Before_Start#
You should have Scoop. If you don't, please refer to this article 1.
There are some good terminals, for example:
- Windows Terminal (Microsoft Store)
- Fluent Terminal (Microsoft Store)
For personal reasons, I prefer Fluent Terminal because it looks better and matches the overall UI style of Windows 11 more?
Start#
powershell 7#
It is strongly recommended to install and use powershell 7. You can install it using Scoop, for example:
scoop install pwsh
Of course, you can also download and install it from the Github repository.
And set it as the default shell.
posh-git#
Install posh-git using Scoop (skip if not needed).
scoop install posh-git
Check if the installation is complete.
Import-Module posh-git
If there are no errors, it means the installation is successful.
oh-my-posh#
Install oh-my-posh using Scoop.
scoop install oh-my-posh
Check if the installation is complete.
oh-my-posh init pwsh | Invoke-Expression
If there are no errors, it means the installation is successful.
Fonts#
oh-my-posh contains many icons that are not supported by the default Windows fonts. We need to install fonts.
We can also use Scoop to complete this.
First, add the font repository.
scoop bucket add nerd-fonts
I like the Fira Code font, but I don't know the exact name. What should I do?
You can search for it.
scoop search firacode
You should get the following results.
~ ❯ scoop search firacode
'nerd-fonts' bucket:
FiraCode-NF-Mono (2.1.0)
FiraCode-NF (2.1.0)
FiraCode-Script (0.0.28)
FiraCode (6.2)
Obviously, we should use the font with NF. Here, I recommend installing it globally, which requires elevated privileges. What should we do?
Install sudo.
scoop install sudo
Install the font.
sudo scoop install FiraCode-NF
Now, let's switch to the font. If you don't see it, it is recommended to restart the system (log out).
theme#
oh-my-posh comes with many built-in themes. If it doesn't have the one you want, you'll need to manually handle it. Go to the oh-my-posh repository and find the one you want.
Check the available themes.
Get-PoshThemes
Choose your favorite theme and remember its name. I like peru.
Setting#
We need to write it to the configuration file to achieve persistence.
Notepad $PROFILE
Write the following content.
oh-my-posh init pwsh --config "$env:POSH_THEMES_PATH\peru.omp.json" | Invoke-Expression
Import-Module posh-git
Save it, and now Fluent Terminal will look beautiful every time you start it!
End#
