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By Abhishek Ghosh November 30, 2012 1:46 pm Updated on November 30, 2012

Customize iTerm2 with Color Schemes, Syntax Highlighting

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Customize iTerm2 with Color Schemes, Syntax Highlighting instead of the usual non transparent background, appealing text color etc. with scripts. Here is how to. If you are a Windows PC user, this guide to Customize iTerm2 is not for you. We have equivalent guide for Windows – Console2 Customization and UNIX Functions. You can basically apply the methods mentioned in this guide to Customize iTerm2 and the above linked guide for Ubuntu or any Linux Terminal.

 

Customize iTerm2 with Color Schemes, Syntax Highlighting : Basics

 

Basics is that, you will get a list of option if you right click / command click on the iTerm Session Window. You will get an “Edit Session…” named option. Click it to open this window :
Customize iTerm2
You can change most of the settings by selecting the options from the tabs (indicated in screenshot by bounding red box) and choosing options (bounding green box as example). This is very basic method to Customize iTerm2 with Color Schemes, translucent window, blurring effect, blinking cursor etc.

 

Customize iTerm2 with Color Schemes, Syntax Highlighting : Advanced

 

First set xterm-256colorin Report Terminal Type property in iTerm2’s Terminal Tab. For unknown reason it worked in my one MacBook Pro but not on the other, so I found the solution too :

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http://code.google.com/p/iterm2/issues/detail?id=1639

 

echo $TERM command will return xterm-256 if everything is fine. There are various ready made scripts available to customize iTerm2 :

 

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https://github.com/mbadolato/iTerm2-Color-Schemes

 

You will get a good list here :

 

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http://code.google.com/p/iterm2/wiki/ColorGallery

 

Abhishek-Ghosh Tagged With iterm color theme , iterm2 colorful , how to add colored indicators in iterm , how to change iterm text color , how to change iterm2 color schemes , itermcolors , how to customise iterm , how to get text highlight in iterm on mac , iterm 2 set syntax , iterm change text color

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Cite this article as: Abhishek Ghosh, "Customize iTerm2 with Color Schemes, Syntax Highlighting," in The Customize Windows, November 30, 2012, July 1, 2022, https://thecustomizewindows.com/2012/11/customize-iterm2-with-color-schemes-syntax-highlighting/.

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