Step-by-step tutorial to customize the Windows Terminal and Powershell Core
Download the Hack
font from Nerd Fonts.
Otherwise you will see some gibberish on your terminal.
Install all
Windows compatible
.ttf files.
Download the latest release of Powershell Core
from Github Repo.
You can download the Windows Terminal
from Microsoft Store.
Or you can download using Invoke-WebRequest
command:
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/download/v1.5.10411.0/Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.5.10411.0_8wekyb3d8bbwe.msixbundle -OutFile WindowsTerminal.appx -UseBasicParsing
Add-AppxPackage .\WindowsTerminal.appx
My Windows Terminal configuration for References:
// To view the default settings, hold "alt" while clicking on the "Settings" button.
// For documentation on these settings, see: https://aka.ms/terminal-documentation
{
"$schema": "https://aka.ms/terminal-profiles-schema",
"actions": [
{
"command": {
"action": "copy",
"singleLine": false
},
"keys": "ctrl+c"
},
{
"command": "paste",
"keys": "ctrl+v"
},
{
"command": "find",
"keys": "ctrl+shift+f"
},
{
"command": {
"action": "splitPane",
"split": "auto",
"splitMode": "duplicate"
},
"keys": "alt+shift+d"
}
],
"copyFormatting": "none",
"copyOnSelect": false,
"defaultProfile": "{574e775e-4f2a-5b96-ac1e-a2962a402336}",
"launchMode": "maximized",
"profiles": {
"defaults": {
// Don't forget to change "backgroundImage"
"backgroundImage": "D:\\User Images\\terminal.jpg",
"backgroundImageOpacity": 0.5,
"colorScheme": "One Half Dark",
"font": {
"face": "Hack NF",
"size": 14
}
},
"list": [
{
"commandline": "powershell.exe",
"guid": "{61c54bbd-c2c6-5271-96e7-009a87ff44bf}",
"hidden": false,
"name": "Windows PowerShell"
},
{
"commandline": "cmd.exe",
"guid": "{0caa0dad-35be-5f56-a8ff-afceeeaa6101}",
"hidden": false,
"name": "Command Prompt"
},
{
"guid": "{b453ae62-4e3d-5e58-b989-0a998ec441b8}",
"hidden": false,
"name": "Azure Cloud Shell",
"source": "Windows.Terminal.Azure"
},
{
"guid": "{574e775e-4f2a-5b96-ac1e-a2962a402336}",
"hidden": false,
"name": "PowerShell",
"source": "Windows.Terminal.PowershellCore",
// Don't forget to change "startingDirectory"
"startingDirectory": "D:\\"
}
]
},
"schemes":
[
{
"background": "#282C34",
"black": "#282C34",
"blue": "#61AFEF",
"brightBlack": "#5A6374",
"brightBlue": "#61AFEF",
"brightCyan": "#56B6C2",
"brightGreen": "#98C379",
"brightPurple": "#C678DD",
"brightRed": "#E06C75",
"brightWhite": "#DCDFE4",
"brightYellow": "#E5C07B",
"cursorColor": "#FFFFFF",
"cyan": "#56B6C2",
"foreground": "#DCDFE4",
"green": "#98C379",
"name": "One Half Dark",
"purple": "#C678DD",
"red": "#E06C75",
"selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
"white": "#DCDFE4",
"yellow": "#E5C07B"
}
]
}
Obs: Don't forget to change
"backgroundImage"
on defaults Profile and"startingDirectory"
on Powershell Core Profile
The next codes you must run them inside Powershell Core prompt.
Install oh-my-posh
:
Install-Module posh-git -Scope CurrentUser -Force
Install-Module oh-my-posh -Scope CurrentUser -Force
Obs: You must have installed
Git for Windows
.
You can open your Powershell Profile with the command below:
notepad $PROFILE.CurrentUserCurrentHost
Now go ahead and add the following code to your Powershell Profile:
Import-Module posh-git
Import-Module oh-my-posh
Open oh-my-posh themes
folder:
Documents\PowerShell\Modules\oh-my-posh\themes
Obs: Sometimes will be
~\AppData\Local\oh-my-posh\themes
.
paste the minimal.omp.json
file.
Obs:
minimal.omp.json
is located in.config\terminal
folder on this repo.
Open $PROFILE
file again, then add:
Set-PoshPrompt -Theme minimal
Install-Module -Name PSReadLine -AllowPrerelease -Scope CurrentUser -Force -SkipPublisherCheck
Install-Module -Name Terminal-Icons -Repository PSGallery -Force
Open $PROFILE
file again, then add:
# Icons
Import-Module -Name Terminal-Icons
# PSReadLine
Set-PSReadLineOption -PredictionSource History
Set-PSReadLineOption -PredictionViewStyle ListView
Obs: You can clear the
PSReadLine history
by cleaning the history file.
You can get the path using
(Get-PSReadlineOption).HistorySavePath
command.
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