Since Terminal appeared I've saved as ~/mySrvr.term a modified stock .term file
which opens to execute an ssh to a remote server and to modify the appearance.
I have NOT been able to save "use option key as meta" for emacs-ery; there's no slot for it
in the term file and I'm reluctant to wrestle with a keyboard dictionary file.
Am I missing something simple? How do I get option-as-meta to stick between sessions?
Thanks
If you're on Leopard open up preferences in Terminal.app. There is a tab called Settings which is actually settings for different styles of terminal windows. Make a copy of one of Apple's defaults and change it to your liking and make sure to select the option-as-meta radio button there.
I don't even bother opening term files now, under Leopard you can save any group of windows via the Windows menu and it saves all of their settings and and you can open these backup via the same menu. For example, I have a window group that ssh's into a server in two tabs and the third tab starts up an ssh tunnel.
Not sure if this helps, but when I go Shell -> Export Settings and save the file as a .terminal file, there are a few lines that save my option-as-meta preference:
<key>useOptionAsMetaKey</key>
<true/>
These lines are for a .terminal preference file, not for a .term (which is pretty hard to Google for) so they may not be what you're looking for.
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MacOS is continually using Xcode to open various files in my OS. I already know how to set a default app opener for all files with a particular extension (.txt, .py, etc...), but I can't use this feature with "extensionless" files like .bash_profile. Is there a workaround for this other than changing the default app for each file?
My preferred solution would be if I could tell MacOS to never use Xcode as a default app opener. I'm assuming there is some config file buried away that might help me achieve this but I haven't been able to find anything to help me with this.
Looking for the same I found this answer stop-xcode-from-hijacking-my-file-associations on apple.stackexchange.
It seems that XCode is pretty persistent but using this 3rd party app https://github.com/Lord-Kamina/SwiftDefaultApps you can achieve it!
Before;
After;
Instructions;
Step 1: After installing the app, go to System preferences > SwiftDefaultApps
Step 2: Go to the Uniform Type Identifiers tab and look for public data.
Step 3: Assign, under the Editor section, the desired editor.
Step 4: Apply (the app is a little bit clumsy and sometimes it doesn't show the confirmation popup, if this is the case, just close the preference window, open it again and check that everything is ok!)
Since asking this question, I stumbled upon this MacOS system file:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.LaunchServices/com.apple.launchservices.secure.plist
I've found that you can add your own dict entries into the LSHandlers array. For instance, I added the following entry to bind all public.data file types to my Sublime application:
<dict>
<key>LSHandlerContentType</key>
<string>public.data</string>
<key>LSHandlerPreferredVersions</key>
<dict>
<key>LSHandlerRoleAll</key>
<string>-</string>
</dict>
<key>LSHandlerRoleAll</key>
<string>com.sublimetext.4</string>
</dict>
Right click on a file where you want to change the default editor
Choose Get Info (Or simply select the file and press CMD+I)
Select the editor in the Open with section
Click Change All..
Now all files of this type will be opened with the editor you selected.
Before I did a clean install of my desktop with windows 10 I had .srt to open by default in Sublime Text after I have formatted my computer I somehow miss the file format .srt under 'Choose default apps by file type'.
The .srt should be be between the .srf and .srw file types, but it isn't (as shown in the image here: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-desktop-winpc/srt-files-back-to-unknown-application/e33cace8-dd59-4557-9631-e8e82a8307b3?auth=1).
If I try "open with and find Sublime (or any other software for that matter, it will open it, but it will not set it as the default program even though I checked the box) and will still appear as an unknown filetype....
If I go into properties and try to change the "open with" from there, it will just keep showing "choose a program" even still.
tried updating the computer and restart it and frankly I've given up, and it doesn't seem anyone have run into this problem before of missing a filetype under 'Choose default apps by file type'.
I also tried
1) Settings - Indexing Options
2) Advanced button
3) File Types tab
4) Add New Extension to List box, type in extension (without a period) such as "py"
5) Click Add, OK and Close
and while the format does appear in the 'Choose default apps by file type', it still doesn't let me change it at all...
Anyone got an answer to this problem?
I have now tried to go into regedit and use "search" on anything that included "sublime" and ".srt" and deleted them all... restarted the computer, reinstall sublime. The file extension I created myself in the indexing option, has been deleted.
Sublime can still open the file, but if you try to make it default program by simply opening it or or going into the files properties and do it that way, it will just open the file without it making it the default program as it should.
going into the indexing option and create the .srt extension format so it can be found under 'Choose default apps by file type' will allow you to choose notepad or wordpad as default program. When I choose either of them, the will just freeze for 1-2 sec and then nothing has changed and the extension havn't been associated with any of the programs.
I tried following the following links, and nothing has worked. Guess I'll just have to accept there is no solution rather than to live with out until I reform my PC again, cause it works without a problem on my laptop and I formatted them both the same time and installed the exact same things on both and the exact same way s:
I've tried to use the following links for help, but to no avail since non of the things I have tried have fixed it.
https://superuser.com/questions/655600/i-cant-set-a-program-as-the-default-to-open-a-filetype-with-in-windows-7
https://superuser.com/questions/91655/open-with-dialog-ignores-my-selection
https://superuser.com/questions/13653/how-to-set-the-default-program-for-opening-files-without-an-extension-in-windows
Windows 7 file extension association
One way to get an empty .srt entry back in the 'Choose default apps by file type' control panel is to create a new key for .srt in your registry under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT:
Open Registry Editor, e.g. by typing 'regedit' into the start menu or a command prompt
At the top of the tree, right-click on 'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT', New -> Key
Rename the new key to '.srt' and press enter to save
I want to set a global shortcut that will open a certain file. When there already is a gvim window that has that file open, I want it to focus on that window, and select the tab with that file. If there isn't, I want it to be opened in a new gvim window, regardless of whether there already are other gvim windows.
I can do part of this with --remote and --servername, but I can't find a way to detect whether there already is a remote server running with the name I use, so I can't quite get everything to work together to come to what I described above.
OK, turns out most can be done using the default behavior of --remote-silent. The whole setup is a matter of making an AutoHotkey script like this:
#!^+1::
Run "c:\Program Files (x86)\vim\vim74\gvim.exe" --servername org --remote-silent %DROPBOX%\org\TODO.org
WinActivate, TODO.org
Return
AHK is needed for the global hotkey as well as activating the window; vim (using --servername and --remote-silent) will start a new session called 'org' if there isn't one yet, and start it otherwise. It even gets the tab activation right when there already is a server called 'org' but if that server has another tab active.
Is there any way in Spotlight to have a folder open in a Terminal window, either by providing an "Open in Terminal" option in search results, or (ideally) by holding down a key when selecting a result? Basically the same way holding down command will "Open containing folder" maybe make it so holding option (or whatever key) could "Open in Terminal".
Alternately, is there a way to setup the Alfred app so that it will always open folder search results in the Terminal? that might be even better, then I could use ctrl-space exclusively for opening folders in the Terminal and command-space (Spotlight) for everything else.
The closest thing I can find to anything like these is the "cdto" application, which adds an "Open in Terminal" button to the Finder. This is nice, but being able to do this directly from Spotlight or with a keypress would be much more convenient.
This question is old and you undoubtedly found the answer by now; for the sake of completeness: the latest version of Alfred allows one to search/navigate the filesystem from within Alfred, and take action on the folder or file found. One folder action is "Open Terminal Here", which seems to be what you are asking for.
I've found this to be the fastest method without any external tinkering.
Requirement: need to have iTerm or Terminal in the Dock:
Type the folder name into Alfred / Spotlight
Click and drag the folder that was found into the iTerm / Terminal icon in the Dock
Try this tool:
https://github.com/nmadhok/OpenInTerminal
This is a really handy tool for programmers on Mac as it lets you open the folder directly in Terminal. You can select multiple folders to open them in multiple terminal windows. You can also select files to open the parent directory in Terminal. This application works with Finder as well as without Finder which is a plus!
use this Alfred extension
https://github.com/LeEnno/alfred-terminalfinder
then just lob off the input and set it to a hotkey.. I have one to open the current finder in terminal and vice-versa
#Verboze - I'm still looking for an answer :)
Perhaps it should be migrated to stack exchange or the other one used non-programming topics, such as system administrivia. Though a case could be made that the command line is essential to programming.....
Windows has "Command Prompt Here". Linux has Nautilus' "Open In Terminal". The world's most advanced operating system has nothing (the best I can tell).
For completeness, I did look at the customizable toolbar ('drag your favorites here'; but my favorite is missing). I also found an old Action Script or Automator Script that did not work (the article was old, and it could not be followed).
I did find a program called "CD To...", but its broken. Upon opening the first terminal, the program opens two terminals. I'm not sure what other programming mistakes were made by the developer, and I really don't want to experiment.
Check this: https://github.com/miromannino/alfred-new-terminal-window
It opens a new Terminal/iTerm window in the current space.
Holding the alt key, the new window is also opened opened in the current frontmost Finder folder.
For me that is almost sufficient for my daily work!
Hope it helps!
I'm just meddling with OSX after a few years on Linux. There's a lot that I'm liking, but one thing that's slowing me down is that if I run the 'terminal' command via shortcut/spotlight/quicksilver, it whisks me off to any existing terminal in whatever space already has a terminal instance open.
I regularly like to pop up a terminal, run a quick command and then close it again, all the while staying in whatever desktop space I happen to be on.
...So, how do I do that on Mac?
Cheers...
Go to System Preferences -> Exposé & Spaces -> Spaces and check When switching to an application, switch to...
Download this tool called Visor
It lets you quickly get a tabbed drop down terminal using a hotkey like Ctrl-`.
Insanely convenient for working in the shell.
Try this tool: https://github.com/nmadhok/OpenInTerminal
This is a really handy tool for programmers on Mac as it lets you open the folder directly in Terminal. You can select multiple folders to open them in multiple terminal windows. You can also select files to open the parent directory in Terminal. This application works with Finder as well as without Finder which is a plus!