Questions tagged [iterm]

iTerm is an enhanced terminal emulator for OS X and macOS

iTerm2 is a replacement for Terminal and the successor to iTerm. It works on Macs with OS 10.5 (Leopard) or newer. Its focus is on performance, internationalization, and supporting innovative features that make your life better.

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How to open multiple panes on iTerm?

I have created aliases of applescripts to open multiple panes on iTerm. However, ever since the latest update the scripts stopped working. I keep getting this error: syntax error: Expected end of line but found identifier. (-2741) Here's the…
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What " ' " does when written after any command in mac terminal?

I accidentally wrote ls' instead of ls for listing the files. And it shows the > option. later I checked with other commands like cd', all providing >. What this command is for? Example: user:~$ ls' > > > user:~$ cd' > >
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Tmux and Iterm2 -- Performance

I am using tmux, tmuxinator, and iTerm2. I'm passing the -CC command to my tmux so that I get "native" iTerm windows. Problem is I'm having noticeable performance problems just typing in the command line. I'm guessing this is because iterm is…
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Trigger different iterm color scheme when entering vim

I'm fairly new to Vim but I have been always using iTerm as my main terminal. I'm on OSX as you may expect and I have a theme defined for iTerm, but I wanted to know if it is possible to trigger a different theme when I enter on Vim. In this case…
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Custom Shell Prompt in iTerm

I was watching a Polymer Video on youtube and i noticed Rob's iTerm had a different shell prompt. The '-> crisper-app part' How can I set the same in my iTerm, running on OSX Yosemite?
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Log output from two terminals side by side in a single file

I am running two scripts on two terminals in iTerm on Mac. On one terminal a series of tests are being run and the second terminal continuously prints the temperature at repeated intervals. There is no synchronization between the two scripts. …
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Vim Issue With Changing Color Schemes

I originally used the colorscheme Solarized Dark, which worked completely fine. I also used the correct iTerm2 theme to go along with it. Then, I made a switch to the Gruvbox colorscheme, and I switched to the GruvBox iTerm2 theme to go with that.…
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reset $PATH homebrew

I'm very new to coding and I was beginning to set up my development environment according to a Mackenzie Child youtube video. After downloading iTerm and installing homebrew, I was having trouble with updating the Ruby 2.0.0 version to 2.2.2. In the…
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error: There was a problem with the editor 'mate -w'

I used this command to specify the text editor: $ git config --global core.editor "mate -w" How can I remove this configuration as I'm getting this error: error: cannot run mate -w: No such file or directory Or, how can I fix this error…
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osx - Running a command when iTerm is launched

How do I run a command automatically when I open the terminal in Mac? I tried writing it on the bash.rc file, but it does not seem to work.
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How to get C-` key combo recognized in Emacs under Mac?

I use console Emacs in iTerm and Terminal.app. A package needs the key combo C-backtick which I can't get Emacs to receive through either of the terminal emulators. It's easy to confirm by using C-h k, and then typing C-backtick. It gives the result…
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ZSH with iTerm2 theme not configuring properly - no such file or directory

I want to install this ZSH theme . I downloaded both the iTerm2 and ZSH themes. I have followed the step-by-step installation guide. When I open my iTerm2 windows I see: /Users/username/.oh-my-zsh/oh-my-zsh.sh:source:96: no such file or directory:…
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How to use Emacs as terminal and for programming

I'm currently using emacs and iTerm. iTerm is driving me crazy simply because I cannot edit the text, and I'm falling asleep while trying to move the cursor from one end of a long command to the middle. So, I would like to do terminal stuff with…
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Ctags doesn't display line number with iterm2

I switched to iterm2 on my Mac last week. However I found there was an issue when I used cscope with iterm2. The following is the screenshot of the good and bad case. Good case: Use cscope with Mac default terminal Bad Case: Use cscope with iterm2…
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Emacs 24.4 cannot load Ergoemacs [Mac OS]

I have problem with emacs and ergoemacs on Mac OS. What I've done: I installed latest version of emacs (24.4): sudo port install emacs Downloaded ergoemacs from http://ergoemacs.org/ and put it in folder ~/.emacs.d Added to file…
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