Introduction

Having GIT installed is assumed and implied.
To install any modules from the terminal, run the preferred version as an administrator.
This terminal setup is built using my own preferences and includes all the modules I personally use, to achieve my day-to-day terminal experience.

To find the Windows JSON settings file, navigate to:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\

Accesing the $profile

To add any modules and modifications to the Windows terminal, the $profile file must be located first. By typing in notepad $profile, the $profile file should open automatically. If the $profile file does not exist, a prompt will be shown to create the file. This usually happens when the file is accessed for the first time.

Troubleshooting $profile

Sometimes, the operating system will not be able to find the $profile file, nor be able to create it on the fist prompt automatically. In that case, navigate to the Documents folder:

C:\Users\{USER}\Documents

There, create the folder named

WindowsPowerShell

Inside the folder, create the $profile file manually, by adding the file named:

Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1

After completing this the notepad $profile command should work as expected and navigate and open the newly created $profile file.

Powerline setup

This is a powerline setup based on Posh modules. Installation, fonts and preferences can be found below.

Powerline font

My desired powerline fonts will be provided inside the repos powerlineFonts folder. Add a powerline font to the OS fonts folder, then default the font from inside the Windows terminal settings:

• start => run => fonts => paste font file (.ttf)
• open JSON settings for the Windows terminal => defaults => font => paste the font name

Posh

From the terminal, install the following Posh-based module:

Install-Module posh-git -Scope CurrentUser

Run notepad $profile from the terminal and add the following line to the end of the file:

Import-Module posh-git

Next, install the oh-my-posh application module from the official Microsoft store.

After the installation, a new POSH_THEMES_PATH environment variable should be added to the operating systems environment variables, pointing to the oh-my-posh themes folder. Check if the variable exists by typing $env:POSH_THEMES_PATH inside the terminal. If the variable does not exist, add it by typing the following command inside the terminal:

$env:POSH_THEMES_PATH = "C:\Users\{USER}\AppData\Local\Programs\oh-my-posh\themes"

This step can also be done by navigating to the Windows environment variables settings and adding the variable manually. Double check the exitance of the themes folder as well.

All oh-my-posh themes for this integration can be found here.
As of the last commit date, my desired theme is star (star.omp.json).

To apply a desired theme to the terminal, run notepad $profile from the terminal and add the following line to the end of the file:

oh-my-posh init pwsh --config "$env:POSH_THEMES_PATH\{THEME_NAME}.omp.json" | Invoke-Expression

Powerline theme modifications

Locate the oh-my-posh themes directory for any powerline-specific JSON theme changes. Find the JSON file of the desired theme, and start modifying. For any of my desired themes, view the JSON theme settings provided in the repos powerlineThemeSetups folder.

The themes folder should be located at the created $env:POSH_THEMES_PATH location, being:

C:\Users\{USER}\AppData\Local\Programs\oh-my-posh\themes

Get-ChildItemColor

Credit and more details here.

From the terminal, install the following module:

Install-Module -AllowClobber Get-ChildItemColor

Run notepad $profile from the terminal and add the following lines to the end of the file:

Import-Module Get-ChildItemColor
$GetChildItemColorTable.File['Directory'] = "DarkBlue"
$Global:GetChildItemColorVerticalSpace = 0

Modifications to the directory colors, new lines via vertical space etc, can be done with the last two lines of code above.
To find all available colors, view the Windows Console.ForegroundColor property and its System.ConsoleColor attribute. More details are provided here.

PSReadLine

Credit and more details here.

From the terminal, install the following module (the -Force flag will override the default Windows ReadLine behavior):

Install-Module PSReadLine -Force

Run notepad $profile from the terminal and add the following lines to the end of the file:

Import-Module PSReadLine
Set-PSReadLineOption -Colors @{ InlinePrediction = '#6d778c'}
Set-PSReadLineOption -PredictionSource History

Modifications to the prediction line colors and source can be done with the last two lines of code above.

Terminal setup

Open the Windows terminal JSON settings, and paste the attached windowsTerminalSettings/settigns.json configuration. All explanations will be provided inside the JSON file.