Environment Variable

What

Show the content of an environment variable. Can be used to visualize a local settings/context unavailable to Go my Posh otherwise.

For example, in PowerShell, adding the below configuration to a block and extending the prompt function to set an environment variable before the prompt, you can work a bit of magic.

[ScriptBlock]$Prompt = {

$realLASTEXITCODE = $global:LASTEXITCODE

$env:POSH = "hello from Powershell"

& "C:\tools\oh-my-posh.exe" -config "~/downloadedtheme.json" -error $realLASTEXITCODE -pwd $PWD

$global:LASTEXITCODE = $realLASTEXITCODE

Remove-Variable realLASTEXITCODE -Confirm:$false

}

If you're using the PowerShell module, you can override a function to achieve the same effect. make sure to do this after importing go-my-posh and you're good to go.

function Set-EnvVar {

$env:POSH=$(Get-Date)

}

New-Alias -Name 'Set-PoshContext' -Value 'Set-EnvVar' -Scope Global

The segment will show when the value of the environment variable isn't empty.

Sample Configuration

{

"type": "envvar",

"style": "powerline",

"powerline_symbol": "\uE0B0",

"foreground": "#ffffff",

"background": "#0077c2",

"properties": {

"var_name": "POSH"

}

}

• var_name: string - the name of the environment variable