1. Install Cygwin
a. download & install : https://cygwin.com/install.html (setup-x86_64.exe) b. add wget, git and ncurses.
2. Install apt-cyg
(apt-cyg is a package manager for Cygwin, similar to apt-get in the Debian-based Linux distributions.) - Run the commaned
lynx -source rawgit.com/transcode-open/apt-cyg/master/apt-cyg > apt-cyg install apt-cyg /bin
- Example use of apt-cyg:
apt-cyg install nano (https://github.com/transcode-open/apt-cyg)
3. Install zsh
apt-cyg install zsh
For making Cygwin use automatically the zsh shell open "cygwin\etc\nsswitch.conf", look for "db_shell" and change it to "db_shell: /bin/zsh".
4. Install oh-my-zsh
curl -L https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/raw/master/tools/install.sh | sh
5. Install font https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode Or https://github.com/powerline/fonts
6. configure .minttyrc
BoldAsFont=-1
Transparency=medium
Padding=18
FontSmoothing=full
#Font=Inconsolata-dz for Powerline
#Font=Fira Code Retina
Font=DejaVu Sans Mono for Powerline
FontHeight=11
FontWeight=500
BackgroundColour=9,41,51
#ForegroundColour=#A0A0A0
#BackgroundColour=#1B1D1E
CursorColour=9,41,51
Black=9,41,51
Red=#F92672
Green=#82B414
Yellow=#FD971F
Blue=#268BD2
Magenta=#8C54FE
Cyan=#56C2D6
White=#CCCCC6
BoldRed=#FF5995
BoldBlack=#505354
BoldGreen=#B7EB46
BoldYellow=#FEED6C
BoldBlue=#62ADE3
BoldMagenta=#BFA0FE
BoldCyan=#94D8E5
BoldWhite=#F8F8F2