Terminal Setup for Programmers

Configures Kitty, Fish, Git and more in a way suitable for programmers.

Every developer is a distinct person with different habits and so such a configuration must be very opinionated by its nature. That said I think there are some common grounds on which typical programmer configuration can be built upon.

Installation

• Make sure you run Ubuntu OS.
• Clone this repository.
• Run setup.sh script from the repository root directory to install entire configuration or run setup.sh script for specific tool instead.

Features

Modern replacement for common commands

• cat - bat with ability to show graphics
• cd - zoxide
• cp - xcp
• curl - curlie
• df - duf
• dig - dog
• ls - exa
• top - btop
• kubectl - kubecolor
• watch - hwatch

Fish shell shortcuts

• Alt-p - execute current command and pipe result to less
• Alt-w - prefix current command with watch and re-execute it
• Alt-f - find file by name
• Alt-g - find file by content
• Shift-Alt-p - find process id

Various

• Use Kitty as a default terminal emulator
• Configure Nerd fonts for extra glyphs
• Use Fish as a default shell with nice prompt, search engine and some productivity tools
• Use Delta pager for Git - which supports syntax highlighting

How does this work?

Modern terminals provide much more than just text rendering:

• Support for shortcut keys
• Graphics
• Desktop notifications
• Mouse cursor shapes