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How can I partially clear my terminal scrollback?
I want to partially clear my terminal scrollback history, but only from where I have selected with my mouse in the scrollback and up. Is this possible? I'm on a Mac, and I use iTerm2 and Terminal.
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Vim + iTerm2 color issues
I have trouble with the right Vim configuration. I'm using the latest version of Vim as well as the latest version of iTerm2.
I try to get the solarized colorscheme working, but without luck so far.
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iTerm.app vs Terminal.app
So, I just downloaded iTerm2. I am using zsh in both the apps. iTerm seems to be faster than Terminal.
What things matter when you have a wrapper application around a shell?
I want to use iTerm but ...
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Is there a way to store certain shortcut variables in iTerm or Terminal.app so that we can access them from any remote machine ?
I use alias for setting up shortcuts so that i need not type out often lengthy directory paths and such. But i ssh into multiple machines often and i cannot alias a bunch of stuff into all the remote ...
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is there a linux equivalent of iTerm(mac) sending command to multiple tabs functionality?
in iTerm, you can send a command to execute simultaneously on a set of already opened tabs. Is there a way to do this in linux (with gnome-terminal preferably)?
for instance, supposed that I had 10 ...
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With Bash + iTerm2, how to name tabs?
In iTerm2 (Build 1.0.0.20120203), I typically open several tabs, each of which has split panes , and is about one particular theme of work, for example revision control, coding, managing files, mysql ...
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Color scheme not applied in iTerm2
I haven't been able to apply any color scheme to iTerm2.
It looks like that the Basic Colors are applied, but the ANSI Colors are not (as shown in Preferences>Profiles>Colors).
Using Mac OSX ...
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Smooth scrolling for vim in Mac Terminal/iTerm?
Is it possible to get smooth scrolling (using the mouse scroll wheel or macbook touchpad) within a terminal on Mac OSX (Lion)? Furthermore, could I do this within vim?
I find that smooth scrolling ...
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iTerm 2 on Mac OS X - How to get rid of all characters before the $ on each line?
I installed iTerm 2 but my shell windows show:
"computer name":"current directory" "user" $
This is far too long. I'd like to just see:
"current directory" $
Is there an option for this? I ...
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Redirecting Terminal.app to iTerm.app
Is it possible to redirect an app in Mac OS X to another app?
If not, can you redirect Terminal.app to iTerm.app, so every app that wants to open a Terminal window, instead opens an iTerm window.
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Stop Git from Opening a new Terminal.app Window on Commit
Git is automatically opening a Terminal window when I save commit messages on my Mac. This might normally be useful (e.g. if the commit was initiated from a Terminal window), but I use iTerm as my ...
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How do I set up an AppleScript to open a new iTerm2 tab and change the directory?
In OS X, how do I set up an AppleScript to
open a new iTerm2 tab
change to a directory
clear the console
echo the current directory
I had something like this before for regular Terminal, but I ...
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How to use key combinations with the option (⌥) key in iTerm2.app?
OS X / Apple keyboards offer these handy keyboard shortcuts for funky Unicode characters, like ⌥ + . gives an ellipsis character (…). How can I use these inside iTerm2.app? Whenever the ⌥ key is ...
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Setting “visual bell” in iterm on OSX
Does anyone know how to set the audible bell to a visual bell in iterm? I've looked around a bit with no luck. I'm on OSX 10.6.3 and iterm Build 0.10.
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Mac OS X Terminal not logging in
I am running Mac OS X version 10.6.3 and when I open the terminal (with terminal.app or iterm) it just hangs on the login process. I've tried restarting, changing the startup command to /bin/bash, and ...
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iTerm: Can I Get Transparency in Full Screen Mode
Can I get transparency in full screen mode in iTerm?
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How Can I Speed Up Terminal.app or iTerm on Mac OSX?
Every time I launch either iTerm or Terminal after not using it for a few hours, it takes anywhere from 10-20 seconds to return a prompt. The screen is blank, and although I can type I can't actually ...
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How can I get iTerm to open a group of windows when it's started?
Apple's Terminal app allows you to save a Windows Group. It seems like iTerm probably has a similar sort of function, but I can't figure how to do it. Right now, it opens one window which is the ...
