Syntax highlighting in Terminal Mac OS X

Question

D:\mobile\newionictwo>cordova run windows -- --phone Running command: "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" D:\mobile\newionictwo\hooks\after_prepare\010_add_platform_class.js D:\mobile\newionictwo add to body class: platform-windows Building project: D:\mobile\newionictwo\platforms\windows\CordovaApp.Windows10.jsproj Configuration : debug Platform : anycpu CordovaApp.Windows10 -> D:\mobile\newionictwo\platforms\windows\AppPackages\CordovaApp.Windows10_0.0.1.0_anycpu_debug_Test\CordovaApp.Windows10_0.0.1.0_an ycpu_debug.appx Deploying windows10 package to device: D:\mobile\newionictwo\platforms\windows\AppPackages\CordovaApp.Windows10_0.0.1.0_anycpu_debug_Test\CordovaApp.Windows10_0.0.1.0_anycpu_debug.appx Attempting to remove previously installed application... Error: Cannot read property '__ip' of undefined

Solution 1

A great way to get basic syntax highlighting on your console is to install fishfish. It offers basic syntax highlighting and much more.

Here is a screenshot of how it looks like:

Solution 2

This answer explains how to configure the colors used by your Terminal profiles (e.g. a Futurama based color scheme) and how to enable color output for selected commands.

You can easily adapt this answer to make only your command input colored by applying what is explained in this post's section Colors instead of making text bold.

Comments

[Tom]

you can use some of the themes from toddwerth.com as well