The following way to change the appearance of termux will turn themes, fonts, logos and other elements into a more beautiful (pro-looking) look.
There are no other advantages, other than just to spoil the eyes when using termux. But as termuxers you must try.
What can be changed include:
- Remove the welcome text
- Adding a logo (cowsay)
- Change the letter $ to a specific word
- termux theme
- Fonts, etc
Curious? Let’s change now!!
Here’s how to beautify the appearance of termux
1. Remove the word welcome to termux
If the English language is welcome to termux. This is just a welcome greeting and displays information about this application.
There’s no benefit, so just delete it so it’s more pleasing to the eye.
The method:
Open the termux app then type touch .hushlogin then press enter.
To check if it’s gone? Please swipe the screen from left to right then select new season. If the screen is blank/clean, it means it worked.
Now just add a logo, to beautify its appearance.
2. Adding a logo (cowsay)
The termux logo or commonly called cowsay is a collection of ascii codes that form certain images, text or symbols.
Actually cowsay already exists. And so that it appears at the beginning of the termux display, you must change the bash.bashrc file.
How to type:
cd ../usr/etc nano bash.bashrc
Add the following code at the bottom.
# Cowsay text
clear figlet "omcyber" | lolcat
Replace omcyber with the text of your choice.
# Cowsay logo
clear cowsay -f eyes omcyber | lolcat
eyes: cowsay code (you can see the code here)
omcyber: word of choice (just change it up)
When finished press ctrl + x then y and enter to save.
We can also change the cowsay file, then replace it with a homemade cowsay.
Also read: How to make your own cowsay
3. Replacing $ into the word of choice
$ (dollar logo) is a terminal prompt icon which indicates that you do not have root access. When writing a command, there must be a $ character next to it. Well, here we will change the character with their respective words.
How to change it:
Type cd ../usr/etc then nano bash.bashrc
Look for the word PS1=’$ ‘ then replace $ with the word you want to display.
Example: PS1=’Omcyber-root# ‘
Then type the command save (ctrl + xy enter)
4. Change the termux theme along with the font and background (ohmyzsh)
This fourth method will run a script called oh-my-zsh. Pay attention to how to install and run it so there is no error.
First install pkg git and bash (if you don’t have to)
pkg install git pkg install bash
Then install oh-my-zsh with the following command:
git clone https://github.com/cabbagec/termux-ohmyzsh
Open the ohmyzsh folder then run it. Use this command:
cd termux-ohmyzsh sh install.sh
When the script runs, press the number according to the theme you like and then enter. And see the results, the theme and font will immediately change.
If it doesn’t match the look after changing it, you can change it again by running ohmyzsh again and choosing a different theme.
5. Bonus
To display the date at the beginning of the termux display, you can change the file bash.bashrc then add kode date | lolcat at the end.
While adding color to the text, you can add a color code in front of the text.
termux color code:
black='e[0;30m'
blue="e[0;34m"
green='e[0;32m'
cyan='e[0;36m'
red='e[0;31m'
purple="e[0;35m"
brown='e[0;33m'
lightgray='e[0;37m'
darkgray='e[1;30m'
lightblue="e[1;34m"
lightgreen='e[1;32m'
lightcyan='e[1;36m'
lightred='e[1;31m'
lightpurple="e[1;35m"
yellow='e[1;33m'
white="e[1;37m"
nc="e[0m"
How to use:
kode warna+kata
Example e[1;33mOmcyber(YellowOmcybertext)[1;33mOmcyber(TulisanOmcyberberwarnakuning)
OK, now we’ve made a cool Termux look like a programmer’s tool. So it’s even more exciting to learn.
You can apply just one of the ways to beautify the appearance above. Or everything can also depend on taste.
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