customTerminalZsh.md

Customizing Terminal to use Zsh (including VS Code Terminal)

• Enabel vsCode to open files from the command line, install extension 'Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH command' https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29963617/how-to-call-vs-code-editor-from-command-line

• Open ~/.zshrc in vsCode

code ~/.zshrc

• Check current version of Zsh

zsh --version

https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh

• Install if out of date or doesn't exist, change default shell to zsh
• Change default:

chsh -s $(which zsh)

https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/wiki/Installing-ZSH

• change theme in .zshrc file

ZSH_THEME="robbyrussell"

• if you're getting this error at the top 'etc/zprofile:source:2: not enough arguments' ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh#2162
• Try this:

sudo nano /etc/zprofile

• delete the line that says "source" and nothing else, then save.

• in VS code user settings, change 'terminal.integrated.shell.osx' to zsh:

"terminal.integrated.shell.osx": "zsh"

• change it so it only shows the current directory, at the end of your .zshrc file put (only works on some themes):

prompt_dir() {
  prompt_segment '%1~'
}