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Visual Studio Code Theme

• Install vscode theme https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tanmay.discord-theme
• Download cascadia code font from https://github.com/microsoft/cascadia-code/releases
• Update your settings.json from VisualStudioCode/settings.json - mainly the following fields
  • workbench.colorTheme
  • workbench.colorCustomizations
  • editor.fontFamily
  • editor.semanticTokenColorCustomizations
  • editor.tokenColorCustomizations

Linux Terminal Theme

• sudo apt-get install zsh
• sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
• Install fonts & follow instructions for Visual Studio Code (& Windows Terminal): https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k#meslo-nerd-font-patched-for-powerlevel10k Fonts -> Manual font installation
• git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k
• add ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k" to ~/.zshrc
• p10k configure
• add plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting) to ~/.zshrc
• git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
• git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

Linux C++ dev environment

• sudo apt update
• sudo apt -y upgrade
• sudo apt -y install build-essential
• sudo apt-get install gdb
• sudo apt -y install clang-format
• sudo apt-get install -y ninja-build
• install CMake via https://apt.kitware.com/
• git config --global user.email "xxxx@xxx.com"
• git config --global user.name "xxxx"
• ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "xxxx@xxx.com"
• (Qt) sudo apt-get install qt5-default

Visual Studio Theme

• Install the Color Theme Editor/Designer extension
  • Visual Studio 2017: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=VisualStudioPlatformTeam.VisualStudio2017ColorThemeEditor
  • Visual Studio 2019: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-madsk.ColorThemeDesigner
  • Visual Studio 2022: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=idex.colorthemedesigner2022
• VisualStudio > Tools > Customize Colors > Import Theme > select the theme VisualStudio/dark_zdeny.vstheme

Windows Terminal Theme

• install Windows Terminal https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/windows-terminal/9n0dx20hk701
• use WindowsTerminal/settings.json settings

Windows C++ dev environment

• install WSL 2 via elevated powershell wsl --install -d Ubuntu
• install vscode WSL extension
• follow steps in Linux C++ dev environment