Doesn't work on macOS

[nmajin]

Your ../pureline/pureline config declares dictionaries in bash with -A, so this doesn't work and even after correcting this the display looks like this:

I even configured a Powerline font thinking that could be the issue but no luck.

[chris-marsh]

I think the associative arrays were introduced in bash v4, but it sounds like your having other issues too. Can we first establish which version of bash you are running/being evoked by pureline?

/bin/env bash --version

[nmajin]

Yea, the issue I am really having at this point appears to be the theme/color/etc/ not working. ~/Downloads $ /bin/env bash --version -bash: /bin/env: No such file or directory ~/Downloads $ /bin/bash --version GNU bash, version 3.2.57(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin17) Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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On Apr 15, 2018, at 7:55 AM, Chris Marsh ***@***.***> wrote: I think the associative arrays were introduced in bash v4, put it sounds like your having other issues too. Can we first establish which version of bash you are running/being evoked by pureline? /bin/env bash --version — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#9 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAPe5Vuigz7O2qybjJjsfulHSLkkF_uWks5tozVBgaJpZM4TStoL>.

[chris-marsh]

I'm on linux with bash 4.4.19, but have have compiled bash 3.2.57 to test and I can confirm similar results. An easy fix would be to upgrade bash with homebrew, but thats probably an excessive solution to get a nice prompt :-)

I'll play around with it and see how it goes.

[ajdegol]

I had a similar issue. Upgrading bash seemed straightforward, following advice in this url https://johndjameson.com/blog/updating-your-shell-with-homebrew/.

Though I also had to chsh with my (non-root) user.

Looking forward to using this, the python version (powerline) is just a little too slow for shell.

[jchoksi-whitbread]

@ajdegol Indeed. I've tested a number of powerline prompt clones and tried to make my own one as well and I found Chris's prompt to be the best one so far. The code is modular and easy to understand / extend.

[msantoro12]

I would also love to see a mac compatible version. Upgrading bash in a corporate environment isn't very safe or plausible.

[amcgregor]

As a note, Zsh is becoming the default shell for macOS as of Catalina. BASH itself is "widely compatible", but absolutely ancient on macOS. Edited to add, to be slightly more helpful: brew install bash — as of this writing, 5.0.7 is latest stable.

On the "in a corporate environment" situation, for a number of medical clinics we utilized ARD (Apple Remote Desktop) to deploy custom-built .pkg installers which install Homebrew packages, notably for those environments, firefox-esr (paired with the EMR software in use, OSCAR McMaster, and the most insane login script to move and symlink ~/Library/Application\ Support/Firefox to /tmp/firefox/$user because Firefox profiles and network home folders do not mix). My kingdom thanks Homebrew for its cellar/cask isolation.

[chris-marsh]

Closing as bash can be upgraded on macos.