Themes not working correctly on Windows?
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I'm using Hyper terminal on Windows as a shell for WSL. I'm trying to use the Verminal theme that is supposed to look like this:

However, when I install the theme it looks like this:

So...nothing like the theme. Does anyone know what I'm missing here? I'd like the get the same opacity of the window along with that same "-> ~ " prompt. It looks so clean in the screenshot but my version of it looks like an ugly mess. I'd also like the change the color it is using to denote folders from that bright green to something nicer.
This is currently what I have in my .hyper.js file:
module.exports = {
config: {
verminal: {
fontFamily: '"Fira Code", "Ubuntu Mono",Menlo, "DejaVu Sans Mono", Consolas, "Lucida Console",monospace',
fontSize: 14
},
// default font size in pixels for all tabs
fontSize: 13,
// font family with optional fallbacks
//fontFamily: 'Menlo, "DejaVu Sans Mono", Consolas, "Lucida Console", monospace',
fontFamily: '"Fira Code", "Ubuntu Mono",Menlo, "DejaVu Sans Mono", Consolas, "Lucida Console",monospace',
// terminal cursor background color and opacity (hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, hwb or cmyk)
cursorColor: 'rgba(248,28,229,0.8)',
// `BEAM` for |, `UNDERLINE` for _, `BLOCK` for █
cursorShape: 'BLOCK',
// color of the text
foregroundColor: '#fff',
// terminal background color
backgroundColor: '#000',
// border color (window, tabs)
borderColor: '#333',
// custom css to embed in the main window
css: '',
// custom css to embed in the terminal window
termCSS: '',
// set to `true` (without backticks) if you're using a Linux setup that doesn't show native menus
// default: `false` on Linux, `true` on Windows (ignored on macOS)
showHamburgerMenu: '',
// set to `false` if you want to hide the minimize, maximize and close buttons
// additionally, set to `'left'` if you want them on the left, like in Ubuntu
// default: `true` on windows and Linux (ignored on macOS)
showWindowControls: '',
// custom padding (css format, i.e.: `top right bottom left`)
padding: '12px 14px',
// the full list. if you're going to provide the full color palette,
// including the 6 x 6 color cubes and the grayscale map, just provide
// an array here instead of a color map object
colors: {
black: '#000000',
red: '#ff0000',
green: '#33ff00',
yellow: '#ffff00',
blue: '#0066ff',
magenta: '#cc00ff',
cyan: '#00ffff',
white: '#d0d0d0',
lightBlack: '#808080',
lightRed: '#ff0000',
lightGreen: '#33ff00',
lightYellow: '#ffff00',
lightBlue: '#0066ff',
lightMagenta: '#cc00ff',
lightCyan: '#00ffff',
lightWhite: '#ffffff'
},
// the shell to run when spawning a new session (i.e. /usr/local/bin/fish)
// if left empty, your system's login shell will be used by default
// make sure to use a full path if the binary name doesn't work
// (e.g `C:\\Windows\\System32\\bash.exe` instad of just `bash.exe`)
// if you're using powershell, make sure to remove the `--login` below
shell: 'C:\\Windows\\System32\\wsl.exe',
// for setting shell arguments (i.e. for using interactive shellArgs: ['-i'])
// by default ['--login'] will be used
//shellArgs: ['--command=usr/bin/bash.exe', '-l', '-i'],
shellArgs: ['-d', 'Ubuntu'],
// for environment variables
env: { TERM: 'cygwin'},
// set to false for no bell
bell: 'SOUND',
// if true, selected text will automatically be copied to the clipboard
copyOnSelect: false
// if true, on right click selected text will be copied or pasted if no
// selection is present (true by default on Windows)
// quickEdit: true
// URL to custom bell
// bellSoundURL: 'http://example.com/bell.mp3',
// for advanced config flags please refer to https://hyper.is/#cfg
},
// a list of plugins to fetch and install from npm
// format: [@org/]project[#version]
// examples:
// `hyperpower`
// `@company/project`
// `project#1.0.1`
//plugins: ["hyper-material-theme"],
plugins: ["verminal"],
// in development, you can create a directory under
// `~/.hyper_plugins/local/` and include it here
// to load it and avoid it being `npm install`ed
localPlugins: []
};
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the supplied .hyper.js configuration, especially the verminal plugin, shell settings, and color options, then compare the Windows WSL output with the linked screenshots. Done means determining why the theme differs and documenting or correcting the configuration needed for the expected opacity, prompt, and folder color.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- css, javascript, shell
- Domain
- cli, desktop-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100