6

I've been using iTerm for a while, but I switched back to Terminal.app in Snow Leopard due to the Visor plugin.

Most of thing works pretty well after I switched to Terminal.app, except in iTerm, I can create different profiles and assign each profile with key shortcut. The advantage of this setup is that I can have non-transparency and transparency profile. If I need to look up a command on the background, I can start a transparency shell, and vice versa.

I was thinking to use Mac built-in "Application shortcut" in System preference. Though, I realize in Terminal.app, the "New Window" and "New Tab" have the same profile names, so the Application shortcut is confused and I can't assign a shortcut to it... Any thought on how to change menu name on Terminal (or even better, any application?)

Thanks for your help.

quack quixote
  • 43,504
Patrick
  • 2,039

3 Answers3

3

Create a window just how you like it, then under the "Shell" menu of Terminal.app select "Export Settings...". Save the file with a file name, and the resulting file can be used to open a new terminal window with the same settings.

Peter Murray
  • 847
2

Save a Terminal.app profile as described in Peter Murray's answer and then set up a shortcut for it using Better Touch Tool. BTT is primarily intended for adding touch pad gestures but you can also assign keyboard shortcuts. Create a shortcut to open your saved profile ("Open Application/File/Script...") and you'll get a new Terminal.app window running that profile.

John Tate
  • 31
0

You can try doing what I suggested in this answer.

If you want access to this functionality from the command line, see this answer.

Community
  • 1
Daniel Beck
  • 111,893