my powershell customisations

profile.ps1

# customized per-user profile
# https://gist.github.com/timabell/56254968905f9066ef88c1ae774a53d1
# don't forget to start a new powershell after editing this

# useful things:
# install https://github.com/neilpa/cmd-colors-solarized
# regedit /s solarized-light.reg
# install https://github.com/dahlbyk/posh-git
# Install-Module posh-git  # requires PSGet

Set-PSReadlineOption -EditMode Emacs

# don't do this, it breaks install-package -pre in vs pm console.
#$env:Path += ";C:\repos\Emvs European Hub\BuildProcess\NuGet"

# fix invisible chars for solarized-light
Set-PSReadlineOption -TokenKind Member -ForegroundColor DarkGreen
Set-PSReadlineOption -TokenKind Type -ForegroundColor DarkGreen
Set-PSReadlineOption -TokenKind Number -ForegroundColor DarkBlue
# Get-PSReadlineOption for more

# https://gist.github.com/timabell/cc9ca76964b59b2a54e91bda3665499e
function Out-Colors(){
	Write-Host "PSReadline"
	Write-Host "----------" -NoNewLine
	Get-PSReadlineOption
	Write-Host '$Host.PrivateData'
	Write-Host "-----------------"
	$Host.PrivateData
	
	$colors = [enum]::GetValues([System.ConsoleColor])
	Foreach ($bgcolor in $colors){
		Foreach ($fgcolor in $colors) { Write-Host "$fgcolor|"  -ForegroundColor $fgcolor -BackgroundColor $bgcolor -NoNewLine }
		Write-Host " on $bgcolor"
	}
}

function rst(){
	# http://stackoverflow.com/a/35470129/10245
	[Console]::ResetColor()
}

# install this https://github.com/neilpa/cmd-colors-solarized

# $Host.PrivateData # show the current list
$Host.PrivateData.ErrorForegroundColor = "DarkRed"
$Host.PrivateData.ErrorBackgroundColor = "Gray"

# Load posh-git profile if available. Copy from Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\posh-git\profile.example.ps1
$poshGitProfile= [Environment]::GetFolderPath("MyDocuments") + "\WindowsPowershell\poshprofile.ps1"
if (Test-Path $poshGitProfile)
{
	. $poshGitProfile
}

#.SYNOPSIS
#	Run a block and then output how long it took
#.EXAMPLE
#	time {
#		echo "mork mork"
#		sleep 5
#	}
function time($block) {
	# http://stackoverflow.com/a/15885502/10245
	$sw = [Diagnostics.Stopwatch]::StartNew()
	&$block
	$sw.Stop()
	write-host "Elapsed:" $sw.Elapsed.Hours "hours" $sw.Elapsed.Minutes "mins" $sw.Elapsed.Seconds "secs"
}

function rename-many($find, $replacement, [switch]$WhatIf){
	Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Include "*$find*" | foreach {
		$newname = $_.Name.replace($find, $replacement)
		write-host "$_ => $newname"
		if (! $WhatIf){
			Rename-Item $_ -NewName $newname
		}
	}
}

function grep() {write-host "use the findstr luke, this is not the grep you're looking for. Or you could 'ls | sls'"}

$PSDefaultParameterValues = @{
	"ls:force" = {$true} # include hidden files
}
 
New-Alias -Name ll -Value ls
New-Alias -Name gk -Value gitk
function gka(){
    gitk --all
}

if ((join-path $pwd '') -eq (join-path $env:userprofile '')){
	cd "c:\repos\"
}

# service fabric
function restartNode(){
	Restart-ServiceFabricNode "_Node_0"
}

echo "Customised powershell profile loaded."

solarized-light.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; Registry file that maps the solarized palette to the 16 avaliable colors
; in a Windows command prompt. Note, hex values in the table are RGB but byte
; ordering of a DWORD is BGR, e.g. "ColorTable<##>"=dword:00<B><G><R>
;
; Solarized color table from http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized.
; https://github.com/neilpa/cmd-colors-solarized
; sorted by solarized pallete order
;
; gray tone version
; NR  cmd.exe      PowerShell   SOLARIZED  HEX      DWORD
; --  -------      -----------  ---------  -------  --------
; light background tones
; 15  BrightWhite  White        base3      #fdf6e3  00e3f6fd
; 07  White        Gray         base2      #eee8d5  00d5e8ee
; content tones
; 03  Aqua         DarkCyan     base1      #93a1a1  00a1a193
; 01  Blue         DarkBlue     base0      #839496  00969483
; 06  Yellow       DarkYellow   base00     #657b83  00837b65
; 02  Green        DarkGreen    base01     #586e75  00756e58
; dark background tones
; 08  Gray         DarkGray     base02     #073642  00423607
; 00  Black        Black        base03     #002b36  00362b00
; accent colors
; 14  LightYellow  Yellow       yellow     #b58900  000089b5
; 04  Red          DarkRed      orange     #cb4b16  00164bcb
; 12  LightRed     Red          red        #dc322f  002f32dc
; 13  LightPurple  Magenta      magenta    #d33682  008236d3
; 05  Purple       DarkMagenta  violet     #6c71c4  00c4716c
; 09  LightBlue    Blue         blue       #268bd2  00d28b26
; 11  LightAqua    Cyan         cyan       #2aa198  0098a12a
; 10  LightGreen   Green        green      #859900  00009985
;

; all-colour tone version
; NR  cmd.exe      PowerShell   SOLARIZED  HEX      DWORD
; --  -------      -----------  ---------  -------  --------
; light background tones
; 15  BrightWhite  White        base3      #fdf6e3  00e3f6fd
; 07  White        Gray         base2      #eee8d5  00d5e8ee
; content tones
; dark background tones
; 08  Gray         DarkGray     base02     #073642  00423607
; 00  Black        Black        base03     #002b36  00362b00
; accent colors
; 14  LightYellow  Yellow       yellow     #b58900  000089b5
; 06  Yellow       DarkYellow   yellow     #b58900  000089b5
; 04  Red          DarkRed      orange     #cb4b16  00164bcb
; 12  LightRed     Red          red        #dc322f  002f32dc
; 13  LightPurple  Magenta      magenta    #d33682  008236d3
; 05  Purple       DarkMagenta  violet     #6c71c4  00c4716c
; 09  LightBlue    Blue         blue       #268bd2  00d28b26
; 01  Blue         DarkBlue     blue       #268bd2  00d28b26
; 11  LightAqua    Cyan         cyan       #2aa198  0098a12a
; 03  Aqua         DarkCyan     cyan       #2aa198  0098a12a
; 10  LightGreen   Green        green      #859900  00009985
; 02  Green        DarkGreen    green      #859900  00009985
;

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Console]
"ColorTable00"=dword:00362b00
"ColorTable01"=dword:00d28b26
"ColorTable02"=dword:00009985
"ColorTable03"=dword:0098a12a
"ColorTable04"=dword:00164bcb
"ColorTable05"=dword:00c4716c
"ColorTable06"=dword:000089b5
"ColorTable07"=dword:00d5e8ee
"ColorTable08"=dword:00423607
"ColorTable09"=dword:00d28b26
"ColorTable10"=dword:00009985
"ColorTable11"=dword:0098a12a
"ColorTable12"=dword:002f32dc
"ColorTable13"=dword:008236d3
"ColorTable14"=dword:000089b5
"ColorTable15"=dword:00e3f6fd
"ScreenColors"=dword:000000f6
"PopupColors"=dword:00000001

before

after (all-colours version)