#ITERM2 TIPS MAC OS X#
#ITERM2 TIPS INSTALL#

Detach: Detaches from the tmux session associated with the current pane.These commands let you interact with the tmux integration Show Background Pattern Indicator: If selected, sessions receiving broadcast input get an obnoxious red-stripe background.Toggle broadcast input to current session: Toggles whether this session receives broadcasted keystrokes within this window.Broadcast to all panes in current tab: Anything you type on the keyboard goes to all sessions in this tab.Broadcast to all panes in all tabs: Anything you type on the keyboard goes to all sessions in this window.Send input to current session only: The default setting.These options allow you to send keyboard input to more than one session. Terminates all sessions in the current tab.

Terminates all sessions in the current window. They will use the profile of the current session. The panes can be adjusted by dragging the line that divides them. These menu items allow you to divide a tab into two or more split panes.

Shell > Split Vertically/Horizontally with Current Profile Shell > Duplicate TabĬreates another tab with the same arrangement of split panes, profile, etc. This creates a new tab using the same profile as the current session rather than the default profile. If the current session is a tmux integration session, then you will be prompted for whether to create a local or tmux session. This creates a new window or tab with the default profile. This opens a window that guides you through the installation of the Shell Integration features. Makes Terminal.app the default terminal for opening. You must hold down Option for this entry to be visible. Makes iTerm2 the default terminal for opening. If you're concerned that untrusted programs might try to steal your passwords, you can turn this on, but it may disable global hotkeys in other programs. When this is enabled, the operating system will prevent other programs running on your computer from being able to see what you are typing. This is useful when reporting issues relating to drawing errors in the GPU renderer. This saves information about how the current session is drawn. This is useful when reporting issues relating to poor performance. This copies information about drawing speed to the pasteboard. When it is toggled off it is saved to /tmp/debuglog.txt. This saves helpful debugging information in memory. If Preferences > General > Prompt for test-release updates is turned on then this includes beta versions otherwise only stable versions are downloaded. iTerm2 > Check for UpdatesĬhecks to see if a new version of iTerm2 is available. You can show a tip immediately by selecting this item. You can always look for other shortcut keys in the iTerm menu.When you start using iTerm2 it will offer to show you a daily tip describing a feature. Here’s a set of shortcut keys I commonly use. Under Pointer, in Miscellaneous Settings section, enable “Focus follows mouse”. Under Keys tab, in Hotkey section, enable “Show/hide iTerm2 with a system-wide hotkey” and input your hotkey combination, e.g.

Alt + b to move to previous word, under Profiles tab, go to Keys subtab, set Left option key acts as: to “+Esc”. To enable Meta key for Bash readline editing e.g. Under Profiles tab, go to General subtab, set Working Directory to “Reuse previous session’s directory”. Open tab/pane with current working directory Launch iTerm, open iTerm > Preferences or just Cmd +.

#ITERM2 TIPS INSTALL#

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#ITERM2 TIPS MAC OS X#

If you haven’t heard of iTerm, it’s a popular open source alternative to Mac OS X Terminal. I have been using iTerm in daily work for almost a year now.Īlong the way, I learned a few handy settings tweaks and shortcut keys to boost my productivity in command-line environment.

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