Elm Zsh Theme

Elm is a simple Zsh theme that I fancy and that I've created for personal use. Its name (which is a tribute to Elm Lang), and the leading λ and separator :: characters, are an expression of my love for functional programming.

Archiving Update

As I have switched to using the Fish Shell, I am archiving this repo. Hoever, the code is stable and still works fine. It only means i won't be updating it any longer.

FEATURES

PROMPT:

• leading character
• user @ hostname
• separator character
• path: 1up/current dir
• git_super_status
• branch_info

RPROMPT:

• date and clock

USAGE

Download the theme's files

These cURL commands will download the theme files in the right directory:

curl -sLJ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gacallea/elm-zsh-theme/main/themes/elm-light.zsh-theme -o $ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/elm-light.zsh-theme

curl -sLJ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gacallea/elm-zsh-theme/main/themes/elm-dark.zsh-theme -o $ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/elm-dark.zsh-theme

Choose a variant

This theme comes with two variants:

• elm dark: suitable for dark backgrounds
• elm light: suitable for light backgrounds

Set Your Theme

Suppose you have chosen elm-light as your theme, set it in ~/.zshrc like so:

ZSH_THEME="elm-light"

YOU MAY NEED

• To install and use OhMyZsh.
• To enable the git-prompt plugin.
• To install and use Fira Code.

CUSTOMIZATION

This theme is easy to modify and customize.

Suppose you don't really fancy the date and clock on the right, just empty RPROMPT:

RPROMPT=""

Or that you don't care about why functional programming matters, just change the leading λ to whatever you fancy:

# Leading Character
local lead_char='%{$WHITE_BOLD%}λ%{$RESET_COLOR%}'

Same for the separator :: character:

# Separator Char
local separator='%{$WHITE%}::%{$RESET_COLOR%}'

LICENSE

This theme is licensed under the terms of the GPLv3 or later license. A copy of the GPLv3 is included here.