Get more styles in mycli

[maximoosemine]

I'm a big fan of the Everforest Dark color scheme, and I was able to get it in mycli. Under the hood, mycli uses Pygments for highlighting, and the pygments-styles package includes extra styles for Pygments, including everforest-dark. Here's how I set it up.

Prerequisites

• Have Python 3 and a compatible version of pip installed.
• Have a ~/.myclirc file.

Installation

In later versions of Python, it's recommended to install packages in a venv:

mkdir mycli
python3 -m venv mycli

Next, activate the venv and install mycli and pygments-styles:

source mycli/bin/activate
python3 -m pip install 'mycli[all]' pygments-styles

Next, deactivate the venv and update the style used in ~/.myclirc:

syntax_style = everforest-dark

Despite being installed in a venv, mycli still reads from the configuration file in your home folder.

Launch mycli:

mycli/bin/mycli [...options]

Optional

Set up an alias in your .bashrc or .zshrc to make launching mycli easier:

alias mycli='mycli/bin/mycli'

(It would probably be best to use a less relative path)

P.S. This the way I did it, but may not be the best way to do it. I'm open to suggestions.