What are the preferences in Terminal ?
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Some of the changes in Leopard are obvious—Time Machine, Quick Look, Spaces, and so on. Others are more subtle. Here are some of our favorite tips and tricks for working with some of the lesser known new features in System Preferences and Terminal.
Terminal has the built-in ability to theme your shell windows, but you’d never know it by looking at the default white screen.
Navigate to “Terminal -> Preferences” from Terminal’s menu bar.
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In the Preferences window select the “Profiles” tab. These options will adjust the appearance of new Terminal windows.
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Adjustable appearance settings include background and text color, text-rendering options, text size and typeface, cursor type, selection color, and ANSI colors. ANSI colors are used when a Terminal command displays colored output but won’t appear otherwise.
You’ll notice a number of pre-existing profiles in the menu on the left pane. You can choose one of these or click the “+” button at the bottom of the pane to create a new profile. Profiles are the containers for your settings, so you may want to create a personal profile before tweaking anything.
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When ready, set your new profile as your default by clicking the “Default” button at the bottom of the profile pane. All new Terminal windows will now open in this profile.
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You can also open Terminal windows in a specific profile from “Shell -> New Window,” which allows you to select the profile for the new shell.
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Terminal can run specific shell commands when a shell window is open. These can be assigned on a per-profile basis, so different profiles execute different commands.
Open Terminal’s preference window from “Terminal -> Preferences,” and click on the “Shell” tab.