January 2003
Intermediate to advanced
832 pages
32h 40m
English
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Terminal Settings
Synopsis
This section offers advice on how to configure the settings for the Terminal application (also covered in Chapter 19). Previously, you would use Terminal → Preferences to configure the Terminal’s settings. However, with Jaguar, you need to use File → Show Info and change the settings from the Terminal Inspector window via the pull-down menu at the top of the window.
- Change the style of the cursor?
Display & Cursor Style → (Block, Underline, Vertical Bar)
- Stop the cursor from blinking?
Display → Cursor Style → Deselect Blinking Cursor
- Change the background color and font colors of the Terminal window?
Color → click on the color selection boxes next to Background, Cursor, Normal Text, Bold Text, and Selection to open another window with the color wheel. This allows you to change and select a different color and even the transparency of the Terminal window.
- Assign a different title to the Terminal window?
Window → Title
- Assign a different title to the current Terminal window?
With an open Terminal window, select File → Set Title (Shift-
-T). The Terminal Inspector window will open with Window selected in the pull-down menu. Enter a new title for the window in the Title field and hit Return or Tab to change the title of the current window.
- Specify the number of lines a Terminal window can contain in the scrollback buffer?
Buffer → Buffer Size. You can either ...
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