How can I cause Terminal to open a new window with a specific “Settings”, without having to mouse into the File menu, but rather by opening a file or running a command or AppleScript (i.e. something I can launch)?
In versions before Leopard, I did this by opening the .term files in ~/Library/Application Support/Terminal. However, this is now considered an “import” and results in duplicate entries cluttering up the list of Settings-es, and changes to the settings aren't written back to that file.
I care about using Settings for two reasons:
- I like to have color schemes for my terminals specific to their job, so I can find them easily in the Dock.
- The startup command for a Settings appears to be the only way to cause a command to be rerun upon restore-after-quit. (File → New Command… does not.)
Other solutions that would be satisfactory:
- A terminal application which supports this and otherwise has a similar UI and feature set to Terminal.app, e.g. editable window titles and rewrapping on resized windows, just to name a couple of unusual and especially “Mac” features.
- A way to automatically clean up those duplicate Settings and write changes back to files.
