ohmyzsh-theme-guide.md

Themed zsh Shell for iTerm/Guake Guide

What you need

• Oh My Zsh
  • https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh
• Powerline fonts
  • https://github.com/Lokaltog/powerline-fonts
• Oh My Zsh theme
• https://gist.github.com/xShay/f07f9b9a4aafcedb1c36
• iTerm color palette
  • https://gist.github.com/xShay/8d9d1ce1d8a2a15f5778
  • http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized

Install

• Edit the theme to include your user name
  • Find and replace <username> with your alias
• Copy theme to Oh My Zsh's theme directory
  • cp xshay.zsh-theme ~/.oh-my-zsh/themes/
• Install powerline fonts
  • Mac
    • Install like any other font
  • *nix
    • Copy Powerline fonts to your system fonts directory
      • sudo cp *.otf /usr/share/fonts/opentype
        • If the directory does not exist, create it
    • Refresh system font cache
      • sudo fc-cache -fv
• Edit ~/.zshrc to use new xshay theme
• Update font settings to use a Powerline font
  • iTerm
    • Preferences -> Profiles -> Text -> Change Font
• Change your color palette
  • iTerm
    • Preferences -> Profiles -> Colors -> Load Presets