TemEnhancments.md

Terminal Enhancements

Requirments

• Windows Terminal here

Why?

Windows Terminal uses the GPU to render its text, thus providing improved performance over the default Windows command line experience.

Improve Terminal

• Turn Terminal into this -->

Configure Powershell

• Make powershell profile file -- PS> notepad $profile If needed save profile. -- insert

# Set your alias for your favourite editor
 
Set-Alias -Name editor -Value code
Set-Alias -Name edit -Value editor
Set-Alias -Name np -Value notepad

function profile_alias { editor $PROFILE }
Set-Alias -Name profile -Value profile_alias

function reload_alias { & $PROFILE }
Set-Alias -Name reload -Value reload_alias

function snip_it {explorer ms-screenclip:}
Set-Alias -Name sni -Value snip_it

#On startup load starship - comment out to return to default
Invoke-Expression (&starship init powershell)

Install Nerd Fonts

• Install Nerd Fonts Here -- Install Fonts, extract, select all, right-click, install

Install Scoop

• Read about Scoop here

  -- ps> iex (new-object net.webclient).downloadstring('https://get.scoop.sh')

Install Starship

• Read about Starship here for GIT -- or the main site www.starship.rs

• Install

  -- PS> scoop install starship

  -- PS> mkdir ~/.config

  -- PS> notepad ~/.config/starship.toml

  -- Save and close or configure

Configure Starship

• Update starship.toml Readme

  -- PS> notepad ~/.config/starship.toml

# ~/.config/starship.toml

add_newline = false

# Replace the "❯" symbol in the prompt with "➜"
[character]                            # The name of the module we are configuring is "character"
# success_symbol = "[➜](bold green)"     # The "success_symbol" segment is being set to "➜" with the color "bold green"


[line_break]
disabled = true

[package]
disabled = true

[nodejs]
disabled = true

# ~/.config/starship.toml

[python]
symbol = "👾 "
pyenv_version_name = true

[rlang]
format = "with [📐 $version](blue bold) "

[dotnet]
symbol = "🥅 "
style = "green"
heuristic = false

[battery]
full_symbol = "🔋 "
charging_symbol = "⚡️ "
discharging_symbol = "💀 "

[[battery.display]]
threshold = 10
style = "bold red"