This is a fork of https://github.com/brucehsu/oh-my-zsh-powerline-theme

oh-my-zsh Powerline style Theme

This is a modified two-line version: one for information, one for input.

Dim colored version is modified by Howar31.

zsh installation instruction in [Howar31 blog] (https://blog.howar31.com/install-zsh-oh-my-zsh-on-ubuntu/) .

Original version:

Modified two-line version:

Dim version:

• This version not only modified the color scheme but also used variables to manage colors for future easily modification.
• Due to my own environment settings, I've disabled the ruby features in this theme. To re-enable them, just simply remove the "#" in front of the lines in the function.

• Z shell (zsh) and oh-my-zsh
  • See oh-my-zsh for more info.
  • Installing zsh/oh-my-zsh on Linux(Ubuntu), see Howar31's blog for more info.
• Patched font for fancy symbols
  • Vim Powerline patched font : See Powerline for vim for more info.
  • Patch your font for your self.
  • Or use the included patched font Monaco "Monaco_Linux-powerline.ttf".

1. Clone the repository.

2. Create un symlink of powerline.zsh-theme in .oh-my-zsh/themes/.

   • ln -s directory_of_theme/powerline.zsh-theme .oh-my-zsh/themes/

3. Configure the theme in your .zshrc file :

   ZSH_THEME="powerline"
   

1. Change the font of your terminal to the patched font.
   • Example for iTerm: Preference > Profile > Text > change the font
2. Done, configuration on Mac is easy.

See Tom Ryder's blog for more detail.

1. Connection > Data > Terminal details > Terminal-type string: putty-256color

2. Window > Colours > General options for colour usage check Allow terminal to use xterm 256-colour mode

   • Testing wether the 256-color setting is working or not

   $ for color in $(seq 0 255); do
   > tput setaf $color && echo -n "test"
   > done
   

   • Type reset to fix your termianl after testing.

3. Window > Translation > Character set translation > Remote character set: UTF-8

4. Window > Appearance > Font settings

   • Change the font to patched font.
   • Check Allow selection of variable-pitch fonts if you cannot find your font in the list.

5. Done, remember to save your settings as Saved Sessions.