Modernize terminal theme and prompt - #30
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I prefer an opaque background to simplify taking screenshots.
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I am including screenshots to show the difference between the old and new Terminal.app themes. The new theme is named Balthazar 2001, and it replaces Balthazar 2000. I created the new theme from the Basic default theme. Various AI tools helped me with the colors and I also made some manual tweaks.
Print ANSI colors script
I explored adding https://monaspace.githubnext.com as my font but ultimately I found the SF monospaced font to be more readable. I can also avoid installing another dependency by using the SF builtin font.
In addition to the visual differences, the new theme no longer replaces non-ASCII input with Control-V. In this way, it's now possible to paste emoji into the shell.
I have also moved the PWD and git branch to the title bar of Terminal.app. I wanted the commands to start from the same column regardless of my PWD. I also have found that the trailing-aligned git branch can complicate copying output.