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Vipul Dessai
Vipul Dessai

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Oh my posh on all windows terminals (vs code integrated terminal too!!)

#windows #powershell #vscode

vs code integrated terminal with oh my posh

Set Permission in Windows Powershell 

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
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also open the VS code and open the terminal and use the same command to set policy in the VS code terminal

Install the 'oh my posh'

by either visiting this or use the below command.

winget install JanDeDobbeleer.OhMyPosh -s winget
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Install fonts 

oh-my-posh font install meslo
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  • 'meslo' worked well for all themes i tested, if the theme text is breaking try using other font

Edit the terminal configs

Modify the settings.json of the terminal

  • open the terminal as an admin user
  • press CTRL + SHIFT + ,
  • this will open or prompt to select your favorite editor for the 'settings.json' 
"profiles": 
    {
        "defaults": {
            "font":
            {
                "face": "MesloLGM Nerd Font"
            }
        }
    ...
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  • save it

Modify the settings of VS code integrated terminal

  • go to File -> Preferences -> Settings
  • search for @feature:terminal font
  • add the font 'MesloLGM Nerd Font'
  • save it (CTRL + S)

Install the theme - [official documentation]

Create a profile file

Create a new profile file manually

  • create a file
  • rename it to Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1
  • move it to C:\Users\<user-name>\OneDrive\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1

Automatically create a profile file

  • open the terminal
  • create a new profile by running the following command 
New-Item -Path $PROFILE -Type File -Force
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  • this will create a file at C:\Users\<user-name>\OneDrive\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1

Add the content to the profile file

  • for example I'll use '1_shell' theme
  • add the below line to the newly created profile file 
oh-my-posh init pwsh --config 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh/main/themes/1_shell.omp.json' | Invoke-Expression
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  • replace 1_shell.omp.json with the omp.json of the desired theme name
    • theme name can be found here
  • restart the terminal

Note: if no --config flag is provided then the default theme will be used

That's it, now you are a 10X developer 😝

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Souleymane Sy •

I am getting an Error When I restart the Windows Powershell.
The $PROFILE is not Loading

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Vipul Dessai •

looks like some misconfiguration that you did while setting up the $profile, check the content of it