MacOS X + oh my zsh + powerline fonts + visual studio code terminal settings

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MacOS X + oh my zsh + powerline fonts + visual studio code (vscode) terminal settings

Thank you everybody, Your comments makes it better

Install oh my zsh

http://ohmyz.sh/

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Install powerline fonts

https://github.com/powerline/fonts

or Install Nerd Fonts. (If you don't use powerline fonts)

https://www.nerdfonts.com/font-downloads

recommend font: Hack Nerd Font https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/download/v2.1.0/Hack.zip

Change settings for vscode

How?

1. open vscode
2. open Command Pallete (Short Cut: F1)
3. type settings and Select Preferences: Open Settings (JSON)
4. Add or Edit below settings to Settings JSON file
5. Save.
6. That's all

ps. This JSON type is JSON with Comments, so you can use comment syntax in it.

"terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "Source Code Pro for Powerline",
// @vtwang added (deprecated)
// "terminal.integrated.shell.osx": "/bin/zsh",
"terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.osx": "zsh",

// @jasonekratz added
// This fixed the glyph issues I was having with Inconsolata Nerd Font.
"terminal.integrated.gpuAcceleration": "canvas",

// @Drakal added
// I'd also consider adjusting line height if icons are cut off on top too or things look super cramped.
// "terminal.integrated.lineHeight": 1.3

// @ChongTang, @ramonsantos added
// @gaochundong said it works like a charm.
// "terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "Hack Nerd Font"

// @dalekurt added (belows which gives me the the fonts for the terminal and the icons from Nerd Font.)
// "terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "'Source Code Pro for Powerline', 'Hack Nerd Font'

// @nickhingston , @olivebay added for powerlevel10k
// I use powerline10k - which uses https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k/#recommended-meslo-nerd-font-patched-for-powerlevel10k
// so this worked for me:
// "terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "MesloLGS NF" 

// @kaustuv added
// after the changing the font, still had some issues with the glyph spacing in the integrated terminal - fixed it with 
// @ar2zee : fixed the problem for me.
// (deprecated)
// "terminal.integrated.rendererType": "canvas"

Change Theme for Mac OSX Terminal to agnoster

1. Add DEFAULT_USER=whoami in ~/.zshrc
2. Change Theme to agnoster in ~/.zshrc
3. Restart Terminal or source ~/.zshrc

Download agnoster theme and set up

1. Download https://github.com/mbadolato/iTerm2-Color-Schemes/zipball/master
2. Unzip
3. Open Mac Terminal
4. CMD + , open settings
5. on Left Sidebar, Click Config Icon and Select Import...
6. Choose Terminal Schema: UnzipPath/terminal/*.terminal
7. I recommend Solarized Dark.terminal
8. then, make it default (select imported schema and click "Default" button below)
9. That'all. if you restart terminal, you can see great agnoster theme with oh my zsh.

"terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "'Source Code Pro for Powerline', 'Hack Nerd Font'"

Worked for me to display symbols (git)

"terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "MesloLGS NF"

That's all I needed to add with powerline!

Works perfectly for me! Thanks a lot!

On vscode ver 1.64 "terminal.integrated.shell.osx": "/bin/zsh" will cause the following error message in settings.json

This is deprecated, the new recommended way to configure your default shell is by creating a terminal profile in Terminal › Integrated › Profiles: Osx and setting its profile name as the default in Terminal › Integrated › Default Profile: Osx. This will currently take priority over the new profiles settings but that will change in the future.

"terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.osx": "zsh" addresses the deprecation warning

@vtwang Thank you much. It has been updated to document.

I'm having problem getting the colors in vs code to look like Iterm. Anyone else haveing this problem?
I went form powerlin 9 to powerline 10.

vs code says to me that terminal.integrated.renderType is an unknown configuration setting. I can't get it to work properly with "terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "'SourceCodePro+Powerline+Awesome Regular'", ...

Does someone have an idea how to fix this?

@fonzane @justjeevs

Have you installed Hack Nerd Font?
The terminal.integrated.renderType setting seems to deprecated.

I use terminal.integrated.fontFamily to just Hack Nerd Font. It looks like below.

vscode: April 2022 (version 1.67)
mac: Monterey 12.3.1

@fonzane @justjeevs

Have you installed Hack Nerd Font? The terminal.integrated.renderType setting seems to deprecated.

I use terminal.integrated.fontFamily to just Hack Nerd Font. It looks like below.

vscode: April 2022 (version 1.67) mac: Monterey 12.3.1

Nah, that doesn't work either 🙁

For those having issues with the glyph rendering the correct setting is:

"terminal.integrated.gpuAcceleration": "canvas"

This fixed the glyph issues I was having with Inconsolata Nerd Font.

That said... p10k seems to have the fewest glpyh issues with their preferred font MesloLGS NF.

For those having issues with the glyph rendering the correct setting is:

"terminal.integrated.gpuAcceleration": "canvas"

yes, this also fixed the issue for me I had with 'SourceCodePro+Powerline+Awesome Regular'
thank you! ❤️

"terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "MesloLGS NF"

where to write this ?

@fonzane @justjeevs
Have you installed Hack Nerd Font? The terminal.integrated.renderType setting seems to deprecated.
I use terminal.integrated.fontFamily to just Hack Nerd Font. It looks like below.

vscode: April 2022 (version 1.67) mac: Monterey 12.3.1

Nah, that doesn't work either 🙁

where to make these changes

You don't have to "write" it anywhere. These settings are all available via the settings UI in VS Code.

Same thing for the update I mentioned for fixing the chopped off glyphs.

For those having issues with the glyph rendering the correct setting is:

"terminal.integrated.gpuAcceleration": "canvas"

This fixed the glyph issues I was having with Inconsolata Nerd Font.

That said... p10k seems to have the fewest glpyh issues with their preferred font MesloLGS NF.

Thank youu!!!
Having the same issue and i didnt find the solution!

"terminal.integrated.gpuAcceleration": "canvas"

Dude, you are a frigging life saver! This was annoying me so much I just spent about an hour trying to fix it until I saw your solution!

@jasonekratz

I updated the gist with your comment.
You saved many people.

Thank you.

Glad I was able to help. It was definitely annoying!

Hey guys, I'm using powerlevel10k and oh-my-zsh on my curretn zsh default profile. The rendering of powerlines and glyphs seem to be working fine, but for some reason, whenever I try to run a cli command, the name of the terminal changes to this strange name (e.g. "zsh - p10k.worker.501.37096.16454196804.fifo" ) and after the name is like this, all other vscode command (like split terminal view, or create a new terminal) start throwing error messages like this one on the print ("The terminal process failed to launch [...]" ).
It is not a MAJOR issue, but it has been bugging me for a while...any tips or comments on thar are very much appreciated 😅

I think Powerline fonts installs when you install Agnoster theme with oh-my-zsh. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

worked like a charm. Thanks...

It worked perfectly for me, thanks a lot!

VS Code on Arch Linux. Font: Iosevka