cheat

Bash script to add a cheat sheet as your Windows Terminal background. Works for Ubuntu on WSL.

Installation

sudo apt-get update

# install dependencies
sudo apt-get install imagemagick
sudo apt-get install jq

# download the repository
sudo apt-get install git
git clone --depth 1 -c core.autocrlf=false https://github.com/potatopeelings/cheat ~/usr/local/scripts/potatopeelings-cheat

# add to ~/.bashrc and reload
echo 'alias cheat='\''bash ~/usr/local/scripts/potatopeelings-cheat/src/cheat.sh'\''' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Usage

To apply the sample cheat sheet

cheat -a sample

To use an image

cheat -a path/to/img

You can add your own cheat sheets

cheat -e eggs

Once you've saved the contents, apply it

cheat -a eggs

Advanced

For the full list of commands, run cheat -h

Override defaults by setting the followingn environment variables in ~/.bashrc

Variable	Default	Description
CHEAT_ALIGNMENT	topRight	Cheat sheet alignment. See Appearance profile settings in Windows Terminal > Background image alignment
CHEAT_COLOR	white	Font color
CHEAT_FONT_SIZE	12	Font size
CHEAT_OPACITY	0.3	Cheat sheet opacity
CHEAT_SIZE	400x600	Cheat sheet size

Your sheets are saved in ./usr/local/scripts/potatopeelings-cheat/src/sheets in case you need to back them up, or take them with you.

Thanks

• Scot Hanselman's Build Reaction Gifs for the inspiration
• The wonderful people at Microsoft who worked on Windows Terminal