Install vcprompt: https://bitbucket.org/mitsuhiko/vcprompt If you want fancy colors in the Terminal, you will need the SIMBL plugin (http://www.culater.net/software/SIMBL/SIMBL.php) as well as the TerminalColors plugin. I have a fork of it on github that is configured to compile for 32bit and 64bit and works for Snow Leopard (http://github.com/mitsuhiko/terminalcolours). Be sure to update iTerm prefs to use the included font.