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For iTerm2, how do I make the working directory appear in the window title?
I recently switched to iTerm2 from the default Terminal app and have a usability issue.
On Terminal, the working directory you are in shows up on the title bar along with the process and pixel ...
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How to get “Subl” to work in my terminal?
Whenever I enter "subl" in the command line of iTerm it tells me that the command is not found. I have seen many message boards pertaining to this and nothing seems to work.
I have tried entering "ln ...
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iTerm ZSH - Missing Right Prompt
I'm using oh-my-zsh and iTerm2. I've also enabled the zsh-vim-mode plugin from oh-my-zsh. One of the annoyances I've encountered is my right prompt (RPS1 & RPROMPT) doesn't seem to show up. I'd ...
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Are there any global key combinations suitable or specifically reserved on OS X for user assignment?
I'm trying to identify an appropriate global hotkey to set in iTerm2's preferences for showing/hiding it:
I'd like to avoid any conflicts with other applications' hotkeys or other future use. Are ...
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How do I view .nfo files in Terminal?
I'm trying to open .nfo file correctly with mac terminal (eventually with iTerm2) .
I've tried it already with vim:
vim file.nfo
:set encoding=cp437
But it didn't helped. Maybe there other tools? ...
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How to find delay when launching new Terminal (iTerm)
When I press CMD+N in iTerm2 to bring up a new iTerm window, sometimes it takes 10 seconds before I get my prompt. If I immediately repeat the process, the whole thing takes 1 second. To me this ...
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How to customise .inputrc to make command-delete and alt delete delete line and word in terminal?
I'd like to add a little bit of consistency between editing text on the terminal and editing text in normal OSX programs. I use iTerm2, but I imagine any solution would involve using readline and ...
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How do I make terminal sessions resume on Lion with iterm2 and tcshrc
My understanding is that with Lion my terminal windows should restore their state. However, this does not happen for me. I wonder if this is because I use tcsh instead of bash?
Is there something I ...
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Why does Terminal swallow Ctrl+up/down keystrokes?
In Terminal.app on Snow Leopard, the key combinations Ctrl+↑ and Ctrl+↓ don't get passed through correctly. Instead Terminal.app receives a single ↑ or ↓ key stroke.
I have verified this by running ...
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vim not working under iTerm2
Basically, vim behaves strange under iTerm2 (it works normally in Terminal). It sets the cursor in a non existing lines, it displays garbage (content from other lines) when I try to edit a line in a ...
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How can I connect Linux server with Applescript using iTerm or Terminal?
I want to connect and run bash script on Linux server automatically by using Applescript and iTerm or Terminal on OS X.
How can I connect Linux server with Applescript use iTerm or Terminal?
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How to change the color and format of the static host/path/user string in the Terminal or iTerm?
Example:
cookie:~ j$ date
Sun Aug 5 02:14:29 CEST 2012
cookie:~ j$
Just as it's pasted here, all three lines are of the same color. I would like to have "cookie:~ j$" or at least part of the ...
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Automating terminals at startup
Is there any way to automate a bunch of terminals starting up at once. I find myself opening several windows and running the same sequence of commands in various tabs. I'd like to stick all this in a ...
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ls output does not have color while SSHing to another machine with iTerm2, but does with Terminal
Just as the title says, when I ssh to my work Fedora server with iTerm2 I don't get color ls output. When I ssh to the same server with OS X's default Terminal app, ls color output works just fine.
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iTerm2 terminals close immediately with “argpath=login error=No such file or directory”
Whenever I try to open a new terminal window in iTerm, it closes right away after displaying this:
## exec failed ##
argpath=login error=No such file or directory
Does anyone know what is causing ...
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F9 key with BYOBU
I have installed BYOBU via Brew and all the F keys work except for the F9 key which happens to be the key used to get to the menu. I have worked around this by editing the ~/.byobu/status files ...
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iTerm as a slide-out terminal from the top of the screen
I have installed iTerm2 and was hoping I'd have something like guake (Yes I just switched from Ubuntu). I mapped the hotkey to a button of my choice and it works fine, but I miss the ...
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Switching terminal styles in iTerm 2
Recently I've been trying to become more efficient at the command line, and stumbled upon iTerm 2 a couple days ago. One feature of iTerm 2 is that windows can appear from the top of the screen, so ...
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Option + click in iTerm
In Terminal, Option + click allows me to place my cursor at any point on the current line-- great for editing really long commands.
How can I do this in iTerm2?
Update: According to this page, the ...
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Using tmux and pbpaste, pbcopy, and launchctl
I have discovered that tmux breaks pbpaste, pbcopy and launchctl.
Is there a good way to make it play nice with these tools?
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Why does Terminal ignore capital “B”?
this happens to me from time to time: when I am using the Terminal, suddenly the terminal starting to ignore the capital 'B', regular 'b' works fine, other capital letter work fine. other applications ...
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why does less seem to think my terminal has more lines than it does?
Don't know if this is really an OS X question, but:
less seems to insist that my terminal (whether I'm using the builtin Terminal or iTerm2) has more lines than are actually displayed, and so the top ...
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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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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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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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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 ...
