iterm2

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:

brew cask install iterm2

Customization

Colors and Font Settings

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 caskroom/fonts && brew cask install font-source-code-pro

  • If you're using BASH instead of ZSH you can add export CLICOLOR=1 line to your ~/.bash_profilefile for nice coloring of listings

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