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Terminal Setup 🖥️🔥⌨️

My terminal is the command center 🕹️ for everything — fast, minimal, and powerful, perfectly tuned for Wayland and NixOS.

🐚 Shells & Emulators ⚡

  • Terminal Emulators

  • Foot 🦶: My go-to Wayland-native terminal — blazing fast, minimal, and smooth.

  • Kitty 🐱: GPU-accelerated terminal with great features for heavier workflows, fallback for X11.

  • Shells

  • Fish shell 🐠: Friendly, smart completions, and beautiful by default.

  • Zsh 🦦: Powerful scripting and compatibility for legacy tools.

⚙️ Configuration Highlights 🛠️

  • Wayland-First Approach 🚀 My terminal ecosystem is designed primarily for Wayland, enabling smooth GPU acceleration and better integration with modern Linux graphics stacks.

  • Aliases & Scripts 🧰

    • A custom showalias alias that neatly lists all my aliases for quick lookup and reference — keeps my workflow tight and efficient.
    • Plenty of handy scripts automate daily tasks and system tweaks, making the terminal a powerful toolbox.

  • Prompt & UI

    • Powered by Starship ⭐ for a fast, minimal, and informative prompt that works well across shells.
    • Fonts: JetBrains Mono Nerd Font for clean and readable glyphs and icons. 🔤

  • Clipboard & Clipboard Managers 📋

    • Full integration with Wayland clipboard utilities (wl-copy, wl-paste) for seamless copy-paste in scripts and workflows.

🎨 Visual & Accessibility

  • Color Schemes Consistent with the dotfiles’ overall Nord + Everforest theme for eye comfort and clarity. 🎨❄️🌲

  • Fonts & Glyphs JetBrains Mono Nerd Font with ligatures and icons for a slick coding experience. 🔠✨

  • Smooth Scrolling & Input Wayland-native terminals + Fish shell provide buttery smooth interaction. 🧈

TL;DR

Fast, minimal, Wayland-native terminals with a custom alias system and powerful scripts — all tuned for productivity and style.

Ready to own the terminal? 💥🚀