MINIMAL2

A minimal and extensible zsh theme. Forked from subnixr's original and adapted for Zimfw.

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Installation

1. Clone (or add as submodule) minimalzim to your zimfw modules directory:

cd ${ZIM_HOME}/modules; git clone https://github.com/PatTheMav/minimal2.git ./minimal2

2. Add minimal2 to your zmodules inside your .zshrc (just before the prompt module).
3. Set the prompt theme by setting zprompt_theme to minimal2

Changes from original minimal.zsh

• Additional support for git-info module to display git branch
• Additional colour for clean branches ahead or behind the remote branch
• Uses prompt_opts and seperate setup routine for zimfw compatibility

Customization and extension

Architecture

Minimal is mostly a collection of components (shell functions) on top of a thin layer to ease customization.

There are 3 areas where a component can be rendered:

• left prompt
• right prompt
• infoline (shown when there is no command and user presses Enter)

A component should work in any of the three areas (left, right, info)

Override default settings

Different components can use these (global) settings:

• MNML_OK_COLOR: Color for successful things (default: green)
• MNML_ERR_COLOR: Color for failures (default: red)
• MNML_DIV_COLOR: Color for diverted git status (default: magenta)
• MNML_USER_CHAR: Character used for unprivileged users (default: λ)
• MNML_INSERT_CHAR: Character used for vi insert mode (default: ›)
• MNML_NORMAL_CHAR: Character used for vi normal mode (default: ·)

Three global arrays handle the definition and rendering position of the components:

# Components on the left prompt
MNML_PROMPT=(mnml_ssh mnml_pyenv mnml_status mnml_keymap)

# Components on the right prompt
MNML_RPROMPT=('mnml_cwd 2 0' mnml_git)

# Components shown on info line
MNML_INFOLN=(mnml_err mnml_jobs mnml_uhp mnml_files)

An additional array is used to configure magic enter's behavior:

MNML_MAGICENTER=(mnml_me_dirs mnml_me_ls mnml_me_git)

These values can be changed interactively or in any of the init files.

PROMPT and RPROMPT should be left untouched, as minimal already takes care of them.

Available components

Status

λ

Syntax: mnml_status

An indicator displaying the following information:

• user privilege: # is printed when root, $MNML_USER_CHAR otherwise.
• last command success: indicator's color is set to $MNML_OK_COLOR when the last command was successful, $MNML_ERR_COLOR otherwise.
• background jobs: indicator is underlined if at least one job is in background.

Keymap

›

Syntax: mnml_keymap

An indicator displaying the current keymap. $MNML_INSERT_CHAR is printed when in insert or default mode, $MNML_NORMAL_CHAR when in normal (vi) mode.

It reacts to keymap changes. It should work even if zsh bind mode is not set to vi

Current Working Directrory

~

Syntax: mnml_cwd N LEN

Displays the last N segments of the current working directory, each one trucated if LEN is exceded.

If N is not specified, it will take a default value of 2. If is specified but N <= 0, it will be set to 1.

If LEN is not specified or LEN <= 0 no truncation will be performed on the segments. If 0 < LEN < 4 it will be set to 4.

When a segment length is greater than LEN's value, the first LEN / 2 - 1 characters are printed, followed by .., followed by the last LEN / 2 - 1 characters. For example, with LEN = 8 and 0123456789 as segment, 012..789 is displayed.

Git branch status

master

Syntax: mnml_git

Displays the current git's branch, when inside a git repo. Color is set to $MNML_OK_COLOR if the branch is clean, $MNML_ERR_COLOR if the branch is dirty.

Using git-info

Syntax: mnml_git_zimfw

Same functionality as mnml_git, but uses zimfw's built-in git-info to display and style git information. Uses the additional $MNML_DIV_COLOR if the branch is ahead or behind the remote branch.

User, Hostname & PWD

user@host:~

Syntax: mnml_uhp

Displays the current username, hostname and working directory.

SSH hostname

host

Syntax: mnml_ssh

Displays the hostname only if current session is through a SSH connection.

Python virtual environment

venv

Syntax: mnml_pyenv

Displays the current activated python virtualenv.

Last command error value

1

Syntax: mnml_err

Displays the last command exit status only if it is not 0.

Background jobs counter

2&

Syntax: mnml_jobs

Displays the number of background jobs only if there is at least one.

Files

[5 (2)]

Syntax: mnml_files

Displays the number of visible files, followed by the number of hidden files if any.

Magic enter functions

Directory stack

Syntax: mnml_me_dirs

Prints dirs output if there is more than 1 directory in the stack.

Colored ls

Syntax: mnml_me_ls

Prints colored ls output.

Condensed git status

Syntax: mnml_me_git

Prints a colored and concise git status, only when inside a git repo.

Custom components

Adding functionality is as easy as writing a shell function and adding it to one of the arrays:

function awesome_component {
  echo -n "AWESOME"
}

function awesome_magicenter {
  figlet -f slant "COOL"
}

source minimalplus.zsh

MNML_PROMPT=(awesome_component $MNML_PROMPT)
MNML_MAGICENTER+=awesome_magicenter

Due to minimal's architecture, if you need the value of the last command exit status ($?), $MNML_LAST_ERR must be used. $? can still be used to check for errors inside the component.

Configuration examples:

no UTF-8

MNML_USER_CHAR='$'
MNML_NOMRAL_CHAR='-'
MNML_INSERT_CHAR='>'
source minimalplus.zsh

Result (right omitted): $ >

classic bash's prompt

MNML_PROMPT=(mnml_uhp mnml_status mnml_keymap)
MNML_RPROMPT=()
source minimalplus.zsh

Result: user@host:~ λ ›

good old days

MNML_PROMPT=(mnml_status)
MNML_RPROMPT=()
MNML_INFOLN=()
MNML_MAGICENTER=()
source minimalplus.zsh

Result: λ

CREDITS

Original minimal theme by subnixr on Github: https://github.com/subnixr/minimal