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macOS - iTerm2

Installation

Install font SF Mono

  • Open all SF-Mono... fonts using Finder from system Terminal app at /System/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app/Contents/Resources/Fonts/ in Font Book and Install them.
  • Or download them from Apple Fonts Page

Configuration

tmux settings make sense if using SSH and something like tmux -CC new -A -s git1

  • General
    • Selection
      • Disable Automatically enter copy mode on Shift+Arrow key with selection
    • tmux
      • Enable Automatically bury the tmux client session after connecting which will hide window with tmux session with control channel and show only iTerm2 terminal.
      • Disable Use "tmux" profile rather than profile of the connecting session to use default profile settings
  • Profiles (Default)

    • Colors
      • Background - 000000
      • Foreground - ffffff
      • Red - c74d35
      • Blue - 5369f9
    • Text
      • Thin strokes On Retina Displays should be enabled by default
      • Font - SF Mono - Light - 16 - 100 - 100
      • Anti-aliased should be enabled by default
    • Window
      • Transparency - 5
    • Terminal
      • Scrollback lines: 10000
    • Keys
      • Key Bindings
        • In Presets... choose Natural Text Editing for default macOS keys navigation
        • Delete Send Hex Codes: 0x4 to enable Delete key on Apple External Keyboard