iTerm2 + oh-my-zsh + Pure theme + zsh plugins setup

iTerm2 + oh-my-zsh + Pure theme + zsh plugins setup.md

• Install iTerm2 from https://www.iterm2.com/
• Install oh-my-zsh from https://ohmyz.sh/ or https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh
• Set iTerm2 theme tab theme to Dark - Preferences | Appearance | Tabs | Theme > Dark
• Install Fira Code fonts from https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode (Clone and navigate to dstr > ttf, install all font files by double clicking)
• Install Powerline fonts from https://github.com/powerline/fonts
• Set fonts for iTerm2 - Preferences | Profiles | Text
  • Change Font to 14pt Fira code regular and Check Use Ligatures checkbox
  • Change Non ASCII Font to 14pt Fira mono and Check Use Ligatures checkbox
• Install iTerm2 snazzy theme from https://github.com/sindresorhus/iterm2-snazzy
  • Navigate to Preferences | Profiles | Color Presets > Snazzy
• Install Pure prompt for iTerm2 from https://github.com/sindresorhus/pure#oh-my-zsh

# .zshrc
ZSH_THEME=""

npm install --global pure-prompt

# oh-my-zsh overrides the prompt, so Pure must be activated after `source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh`
# .zshrc
autoload -U promptinit; promptinit
prompt pure

• Install awesome z tool for autojumping between recent folders(Check usage here - https://github.com/rupa/z/)
  • Use brew brew install z (This should take care of everything for you)
  • Or to setup manually, Download 'z' from https://github.com/rupa/z/blob/master/z.sh and move to ~/ and add following snippet to ~/.zshrc

# .zshrc
# include Z, yo
. ~/z.sh

• Install zsh-syntax-highlighting oh-my-zsh plugin

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

• Install zsh-autosuggestions oh-my-zsh plugin

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

• Install pygments package, a pre-requisite for colorize plugin(cat with syntax highlight support, alias ccat)

pip install pygments

# OR
pip3.6 install pygments

• Install trash command as safter alternative for rm command

npm install --global trash-cli

trash ./folder/file.txt # Should move to trash instead of permanently deleting it

• Finally update plugins list for oh-my-zsh in ~/.zshrc

# .zshrc
plugins=(
  git
  brew
  common-aliases
  node
  npm
  rand-quote
  sudo
  yarn
  z
  colored-man-pages
  colorize
  cp
  zsh-syntax-highlighting
  zsh-autosuggestions
)

Screenshot

Bonus

Try https://starship.rs/ or https://github.com/denysdovhan/spaceship-prompt

Useful links:

• https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/wiki/Plugins-Overview
• https://commandlinepoweruser.com/
• https://medium.freecodecamp.org/jazz-up-your-zsh-terminal-in-seven-steps-a-visual-guide-e81a8fd59a38
• https://hackernoon.com/oh-my-zsh-made-for-cli-lovers-bea538d42ec1
• https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/07/become-command-line-power-user-oh-my-zsh-z/