make Terminal look pretty!
want to make Terminal look a little nicer, so that maybe you'll actually enjoy looking at it? if so, this post is for you! it's fairly easy to do with just a few simple steps.
if you'd like something like what's pictured above, let's get started!
(i'm referring to the terminal style, not the cat. i assume everyone wants something that looks like the above cat.... or maybe not, LEST IT STEAL YER SOUL!)
first we need to download some files.
get the Solarized color scheme by clicking right here: http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized/files/solarized.zip
get the Iconsolata Font. you can find it here: http://www.levien.com/type/myfonts/Inconsolata.otf
Iconsolata "is a monospace font, designed for code listings and the like, in print. There are a great many "programmer fonts," designed primarily for use on the screen, but in most cases do not have the attention to detail for high resolution rendering."
once again, just open it, and click "Install Font".
bash-it provides a community framework for pimping your shell using themes and plugins. yeehaw!
if you have Git, this will be simple. you can read the README here, or just follow my instructions -->
paste git clone http://github.com/revans/bash-it.git ~/.bash_it
paste ~/.bash_it/install.sh
if you don't use Jekyll, type N and hit Enter. say Y for the various aliases.
now let's customize everything.
switch to the Solarized theme in Terminal Preferences. make it Default.
switch to the Iconsolata font 15pt in Terminal Preferences.
next, edit the .bash_profile in your Home directory to a theme you'd like to use. you can use a plain text editor. i used Sublime 2.
i'm using "candy" as my theme.
then Save it, replacing the original.
in the event you aren't comfortable with Terminal and you need to find the file within Finder, you'll need to enable "hidden files" in OS X.
paste this into Terminal and hit enter.
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE && killall Finder
when you want to change it back, just change the TRUE to FALSE and paste it into Terminal again.
there are a lot of other themes, so feel free to play around. just change the name of the theme in the .bash_profile, save it, and command-N in Terminal to view the theme in a new window. the themes all have different prompt formats and colors and such.
