Here a few tips that would bring your terminal experience to a whole new level.
Install Homebrew
You can install homebrew Here
Install Iterm
It allows to work on a pretty custom terminal
You can install Iterm 2 Here
Personally I like to change iterm colors, it is placed in: preference > profiles > colors tab > colors preset
, then just choose the preset you like.
Optionally you can add a custom theme for Iterm
You can find iterm themes Here
Take in mind to add a theme you need to create an .itermcolors
file
For example I like Dracula Theme
So in order to add it I need to grab the content and create file like:
cd $HOME
vi .Dracula.itermcolors
Then insert the content of the selected theme in my case for dracula
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Ansi 0 Color</key>
<dict>
<key>Blue Component</key>
<real>0.0</real>
<key>Green Component</key>
<real>0.0</real>
<key>Red Component</key>
<real>0.0</real>
</dict>
<key>Ansi 1 Color</key>
<dict>
<key>Blue Component</key>
<real>0.3333333432674408</real>
<key>Green Component</key>
<real>0.3333333432674408</real>
<key>Red Component</key>
<real>1</real>
</dict>
<key>Ansi 10 Color</key>
<dict>
<key>Blue Component</key>
<real>0.4823529411764706</real>
<key>Green Component</key>
<real>0.98039215686274506</real>
<key>Red Component</key>
<real>0.31372549019607843</real>
</dict>
<key>Ansi 11 Color</key>
<dict>
<key>Blue Component</key>
<real>0.5490196078431373</real>
<key>Green Component</key>
<real>0.98039215686274506</real>
<key>Red Component</key>
<real>0.94509803921568625</real>
</dict>
<key>Ansi 12 Color</key>
<dict>
<key>Blue Component</key>
<real>0.97647058823529409</real>
<key>Green Component</key>
<real>0.57647058823529407</real>
<key>Red Component</key>
<real>0.74117647058823533</real>
</dict>
<key>Ansi 13 Color</key>
<dict>
<key>Blue Component</key>
<real>0.77647058823529413</real>
<key>Green Component</key>
<real>0.47450980392156861</real>
<key>Red Component</key>
<real>1</real>
</dict>
<key>Ansi 14 Color</key>
<dict>
<key>Blue Component</key>
<real>0.99215686274509807</real>
<key>Green Component</key>
<real>0.9137254901960784</real>
<key>Red Component</key>
<real>0.54509803921568623</real>
</dict>
<key>Ansi 15 Color</key>
<dict>
<key>Blue Component</key>
<real>1</real>
<key>Green Component</key>
<real>1</real>
<key>Red Component</key>
<real>1</real>
</dict>
<key>Ansi 2 Color</key>
<dict>
<key>Blue Component</key>
<real>0.4823529411764706</real>
<key>Green Component</key>
<real>0.98039215686274506</real>
<key>Red Component</key>
<real>0.31372549019607843</real>
</dict>
<key>Ansi 3 Color</key>
<dict>
<key>Blue Component</key>
<real>0.5490196078431373</real>
<key>Green Component</key>
<real>0.98039215686274506</real>
<key>Red Component</key>
<real>0.94509803921568625</real>
</dict>
<key>Ansi 4 Color</key>
<dict>
<key>Blue Component</key>
<real>0.97647058823529409</real>
<key>Green Component</key>
<real>0.57647058823529407</real>
<key>Red Component</key>
<real>0.74117647058823533</real>
</dict>
<key>Ansi 5 Color</key>
<dict>
<key>Blue Component</key>
<real>0.77647058823529413</real>
<key>Green Component</key>
<real>0.47450980392156861</real>
<key>Red Component</key>
<real>1</real>
</dict>
<key>Ansi 6 Color</key>
<dict>
<key>Blue Component</key>
<real>0.99215686274509807</real>
<key>Green Component</key>
<real>0.9137254901960784</real>
<key>Red Component</key>
<real>0.54509803921568623</real>
</dict>
<key>Ansi 7 Color</key>
<dict>
<key>Blue Component</key>
<real>0.73333334922790527</real>
<key>Green Component</key>
<real>0.73333334922790527</real>
<key>Red Component</key>
<real>0.73333334922790527</real>
</dict>
<key>Ansi 8 Color</key>
<dict>
<key>Blue Component</key>
<real>0.33333333333333331</real>
<key>Green Component</key>
<real>0.33333333333333331</real>
<key>Red Component</key>
<real>0.33333333333333331</real>
</dict>
<key>Ansi 9 Color</key>
<dict>
<key>Blue Component</key>
<real>0.33333333333333331</real>
<key>Green Component</key>
<real>0.33333333333333331</real>
<key>Red Component</key>
<real>1</real>
</dict>
<key>Background Color</key>
<dict>
<key>Blue Component</key>
<real>0.15977837145328522</real>
<key>Green Component</key>
<real>0.12215272337198257</real>
<key>Red Component</key>
<real>0.11765811592340469</real>
</dict>
<key>Bold Color</key>
<dict>
<key>Blue Component</key>
<real>1</real>
<key>Green Component</key>
<real>1</real>
<key>Red Component</key>
<real>1</real>
</dict>
<key>Cursor Color</key>
<dict>
<key>Blue Component</key>
<real>0.73333334922790527</real>
<key>Green Component</key>
<real>0.73333334922790527</real>
<key>Red Component</key>
<real>0.73333334922790527</real>
</dict>
<key>Cursor Text Color</key>
<dict>
<key>Blue Component</key>
<real>1</real>
<key>Green Component</key>
<real>1</real>
<key>Red Component</key>
<real>1</real>
</dict>
<key>Foreground Color</key>
<dict>
<key>Blue Component</key>
<real>0.94901961088180542</real>
<key>Green Component</key>
<real>0.97254902124404907</real>
<key>Red Component</key>
<real>0.97254902124404907</real>
</dict>
<key>Selected Text Color</key>
<dict>
<key>Blue Component</key>
<real>1</real>
<key>Green Component</key>
<real>1</real>
<key>Red Component</key>
<real>1</real>
</dict>
<key>Selection Color</key>
<dict>
<key>Blue Component</key>
<real>0.35294118523597717</real>
<key>Green Component</key>
<real>0.27843138575553894</real>
<key>Red Component</key>
<real>0.26666668057441711</real>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>
And save
Then Go to Settings > Profiles > Colors > Colors Presets > Import > Users Home Directory
Then press the three keys at the same time command+shift+.
to show hidden files and select the color theme created.
Install Oh My Zsh
It allows to add more abilities to your terminal
You can install it here
Install Power Level 10 theme
It adds a lot of customizations options handled with an installation wizard:
Clone manually
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ~/powerlevel10k
echo 'source ~/powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme' >>~/.zshrc
Install using oh my zshell
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k
Then edit the oh my zsh rc file:
Using vi
vi ~/.zshrc
Using nano
nano ~/.zshrc
Search for the ZSH_THEME
key and update the value:
ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k"
Restart ZSH
exec zsh
It would run the installation wizard automatically.
To run again in the future the wizard execute p10k configure
Install autosuggestions
Now you are able to install autosuggestions with "Oh My ZSH" the installation guide here
Install Bat
cat
is a command to show a file content, bat
does pretty much the same, but adding highlight syntax in the terminal output:
Install it using Hombrew
brew install bat
Install it using MacPorts
port install bat
Set Syntax Highlight Theme
Generate a config file
bat --generate-config-file
The output should look like this:
Success! Config file written to /Users/<username>/.config/bat/config
Grab the output and edit the file:
vi /Users/<username>/.config/bat/config
In this case, I update the theme to "Dracula", but there are some pretty popular themes like "Nord" or "Monokai"
--theme="Dracula"
Set Vim syntax
open vim .vimrc
And set this values (you can go as far as you need, this is just a simple example)
set showmode
set autoindent
set tabstop=4
set expandtab
syntax on
Set same terminal font for VSCode
Open VSCode and press CMD + ,
Then would open the palette and type settings.json
then add the font family and size that you want, in this case I would use the same Font Family from iterm using powerlevel10 theme:
"terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "Meslo LG M for Powerline"
"terminal.integrated.fontSize": 14
There are a lot of changes so it requires restarting your computer
There is room to improve your terminal even more, in my case this configuration is fine, but there are other pretty common tools like:
- fzf
- exa
Thanks for reading!
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