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Why switch to iTerm over the default macOS Terminal?
Steps to install:
iTerm is the terminal you are missing out on, for your programming life. Choose the version you want to install from this, downloads page.
Unzip the downloaded file
Move the unzipped iTerm application to the “Applications” folder and now from your Applications folder, double click the iTerm application to run it.
Note: You may have to provide Full Disk Access (which is a privacy option, a choice to make as per your liking) from your privacy section or when your iTerm application hints you to do so.
iTerm2 is an open source replacement for Apple's Terminal. It's highly customizable and comes with a lot of useful features.
Installation
Use Homebrew to download and install:
Customization
Colors and Font Settings
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Here are some suggested settings you can change or set, they are all optional.
- Set hot-key to open and close the terminal to
command + option + i
- Go to profiles -> Default -> Terminal -> Check silence bell to disable the terminal session from making any sound
- Download one of iTerm2 color schemes and then set these to your default profile colors
- Change the cursor text and cursor color to yellow make it more visible
- Change the font to 14pt Source Code Pro Lite. Source Code Pro can be downloaded using Homebrew
brew tap homebrew/cask-fonts && brew install --cask font-source-code-pro
- If you're using BASH instead of ZSH you can add
export CLICOLOR=1
line to your~/.bash_profile
file for nice coloring of listings
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MacOS shortcuts ⌘←, ⌘→ and ⌥←, ⌥→
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You might be familiar with shortcuts to skip a word (⌥) or go to start/end of the line (⌘). iTerm is not set up to work with these shortcuts by default but here's how you set them up:
Open up iTerm2 preferences (⌘ + ,) -> Profiles -> Keys -> Click on +
icon (add new Keyboard shortcut).
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shortcut | action | Esc+ |
---|---|---|
⌘← | Send Escape Sequence | OH |
⌘→ | Send Escape Sequence | OF |
⌥← | Send Escape Sequence | b |
⌥→ | Send Escape Sequence | f |