Shell Standards & QoL

Shell Standards & QoL
This page documents the standardized shell environment applied across the Flora Family infrastructure via Ansible.
🛠️ Ansible Management
Playbook: 
~/code/ansible-homelab/playbooks/base_setup.yml on 
saturn.
Scope: Applied to 
terra, 
pluto, and 
luna.
🐚 ZSH Configuration
Theme: Powerlevel10k
Plugins: git, docker, curl, zoxide
Specific Tweaks:
bat is aliased to 
batcat (Ubuntu standard).
sudo is aliased as 
sudo  (trailing space enables alias expansion for following commands).
🎨 Dynamic Theme Detection
Standardized the 
term_theme_detect function in 
linux_specific.zsh.
Method: Uses OSC 11 ANSI query to detect background color.
Trick: Uses 
stty raw to ensure reliable reading of the escape sequence response over SSH.
Themes: Switches between 
Catppuccin Latte (Light) and 
Catppuccin Frappe (Dark) automatically.
🐳 Docker Shortcuts
dcd: docker compose down
dcu: docker compose up -d
dcl: docker compose logs -f
dcr: Custom function to cycle a service (down -> up -> logs).
🖥️ Terminal Standards
Ghostty: High-performance terminal used on client devices.
Title Format: 
user@host:current_working_directory (managed via ZSH precmd).