Install Meslo Powerline font family on Windows

install_meslo_wsl.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# This script installs patched Meslo Powerline font family on Windows.
# The fonts are installed for the current user only. The script must be
# run from WSL.
#
#   bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/romkatv/aa7a70fe656d8b655e3c324eb10f6a8b/raw/install_meslo_wsl.sh)"
#
# If you just want the font files, they are in
# https://github.com/romkatv/dotfiles-public/tree/master/.local/share/fonts/NerdFonts.

set -ueEo pipefail

function install_fonts() {
  local dst_dir
  dst_dir=$(wslpath $(cmd.exe /c "echo %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\\Windows\\Fonts" 2>/dev/null | sed 's/\r$//'))
  mkdir -p "$dst_dir"
  local src
  for src in "$@"; do
    local file=$(basename "$src")
    test -f "$dst_dir/$file" || cp -f "$src" "$dst_dir/"
    local win_path
    win_path=$(wslpath -w "$dst_dir/$file")
    # Install font for the current user. It'll appear in "Font settings".
    reg.exe add                                                      \
      "HKCU\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Fonts" \
      /v "${file%.*} (TrueType)"  /t REG_SZ /d "$win_path" /f 2>/dev/null
  done
}

function main() {
  local repo
  repo="$(mktemp -d)"
  trap "rm -rf ${repo@Q}" INT TERM EXIT
  git clone https://github.com/romkatv/dotfiles-public.git "$repo"
  install_fonts "$repo"/.local/share/fonts/NerdFonts/*.ttf
}

main

echo -e '\033[0;32m'
echo 'Fonts successfully installed.'
echo ''
echo 'To change font in Windows Console Host (the old thing):'
echo '  Right click on the window title -> Properties -> Font and set Font'
echo '  to "MesloLGS NF".'
echo ''
echo 'To change font in Windows Terminal (the new thing):'
echo '  Open Settings (Ctrl+,), search for "fontFace" and set value'
echo '  to "MesloLGS NF" for every profile.'
echo -e '\033[0m'

Also feedback. When I opened p10k repo before and look a screenshot then my eyes start moving randomly. I saw that it is "another one OMZ christmas tree style juggling" and I was gone. It's a very unclear screenshot for eyes. Probably the better way is to show every style distinct.

Cannot satisfy everyone.

It's infeasible to show all styles. I believe the configuration wizard alone can generate over 100k different styles. By manually changing configuration options the number of styles becomes virtually limitless. Powerlevel10k is capable of generating both minimalist and extravagant prompts alike. So if I present Powerlevel10k as minimalist, it would be misleading and potential users who prefer christmas-tree-style prompt (over 90% of all users) will turn away.

There are several selling point for Powerlevel10k. There first is its incredible flexibility. It can emulate all other prompts while no prompt can emulate Powerlevel10k (e.g., this is very useful and very hard to implement). It's also the fastest theme. Other themes are either plain slow (Spaceship, Powerlevel9k, everything in Oh-My-Zsh) or give you stale prompt that gets updates asynchronously as you are typing your commands (Pure, Geometry, a fork of Spaceship). Powerlevel10k gives you fresh up-to-date prompt instantly. The third advantage is the configuration wizard which makes it much easier to take advantage of crazy fonts that people love and to serve both minimalists and extravagant users with the same code base. Unfortunately, just saying that Powerlevel10k is fast and flexible convinces no one because all themes say that even when such statements are obviously false. This makes it difficult for new users to figure out what's actually good. They naturally pick the most popular projects and end up either with Powerlevel9k or Spaceship. Such is life. I don't care too much because there is no money or glory in this trade either way but I do find this fascinating.

I've written configs that make Powerlevel10k look like the most popular themes -- Pure, Powerlevel9k and Spaceship. It's not difficult. The emulation of Powerlevel9k is complete, including the support for all configuration options. The only difference is performance with Powerlevel10k being 10-100 times faster. This on the surface should make Powerlevel9k obsolete but you'll notice that it's getting at least as many new users per day as Powerlevel10k. This is despite the full compatibility with Powerlevel9k being explicitly mentioned at the top of the Powerlevel10k homepage.The inertia is strong.

Thank you for a big answer! It's clear!
You're right p10k not only faster but has a wizard and it's really helpful.
I wish luck to you and I will spread the word about p10k :)

One thought while I was uninstalling Hyper :)

You can install Hyper broadcast plugin, open four terminals (OMZ, spaceship, starship and p10k) and record the video with comparision case. It will be interesting experiment I think :)

One thought while I was uninstalling Hyper :)

You can install Hyper broadcast plugin, open four terminals (OMZ, spaceship, starship and p10k) and record the video with comparision case. It will be interesting experiment I think :)

I've done similar things:

• Spaceship vs Powerlevel10k
• Powerlevel9k vs Powerlevel10k
• Powerline Status ZSH vs Powerlevel10k

Some people really hate these. The most controversial thread of all time on /r/zsh is the outcome of such comparisons.

I add prompts that users ask for. No one asked for .NET, so it's not there. If you or your colleague can open a feature request, I'll implement it.

I implemented dotnet_version: romkatv/powerlevel10k#233.

The most controversial thread of all time on /r/zsh

Thank you for the link! You're right inertia is strong.

Thank you for the link! You're right inertia is strong.

Wow! What is the speed! I've updated my coworker and he's going to try p10k. Thanks!

Among the dozen terminals I've used

Try the new one :) Windows Terminal — https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-terminal-preview-1909/

Among the dozen terminals I've used

Try the new one :) Windows Terminal — https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-terminal-preview-1909/

I have. From my earlier comment:

I think even the new Windows Terminal and Alacritty (both in alpha) are less buggy than Hyper despite its version 3.

Windows Terminal is decent but currently too buggy for my taste. I'm waiting for 1.0 before trying it again. Same story with Alacritty -- looks good and feels fast but too buggy for my tolerance right now.

Just interesting what do you think about https://github.com/railsware/upterm concept (gifs - https://github.com/railsware/upterm/releases)? Popup with autocomplete looks cool.

Just interesting what do you think about https://github.com/railsware/upterm concept (gifs - https://github.com/railsware/upterm/releases)? Popup with autocomplete looks cool.

This is the first time I hear about this project, I don't have any opinion.

FWIW, I use GNOME Terminal 99% of the time and not looking forward to switching terminals on Linux any time soon. It does everything I need, is stable and fast enough. I am looking forward to switching to a decent terminal on Windows once one is developed.

Got it. Thanks )

Roman, may be you know https://github.com/xonsh/xonsh/ and have some thoughts to share? What do thinks is there ability to realize p10k-like speed up in this project?

Roman, may be you know https://github.com/xonsh/xonsh/

I learned about the existence of xonsh when romkatv/gitstatus#37 was opened.

and have some thoughts to share?

I have none.

What do thinks is there ability to realize p10k-like speed up in this project?

No idea.

Thank you for providing the install script, my WSL with zsh looks great now!!

Thanks for the script

Very late. However, I was looking through these forums for issues where the tiny little boxes would not appear. Turns out it was because my version of Windows 10 Pro was not activated. I found this out by trying to search for Fonts in the settings, and was unable to search for any of the Nerd Fonts I thought I had downloaded. Activating Windows 10 Pro fixed the problem as soon as I reloaded.

Thank you.
Everything working fine now