Mac featured Software 3–iterm2

by Docoder in Blog, learn On 2014/04/29

The Mac featured software Moom is described in the previous section.

This section we introduce ITerm2.

Although the terminal Terminal on Mac is already very useful, the iTerm is still more powerful, more compatible, and supports 256 colors.

1. Download ITerm2

ITerm2 is free software, and updated in a timely manner, which is rarely seen on Mac platforms. Available for download here.

2. Using ITerm2

2.1. Set the shortcut key Hotkey Open Hotkey Window.

ITerm2 the best place to use, I think it's Hotkey Window. In Preferences->keys configuration such as:

I'm with hotkey. + spaces, of course you can configure other shortcuts. After the configuration, press Hotkey (my is? + spaces), hotkey Window will be paged out, no matter where you are on the desktop, then you can operate the terminal, and then press hotkey will close the hotkey Window, you can then continue the original operation continues, it is convenient and fast. Also, you can configure your Hotkey window position, transparency, blur degree, etc., in Preferences->profiles, select Hotkey window on the left, and select the Window tab on the right, such as:

Of course, there are many other configurations that you can explore slowly, and the degrees of freedom are great.

2.2 Shortcut key Features.

? + Digital	Toggle tab Page
? + ARROW keys	Toggle Tabs by Direction
? + ENTER	Toggle Fullscreen (non-hotkey Window)
? + F	Find, support regular (general use, type the search keyword, and then use Shift-tab or tab to Auto-complete, option + Enter automatically type the search results, and copy to the Clipboard)
? + D	Vertical split Screen
? + SHIFT + D	Horizontal split screen
? +] and? + [	Direct switching in recently used split-screen
? + opt + Direction key	Switch to a split screen at a specified location
? + t	New tab page
? -1	Close the current tab page
? + ;	Auto-Complete History command
? + SHIFT + H	Clipboard history
? +-/+/0	Adjust font size
? + R	Clear screen, in fact, is rolled to a new screen, and did not empty, CTRL + L can also do
? + opt + E	Open exposé, and support search
? + /	Find current cursor position
Shift +? + S	Save the current window snapshot
? + opt + b	Snapshot playback (very interesting features, you can play back your actions based on the timeline.) You can drag the timeline below, or you can press the left and RIGHT arrow keys)
? + U	Toggle whether transparency is used
CTRL + U	Clear the way forward
CTRL + A	To the beginning
CTRL + E	To the end of the line
CTRL + F/b	Forward and backward
CTRL + P	The previous command, equivalent to the arrow key
CTRL + R	Search command History
CTRL + D	Delete current character
CTRL + H	Delete the previous character
CTRL + W	Delete the word before the cursor
CTRL + K	Delete to end of text
CTRL + T	Return the text at the cursor

Mac featured Software 3–iterm2