iTerm is a third party replacement for the built-in Terminal application.
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Why does iterm2 close new sessions immediately?
I've made some changes to my .bashrc file in my new MacBook, mainly aliases for common commands.
Shortly after, iterm2 immediately closes every new session or tab with the following cryptic message:
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How can I move through words when typing a command in iTerm2?
I'm in Lion
with iTerm2, Zsh and Oh-My-Zsh
but I cannot move through words when pressing: ALT+left arrow or CMD+left arrow or something
instead, when I press "ALT+right arrow" it prints [C
and when ...
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iTerm2/Terminal full screen
Why is it not possible to have iTerm2 or Terminal app take up the full available space on the screen. Let me show an example:
It's hard to see but if you look on the right and bottom edge, there is ...
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Open iTerm2 SSH session in new window instead of new tab
Now that I figured out how to set iTerm2 as the ssh:// URL handler, I'd like iTerm2 to respond to an ssh URL by opening a new window instead of opening a new tab in an existing window. Is this ...
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Set iTerm2 as the ssh:// URL handler
Currently, Terminal is set to handle SSH urls. For example, if I do:
$ open ssh://machine.example.com
Then it will spawn a new SSH session in terminal. I'd like these to be opened in iTerm2 ...
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What is the difference between iTerm2 and Terminal?
I keep hearing that iTerm2 is much better than Terminal. I downloaded iTerm2 today and played around with it, but I couldn't see what is so much better about iTerm2. iTerm2 seemed just like Terminal.
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How can I save tabs in iTerm 2 so they restore the next time the app is run?
Can I save tabs on exit in my iTerm 2, so I don't have to open same directories again after restart?
Like Chrome does, for example.
I couldn't find such option in settings. Maybe "Arrangements" is ...
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I've managed to break my terminal, (iTerm2(b17), ZSH, OSX10.6.6)
I'm migrating to a shiny new laptop (yay) unfortunately I've manually set up my iTerm to match the old machine, but something is not right (not yay).
I'm experiencing
using xterm-256color doesn't ...
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Can I tell iTerm 2 to change color when I'm root
I would like to tell iTerm2 to have red text whenever I'm root when logged into a server.
Note:
I'm not able to change any configuration on the remote server.
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How to jump to a location using mouse on iTerm/terminal?
I work on a terminal most of the time.
Is there an application / plugin over iTerm or any other terminal like application using which I can control the cursor location of my terminal using a mouse ?
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How do I get vim to work at 256 colors in iTerm?
I just got a new iMac, and installed iTerm (0.10).
On my last laptop 256 color mode worked fine, but I'm having trouble getting this to work on my new Mac.
I copied over all the settings, set $TERM ...
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Why don't my arrow keys work in vim under iTerm?
They work just fine if I use Terminal and start a vim session, but under iTerm I have to resort to using H-J-K-L to do left-up-down-right movement.
In both Terminal and iTerm TERM=xterm-color. My ...
