zsh-startify 0.1.0

Fancy start screen for zsh w/ tmux integration and more!

zsh-startify

TODO: Insert demo.

This is a fancy start screen for zsh. After starting a terminal session, it will:

• Start a tmux server if it's not already running
• Allow you to easily attach to any tmux sessions
• Allow you to easily create new tmux sessions
• Allow you to quickly launch a zsh session, by Ctrl-C'ing or Ctrl-D'ing out of the prompt.

Installation

The recommended installation method is through PyPi:

$ pip3 install zsh-startify
$ echo "zsh-startify >> ~/.zshrc"

But, if you'd like to install it manually:

$ git clone [e-mail]:alichtman/zsh-startify.git && cd zsh-startify
$ python3 setup.py install
$ echo "zsh-startify >> ~/.zshrc"

Note: This tool depends on Python 3.6+. You can check what version you have with:

$ python3 --version
Python 3.7.4

Configuration

This tool comes with sensible defaults. No configuration is necessary, however, the following settings may be changed in your ~/.zshrc file:

• ZSH_STARTIFY_HEADER_FONT
  • This is the Figlet font that the header text will be printed in.
  • Default: univers. Accepts any Figlet font.
• ZSH_STARTIFY_HEADER_TEXT
  • This string will be printed as the header.
  • Default: zsh. Accepts any string.

A simple example of this is:

export ZSH_STARTIFY_HEADER_TEXT="custom-header"
export ZSH_STARTIFY_HEADER_FONT="slant"

Inspiration

I've used vim-startify pretty much every day for the past year. I figured it was time for zsh and tmux to have a similar tool.