My Terminal

The applied terminal varies by the host OS:

• 🍎 iTerm2
  • 🎨 Appearance
  • 👨‍💻 Zsh settings
    • Plugins
    • Shell aliases
    • Shell tools
  • ✨ Extras
• 🖥 Windows Terminal
  • 🎨 Appearance
  • 👨‍💻 Profiles
    • Command Prompt
    • Git Bash
    • PowerShell 7
    • WSL - Ubuntu 22.04 (LTS)
• 🐧 Neovim
  • 🎨 Appearance
  • 👨‍💻 Setup
• 🤖 Termux
  • 🎨 Appearance
  • 👨‍💻 Setup

Additionally, I have included my NeoVim (text editor) config which is OS agnostic.

This repo only does not list my IDE: VS Code settings.

🍎 iTerm2

iTerm2 - my main terminal for macOS.

🎨 Appearance

• Theme: Dracula PRO
• iTerm2 theme size: Compact
• Font: JetBrains Mono 12

👨‍💻 Zsh settings

• Framework: Oh My Zsh
• Prompt: Starship
  • If you have installed conda, I suggest to disable printing environment names, as they will be displayed already by Starship: conda config --set changeps1 False

Plugins

Oh My Zsh plugins:

• aliases
• colored-man-pages
• common-aliases
• copyfile
• copypath
• docker
• dotenv
• fd
• fzf
• git
• globalias
• istioctl
• jsontools
• kubectl
• pip
• poetry
• python
• sublime
• sudo
• virtualenv
• vscode

External plugins:

• zsh-autosuggestions ← fish-like autosuggestions for Zsh
• zsh-syntax-highlighting ← fish shell like syntax highlighting for Zsh

Shell aliases

Note

Since 2024/01/07, I keep my core text-expansion config in my-espanso-config.

I recommend keeping aliases in the ~/.aliases file, and then source this file in your respective profile file through source ~/.aliases. Keep in mind that a bunch of aliases is already configured through the aforementioned Oh My Zsh plugins, which you can quickly check using the aliases plugin.

general:

• alias aliases='code ~/.aliases' ← quickly open ~/.aliases in VS Code
• alias lisl='exa -hla --icons' ← better ls with exa
• alias list='exa -hlas time --icons' ← better ls with exa (ordered by time)
• alias treee='br -c :pt' ← better tree with broot
• alias path='echo -e ${PATH//:/\\n}' ← show all directories in the PATH variable, one per line
• alias ports='netstat -a | grep -i "listen"' ← show all open ports and the processes using them
• alias reload='source ~/.zshrc' ← reload the configuration file for zsh
• alias zshrc='code ~/.zshrc' ← quickly open ~/.zshrc in VS Code

kubernetes:

• alias k8s-get-pods='kubectl get pods --all-namespaces' ← get the list of all pods
• alias k8s-get-services='kubectl get services --all-namespaces' ← get the list of all services

macOS:

• alias cleanup="find . -type f -name '*.DS_Store' -ls -delete" ← find and delete all .DS_Store files in the current directory and all subdirectories

functions:

• check if a website is up or down:

  function website-status(){
    curl -Is "$1" | head -n 1
  }

• open finder in the current folder:

  function openfinder(){
      open -a Finder "$1";
  }

Shell tools

You can find a list of my recommended shell tools in my other repo.

✨ Extras

Extra iTerm2 configuration:

1. Jump between words with ⌥ + ←/→
   • Settings > Profiles > Keys > Key Mappings > +
     • Keyboard shortcut: ⌥ ←, Action: Send Escape Sequence, Esc+: b
     • Keyboard shortcut: ⌥ →, Action: Send Escape Sequence, Esc+: f
2. Delete words with ⌥ + BACKSPACE
   • Settings > Profiles > Keys > General
     • Left and Right option keys: change from Normal to Esc+

🖥 Windows Terminal

Windows Terminal - my main terminal for Windows.

🎨 Appearance

• Theme: Dracula PRO (with "brightBlack": "#8F89B4" as I have reasoned here)
• Background opacity: 80%
• Font: JetBrains Mono 11

👨‍💻 Profiles

Command Prompt

• Bash's editing: Clink
• Prompt: Starship
• Sudo for Windows: gsudo

Git Bash

Install Git Bash from here.

Add profile to Windows Terminal:

• Name: Git Bash
• Command line: %PROGRAMFILES%/Git/bin/bash.exe -i -l
• Starting directory: %USERPROFILE%
• Icon: %PROGRAMFILES%/Git/mingw64/share/git/git-for-windows.ico

Extras:

• Prompt: Starship
• To be able to activate conda environments, you may also need to set a system variable: PYTHONIOENCODING=utf8

.bash_profile:

# Set Starship theme
eval "$(starship init bash)"

# >>> conda initialize >>>
# !! Contents within this block are managed by 'conda init' !!
eval "$('/c/Users/pawel/miniconda3/Scripts/conda.exe' 'shell.bash' 'hook')"
# <<< conda initialize <<<

PowerShell 7

I am using PowerShell 7 in addition to the native Windows PowerShell 5.

Extras:

• Prompt: Starship
• Sudo for Windows: gsudo

$PROFILE:

# Set Starship
Invoke-Expression (&starship init powershell)

# Show navigable menu of all options when hitting Tab
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Key Tab -Function MenuComplete

# Autocompletion for arrow keys
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Key UpArrow -Function HistorySearchBackward
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Key DownArrow -Function HistorySearchForward

WSL - Ubuntu 22.04 (LTS)

Install Ubuntu:

1. Set a default version of WSL: wsl --set-default-version 2.
2. Install Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

Setup the environment:

1. Start with sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade.
2. Install Zsh, Oh My Zsh and Starship.
3. Copy the 👨‍💻 Zsh settings.

Extras:

• Disable beep sound in Windows Terminal settings for the Ubuntu Profile (Advanced > Bell notification style)
• If you have installed conda, I suggest to disable printing environment names, as they will be displayed already by Starship: conda config --set changeps1 False.

🐧 Neovim

Neovim - my main text editor used within the terminal of any OS.

🎨 Appearance

• Neovim config: NvChad
• Theme: chadracula
• Font: JetBrains Mono 12

👨‍💻 Setup

1. Make sure you have set up the local terminal of your OS (ideally as in this repo).

2. Follow the installation steps of Neovim and NvChad.

3. Post installation steps to set up the config files:

   cd ~/.config/nvim
   mkdir lua/custom
   cp examples/init.lua lua/custom/init.lua
   cp examples/chadrc.lua lua/custom/chadrc.lua

4. Edit ~/.config/nvim/lua/custom/chadrc.lua (apply chadracula theme and enable dashboard):

   local M = {}
   
   M.ui = {
     theme = "chadracula",
   }
   
   M.plugins = {
     user = {
         ["goolord/alpha-nvim"] = {
           disable = false,
         },
     },
   }
   
   return M

5. Start Neovim with nvim and do :PackerSync. You can also display the file explorer with CTRL + N.

6. Optionally, apply Neovim in your IDE, such as in VS Code through the VSCode Neovim extension.

🤖 Termux

Termux - my main terminal for Android installed from F-Droid.

🎨 Appearance

UI modified with Termux:Styling (obtained from F-Droid):

• Theme: Dracula
• Font: FiraCode (JetBrains Mono does not support icons of exa --icons)
• Keyboard: Gboard

👨‍💻 Setup

1. Install F-Droid, and use it to install Termux with Termux:Styling.
2. Open up Termux and start with apt update and apt upgrade.
3. Install extra packages: pkg install git, pkg install python and pkg install vim.
4. Install Zsh (pkg install zsh), Oh My Zsh and Starship (pkg install starship).
5. Copy the 👨‍💻 Zsh settings.
6. Optionally, install further tools such as Tool-X.