# Better PowerShell on windows

> Theme | History | KeyBinding

in order to make windows powershell more comfortable and add a zsh-like theme and feature
follow me:

-  Run powershell as an `administrator` and execute following command to `disable the execution policy`, otherwise it wont let you follow next steps
   -  `Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned`
   -  `Register-PSRepository -Default` # this registers the default repository for PowerShell modules, so we can install packages thats are in next steps
   -  `Install-Module posh-git -Scope CurrentUser`
   -  `Install-Module oh-my-posh -Scope CurrentUser`
   -  `Install-Module -Name PSReadLine -Scope CurrentUser -Force -SkipPublisherCheck`
-  Now you need to create a profile to set custom settings for powershell, run the following caommand:
   -  `notepad $PROFILE` # this would create/edit file as: "C:\Users\<YOURUSERNAME>\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1"
   -  Now copy the following code and past it in the notepad and save the file.
- You may need to install a font that supports the emojis!, I suggest to use [Hack Nerd Font Mono](https://github.com/mh-firouzjaah/coding-fonts/blob/main/coding-fonts/Hack%20Regular%20Nerd%20Font%20Complete%20Mono.ttf)
  - after downloading the font and install it, right click on powershells top bar and go to properties, click on `Font` tab and select the font.

** if youre using `Windows Terminal`:**

-  open the app, hit `Ctrl` and `,` then click on gear button at down-left side, inside the open jason file search for `"profiles":`, now edit/add `"defaults": ` the `fontFace` so that finally sould looks:
```bash
...
"profiles": 
    {
        "defaults": 
        {
            "fontFace": "Hack Nerd Font Mono",
            ...
        },
        ...
    ...
```

** Read more at: **
-  <https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/announcing-psreadline-2-1-with-predictive-intellisense/>
-  <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/tutorials/powerline-setup>

## Profile Code:
```ps1
Import-Module posh-git
Import-Module oh-my-posh
Set-PoshPrompt -Theme Powerlevel10k_Classic
Set-PSReadLineOption -PredictionSource History
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Key "Tab" -Function MenuComplete
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Key "UpArrow" -Function HistorySearchBackward
Set-PSReadlineKeyHandler -Key "DownArrow" -Function HistorySearchForward
Set-PSReadLineOption -Colors @{ InlinePrediction = '#898c5b'}
Set-PSReadlineOption -HistorySearchCursorMovesToEnd
Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler -Key "RightArrow" -ScriptBlock {
       param($key, $arg)

       $line = $null
       $cursor = $null
       [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::GetBufferState([ref]$line, [ref]$cursor)

       if ($cursor -lt $line.Length) {
           [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::ForwardChar($key, $arg)
       } else {
           [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::AcceptNextSuggestionWord($key, $arg)
       }
}

Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler -Key End -ScriptBlock {
       param($key, $arg)

       $line = $null
       $cursor = $null
       [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::GetBufferState([ref]$line, [ref]$cursor)

       if ($cursor -lt $line.Length) {
           [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::EndOfLine($key, $arg)
       } else {
           [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::AcceptSuggestion($key, $arg)
       }
}
```