My Shell Setup

Much of my information comes from here and his YouTube video.

Note that this will backup and replace your existing ~/.zshrc file

You'll need zsh to install Oh My Zsh. Run zsh --version to check if you have it.

macOS

install HomeBrew (probably already installed)
install iTerm2
install/configure iTerm2 colour themes Grove Box contrib

install prereqs

need to install Nerd Fonts (may want other fonts but must be Nerd variety)

brew tap homebrew/cask-fonts
brew install --cask font-meslo-lg-nerd-font
brew install --cask font-hack-nerd-font
brew install --cask font-fira-nerd-font

Configure iTerm2 to use one of the nerd fonts (I like hack)

needed for oh-my-zsh module autojump

brew install autojump
brew install terminal-notifier
brew install thefuck

install ls replacement exa
```
brew install exa
```

continue to Common Install Steps

Linux

install some terminal tools
```
sudo apt install exa autojump thefuck
```
install Tilex
```
sudo tilix
```
install/configure Tilex colour themes Grove Box for Tilix
install prereqs
- If which zsh not installed, then install with sudo apt install zsh. Next, change your login shell with chsh -s $(which zsh)
- need to install Nerd Fonts (may want other fonts but must be Nerd variety)
  - I download, expand, open Nautilus and double-click on each non-Windows font
    - Hack
    - FiraCode
    - Meslo
- configure Tilix to use the Nerd font (I like Hack)
continue to Common Install Steps

Windows

Install Windows Terminal
Recommend using WSL2 with Ubuntu and zsh installed there, but may be able to use Git Bash wsl --install (in Admin command prompt)
other steps TBD
continue to Common Install Steps

Common Install Steps

install Oh My Zsh customized fork
- fork fklassen fork of oh-my-zsh to your personal account, or simpler yet use fklassen/ohmyzsh if you don't plan to modify anything
```
https://github.com/fklassen/ohmyzsh/fork
```
- if you forked, optionally modify README.md and tools/install.sh to point to your repo so that you don't need REPO=fklassen/ohmyzsh during installation
- optionally customize forked repo to match your preferences
- run installer
  - if you are using fklassen/ohmyzsh ...
```
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fklassen/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh>)"
```
  - if you forked your own repo ...
```
REPO=<your_github_id>/ohmyzsh sh -c "$(curl -fsSL <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fklassen/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh>)"
```
- optionally configure by editing '~/.zshrc` (see Getting Started)
  - I personally like to make a symbolic link so I can commit my changes to my forked config
```
cd
ln -sf ~/.oh-my-zsh/templates/zshrc.zsh-template .zshrc
```

install Starship

run installer

curl -sS https://starship.rs/install.sh | sh

take a copy Starship config file

mkdir -p ~/.config
cd ~/.config
ln -s ~/.oh-my-zsh/templates/starship.toml

install fzf for zsh-interactive-cd support
Start a terminal session

Post install

There are a few things that can make things even better

set up GIT configuration

cd && ln -s ~/.oh-my-zsh/plugins/gitconfig .gitconfig

create a ~/.gitconfig.user for user-specific GIT settings

[user]
  name = Fred Klassen
  email = fred.klassen@broadcom.com
  #email = fklassen@appneta.com
  signingkey = 84E4FA215C934A7D97DC76D5E9E2149793BDE17E

create ~/.inputrc

set editing-mode vi
set bell-style none

install tmux config Oh My Tmux
install vim config SpaceVim
install Mosh replacement Eternal Terminal
on macOS
- install macVIM via brew install macvim
- install some colour themes for iTerm2 that you can choose from
  - iTerm2 snazzy
  - GitHub VS Code Theme for iTerm

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