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Add some feline flair to the Powerlevel10k and Spaceship Prompt command line theme using emojis and nerd-fonts.

Powerlevel10k

Changes need to be made in the p10k.zsh config file, which is automatically created in the user's home directory during the p10k installation, e.g. /Users/$username/.p10k.zsh.

Positions

Before prompt

Add an emoji or unicode character to the left side of the prompt. Don't forget to add a space after the icon.

typeset -g POWERLEVEL9K_LEFT_PROMPT_FIRST_SEGMENT_START_SYMBOL='🐈 '

typeset -g POWERLEVEL9K_LEFT_PROMPT_FIRST_SEGMENT_START_SYMBOL=$'\uf61a '

os_icon replacement

Replace the default os-icon (apple) with an emoji or unicode character.

typeset -g POWERLEVEL9K_OS_ICON_CONTENT_EXPANSION=$'🐈'

typeset -g POWERLEVEL9K_OS_ICON_CONTENT_EXPANSION=$'\uf61a'

user defined prompt

Create an entire new custom section that contains the icon. In order to do that one needs to create a helper function. The helper function needs to start with prompt_. b and i-parameters are used for defining the colours. The -i parameter is necessary, so that the unicode variable is correctly parsed.

function prompt_cat() {
  p10k segment -b 255 -f 0 -t '🐈'
}

function prompt_cat() {
  p10k segment -b 255 -f 0 -i $'\uf61a'
}

In order to actually show the new custom section in the prompt it is necessary to add the function to the prompt list. The prompt_-part of the function name needs to be omitted.

typeset -g POWERLEVEL9K_LEFT_PROMPT_ELEMENTS=(
  os_icon                 # os identifier
  cat                     # cat section
  whoami                  # whoami
  dir                     # current directory
  vcs                     # git status
)

Spaceship Prompt

Changes need to be made in the .spaceshiprc.zsh config file, which needs to be created in the user's home directory, e.g. /Users/$username/.spaceshiprc.zsh.

SPACESHIP_CHAR_SYMBOL="\uf61a"
SPACESHIP_CHAR_SUFFIX=" "