Pretty Terminal

Starter terminal configurations for z shell (zsh) and terminal colors (dircolors) for new users.

Installation

Install Oh My ZSH:

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Install Homebrew package manager:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Install Homebrew essential packages:

brew install coreutils git go node ack ripgrep tree emacs vim pico

1. git is needed to download, edit and commit source code remotely
2. go and node are programming languages that lots of people use
3. emacs, vim, and pico edit text files (these will help others help you if you run into trouble)
4. tree shows all files in a directory with children (good for looking around in terminal)
5. ack and ripgrep help you search through files similar to the grep command, but faster

Install Homebrew essential applications:

brew install --cask sublime-text

sublime-text is a solid graphical text editor

Clone Pretty Terminal and Run Setup

git clone https://github.com/evanmoran/.pretty-terminal.git ~ && ~/.pretty-terminal/setup

Included Linked Files

~/.zshrc: Config for z shell (zsh). Add aliases and paths to this file!

~/.dircolors: Config for director colors. You never need to touch this most likely.

~/.gitconfig: Config for git. Add git aliases to this file.

Included Pretty Files

~/.pretty-terminal/README.md: This readme!

~/.pretty-terminal/pretty.zsh-theme: The Zsh theme for pretty terminal (feel free to modify!)