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Fish Shell + iTerm2 + Powerline

在編寫程式及進行系統操作時，我們常常大量地使用 Terminal 終端機與 macOS 預設的 Bash shell。然而，系統預設的 Terminal 與 Bash 看久了實在不是很舒服也相當不方便，因此，這篇開發環境設置筆記將會介紹如何安裝 Fish Shell 與 Powerline 這個 plugin 在 iTerm2 終端機上。這篇開發環境配置筆記會使用到 Xcode IDE 的開發環境，並需要安裝 Homebrew 套件管理工具以及 iTerm2 終端機，若還沒安裝請點擊連結安裝。

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Open iTerm2, and run the following commands to install Fish:

$ brew install fish
$ echo "/usr/local/bin/fish" | sudo tee -a /etc/shells
$ chsh -s /usr/local/bin/fish

Now install Powerline:

$ brew install python
$ pip install powerline-status --user
$ pip install git+git://github.com/powerline/powerline
$ git clone https://github.com/milkbikis/powerline-shell
$ cd powerline-shell
$ cp config.py.dist config.py
$ ./install.py

Now, edit ~/.config/fish/config.fish by typing and redefine fish_prompt as follow:

function fish_prompt
   ~/powerline-shell/powerline-shell.py $status --shell bare ^/dev/null
end

Install the Powerline Fonts by typing the commands below:

$ git clone https://github.com/powerline/fonts.git
$ cd fonts
$ ./install.sh

Finally, go to iTerm2 Preferences and click the Text tab.

Choose any font style including for Powerline

You are all set!

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In Fish, the export command is not allowed to used to edit our variables, like $PATH. If you want to append a new path to your $PATH variable, here is a simple way by using set command like the example below:
```
$ set PATH $PATH <new_path>
```
The following command allows you to change shell back to the Bash just in case:
```
$ chsh -s /bin/bash
```
Since Fish doesn't have good compatibility with Bash, I recommend using Zsh + Oh-My-Zsh as a better option. To do so, see more details here.

my-macos/shell/fish/fish-shell-iterm2-powerline.md

Fish Shell + iTerm2 + Powerline

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