Features of Terminal Preferences.


The Terminal application in Mac OS X Jaguar now has enhanced preference controls. Under the "Terminal -> Window Settings..." menu item you can control:

Shell
Control how the window behaves when exiting the shell.
Processes
Control if shell exists when certain applications are running.
Emulation
Customize the behavior of key strokes. For example, can set option+ click so you can click the cursor into position in the window.
Buffer
Set buffer size and line wrapping.
Display
Set cursor appearance, font type and size, and language encoding.
Color
Set Terminal window colors for the background, cursor, normal and bold text.
Also set the transparency of the window.
Window
Set dimension and title of the window.

Each Terminal window can be set separately or all windows set by clicking on the "Use Settings as Defaults" button.

 


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