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Edson Junior de Andrade
Edson Junior de Andrade

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Your most productive terminal with Oh My Zsh and spaceship

#ohmyzsh #spaceship

Install Zsh

sudo apt-get install zsh
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Clone the zsh

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
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Install Spaceship

git clone https://github.com/denysdovhan/spaceship-prompt.git "$ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/spaceship-prompt"
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Create a symbolic link

ln -s "$ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/spaceship-prompt/spaceship.zsh-theme" "$ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/spaceship.zsh-theme"
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Set Spaceship Theme, enter in ~/.zshrc

sudo nano ~/.zshrc
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Within ~/.zshrc, find the line

ZSH_THEME and change it to > ZSH_THEME="spaceship"
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Configure Spaceship

At the end of the ~/.zshrc file I add the following content

SPACESHIP_PROMPT_ORDER=(
  user          # Username section
  dir           # Current directory section
  host          # Hostname section
  git           # Git section (git_branch + git_status)
  hg            # Mercurial section (hg_branch  + hg_status)
  exec_time     # Execution time
  line_sep      # Line break
  jobs          # Background jobs indicator
  exit_code     # Exit code section
  char          # Prompt character
)
SPACESHIP_USER_SHOW=always
SPACESHIP_PROMPT_ADD_NEWLINE=false
SPACESHIP_CHAR_SYMBOL="❯"
SPACESHIP_CHAR_SUFFIX=" "
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Plugins

To configure a plugin, we also have to edit the ~/.zshrc file by adding or removing the plugin names in the variable array:

plugins=(git)
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zsh-history-substring-search

  • Includes history features 
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-history-substring-search.git ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-history-substring-search
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zsh-syntax-highlighting

  • Highlight the command pack as they are typed 
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
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zsh-autosuggestions

  • Suggest commands based on history based on your typing 
git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions.git ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
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fzf locator

  • ctrl+t will allow you to search any file/directory on the system 
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.git ~/.fzf && ~/.fzf/install
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