xxyqwq/.tmux

A guide for building Linux terminal development environment powered by zsh, oh-my-zsh, tmux and oh-my-tmux.

Quickly Build Linux Terminal Development Environment

a guide powered by zsh + oh-my-zsh + tmux + oh-my-tmux

Requirements

• Linux platform (e.g. Ubuntu 20.04)
• root or sudo privilege
• basic tools such as curl and git
• purely available network environment

Installation

zsh

Install zsh via apt.

$ sudo apt install zsh

Check whether zsh is available.

$ cat /etc/shells
# /etc/shells: valid login shells
/usr/bin/zsh

oh-my-zsh

Install oh-my-zsh via curl. You can also use wget referred to oh-my-zsh. Note that proxy may be needed.

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

Change login shell into zsh and then re-login.

$ chsh -s /bin/zsh

Check whether zsh is login shell now.

$ echo $SHELL
/bin/zsh

If you are using vscode remote development, you should

• kill vscode-server in command panel
• modify default terminal in remote settings

These operations are necessary to make zsh the default shell.

agnoster theme is recommended.

$ vim ~/.zshrc
ZSH_THEME="agnoster"

Install zsh-autosuggestions and zsh-syntax-highlighting plugins and enable them.

$ git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
$ git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
$ vim ~/.zshrc
plugins=(git zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting)

tmux

Install tmux via apt.

$ sudo apt install tmux

If tmux is already installed, restart it.

$ tmux kill-server

oh-my-tmux

Install oh-my-tmux from github. My customized fork is used here. You can also start from oh-my-tmux instead.

$ cd
$ git clone https://github.com/xxyQwQ/.tmux
$ ln -sf .tmux/.tmux.conf
$ cp .tmux/.tmux.conf.local .

Optional

migration

If you already have some customized settings in .bashrc, copy and append them to .zshrc. This promises your previous configurations are still available.

$ vim ~/.zshrc
# proxy setting
if [ -f /etc/profile.d/clash.sh ]; then
    . /etc/profile.d/clash.sh
fi

anaconda

When you install anaconda, auto activation is recommended to be disabled. Otherwise, PATH could be switched incorrectly when you enter tmux.

$ vim ~/.condarc
auto_activate_base: false

appearance

Hostname can be too long and meaningless. Hack the configurations to improve it.

For oh-my-zsh, modify agnoster.zsh-theme.

$ vim ~/.oh-my-zsh/themes/agnoster.zsh-theme
prompt_context() {
  if [[ "$USERNAME" != "$DEFAULT_USER" || -n "$SSH_CLIENT" ]]; then
    prompt_segment black default "%(!.%{%F{yellow}%}.)%n"
  fi
}

For oh-my-tmux, modify ~/.tmux.conf.local.

$ vim ~/.tmux.conf.local
tmux_conf_theme_status_right=" #{prefix}#{mouse}#{pairing}#{synchronized}#{?battery_status,#{battery_status},}#{?battery_bar, #{battery_bar},}#{?battery_percentage, #{battery_percentage},} , %R , %d %b | #{username}#{root} "