Terminal_support

Repo containing files used for customizing the terminal and vim

Instructions

Note: if you are mac user, just change .bashrc to .bash_profile

Also, to allow for powerline-shell support, perfom the following:

pip install powerline-shell

Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/betteridiot/terminal_support.git

Move into directory

cd terminal_support

Note: If you are using a conda-build of Python: Change line 113 to your /etc/profile.d/conda.sh and uncomment both lines 113-114

Now move all the files to your $HOME directory using the provided script

./build_terminal.sh

Note: this script will move any pre-existing files that overlap with this repo into a folder in your home directory called backup. If any of the provided files cause any issues, just recover previous files from this directory.

Additionally: If you would like to utilize powerline-shell support (and you installed it with pip, perform the following:

cp powerline-bashrc/.bashrc ~/

What this does

Gives you a more colorful prompt
Adds git-prompt support that lists the current branch the current repo is on
Puts directories before files when listing them (ll)
Makes sure your history is large enough
Makes your tab = 4 spaces
gives you access to jupyter lab using the alias jlab
- As long as your current environment has JupyterLab installed, it will run it, silence all the output, and put it in the background (not locking your prompt)