Terminal Setup

Linux - ZSH

1. Install oh-my-zsh

sh -c "$(wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh -O -)"

2. Clone necessary plugins.

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

3. Add plugins to ~/.zshrc

plugins = ( [plugins...] zsh-autosuggestions history-substring-search zsh-syntax-highlighting)

Note: make sure zsh-syntax-highlighting is the last one in the above list.

Change the theme setting in ~/.zshrc

ZSH_THEME="jonathan"

Find a theme you like in this list: https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/wiki/Themes

Fix background theme issues(, not necessary depends on your theme.)

Add the following line to your ~/.zshrc.

ZSH_AUTOSUGGEST_HIGHLIGHT_STYLE='fg=white'

4. Restart zsh

source ~/.zshrc

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Windows - Powershell

1. Get the latest powershell version

winget search Microsoft.PowerShell

winget install --id Microsoft.Powershell --source winget
# or
winget install --id Microsoft.Powershell.Preview --source winget

2. Update Windows Terminal (optional)

Start the new powershell with pwsh.exe. If you are using Windows Terminal you need to update the settings for powershell.

3. Enable auto-suggestions

To enable auto suggestions use the following command

Set-PSReadLineOption -PredictionSource History

Update terminal profile (optional)

Create profile file.

(Test-path $profile) -eq $False ? (New-item –type file –force $profile) : (Write-Host "Profile already exists!")

Open it with notepad, notepad $profile, and add the following lines:

Set-PSReadLineOption -PredictionSource History
Set-PSReadLineOption -Colors @{ InlinePrediction = "$([char]0x1b)[36;7;238m"}

source: Predictive Intellisense

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Last update: 2022-06-19