What are some of the features of iTerm2?
You can use it to highlight words, automatically respond to prompts, notify you when something important happens, and more. iTerm2 can perform “smart selection” to highlight URLs, email addresses, filenames, and more by recognizing what is under the cursor and choosing how much text to select.
Do you lose your cursor in iTerm2?
With both 24-bit and 256-color mode, Vim explodes with photorealism: the terminal is a medley of color and code comes alive. Do you lose your cursor when there are lots of different colors or have programs display hard-to-read color combinations?
Is there a way to switch profiles in iTerm2?
Using the Shell Integration feature, you can have iTerm2 switch profiles depending on what you’re doing. For example, you can define a profile that’s always used when you ssh to some hostname. Or when your username is root.
How to divide a tab into multiple panes?
Divide a tab up into multiple panes, each one showing a different session. You can slice vertically and horizontally and create any number of panes in any imaginable arrangement. Notice how inactive panes are slightly dimmed so it’s easy to see which is active.
How to get back to iTerm2’s preferences on Mac?
When this setting is enabled, iTerm2 will disappear from the dock and you won’t be able to switch to it with Cmd-Tab. An icon will be added to the right side of the menu bar that lets you get back to iTerm2’s preferences. This is useful if you only use hotkey windows and you want iTerm2 to keep a low profile.
Where do I find the window number in iTerm2?
An icon will be added to the right side of the menu bar that lets you get back to iTerm2’s preferences. This is useful if you only use hotkey windows and you want iTerm2 to keep a low profile. If selected, window titles include the window number. You can navigate to a window by pressing cmd-opt-N where N is the window number.