Pure
Pretty, minimal and fast ZSH prompt
Overview
Most prompts are cluttered, ugly and slow. I wanted something visually pleasing that stayed out of my way.
Why?
- Comes with the perfect prompt character. Author went through the whole Unicode range to find it.
- Shows git branch and whether it's dirty using the fastest method available.
- Prompt character turns red if the last command didn't exit with 0.
- Command execution time will be displayed if it exceeds the set threshold.
- Username and host is only displayed when in an SSH session.
- Shows the current path in the title and the current directory and command when a process is running.
- Can easily be used as a starting point for your own custom prompt.
Getting started
- Place this file somewhere in
$fpathwith the nameprompt_pure_setup
For example:
$ sudo cp ./pure.zsh /usr/share/zsh/functions/Prompts/prompt_pure_setup
- Initialize the prompt system (if not so already):
# .zshrc
autoload -U promptinit
promptinit
- Choose this prompt:
# .zshrc
prompt pure
Options
PURE_CMD_MAX_EXEC_TIME
The max execution time of a process before its run time is shown when it exits. Defaults to 5 seconds.
Example
# .zshrc
# optionally define some options
PURE_CMD_MAX_EXEC_TIME=10
prompt pure
Tip
Tomorrow Night Eighties theme with the Droid Sans Mono font (15pt) is a beautiful combination, as seen in the screenshot above.
License
MIT © Sindre Sorhus