[Windows] How to have a kickass terminal in Visual Studio Code

 

====================================== 🚀 Check out new tutorials on https://mightytuts.com/ ====================================== In this video I'll show you guys how to customize your terminal in VScode. We will be using the following tech: ZSH http://bit.ly/37hlak6 Oh-my-zsh http://bit.ly/2Zwujmd Powerlevel9k theme http://bit.ly/34ZMJNz powerline fonts: http://bit.ly/2QsbH2H Remote-WSL for VsCode http://bit.ly/2Q3nSE3 We need to install the WSL on windows first! Okay here is a list of the commands you need: 1- Install ZSH : sudo apt-get install zsh 2- Install oh--my-zsh sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)" 3- install powerline fonts: # clone git clone https://github.com/powerline/fonts.git --depth=1 # install cd fonts ./install.sh # clean-up a bit cd .. rm -rf fonts 4- install the powerlevel9k theme: git clone https://github.com/bhilburn/powerlevel9k.git ~/.oh-my-zsh/custom/themes/powerlevel9k 5- Use the theme in oh-my-zsh ZSH_THEME="powerlevel9k/powerlevel9k" 6- customize the theme: POWERLEVEL9K_LEFT_PROMPT_ELEMENTS=(context dir vcs) POWERLEVEL9K_RIGHT_PROMPT_ELEMENTS=(status root_indicator background_jobs history time) ------- Music from https://filmmusic.io "Holiday Weasel" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)