline"
You can also set the fontsize e.g.: "terminal.integrated.fontSize": 14