Poll on iterm2 split panes feature
George Nachman
Chas. Owens
I am pretty sure there isn't one perfect solution. Perhaps the best
solution is to give each profile the option of a split horizontal and
split vertical shortcut. So, on the General tab of the Profiles, it
would look like this
new tab key: Ctrl-Cmd <drop down of keys>
split pane vertically key: Cmd <drop down of keys>
split pane horizontally key: Cmd <drop down of keys>
or better yet, drop shortcut key from the General tab and provide
primitives to open each profile as a new tab, hsplit, or vsplit in the
Keys tab. It would be nice if the drop down was nested like
Backward in Time
Forward in time
------------------
New Tab using profile >
New Vertical using profile Split >
New Horizontal Split using profile >
where the nested drop down list was a list of profiles.
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Chas. Owens
wonkden.net
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yokull
it somewhat consistent with what other programs do in similar
situations (e.g., vim, tmux, screen, emacs, etc.)
or even what you'd expect with other apps on mac
a somewhat consistent experience across the whole platform is probably
the ideal
not the best answer, but it might allow others to offer up more
suggestions
> this<http://code.google.com/p/iterm2/issues/detail?id=443&q=type%3DEnhance...>bug
Chas. Owens
> i think the best thing to do (other than customize) is to try to keep
> it somewhat consistent with what other programs do in similar
> situations (e.g., vim, tmux, screen, emacs, etc.)
> or even what you'd expect with other apps on mac
> a somewhat consistent experience across the whole platform is probably
> the ideal
Well, lets look at what they do:
vim: splits show the same file in both windows
emacs: splits show the same file in both windows
tmux: a split opens the default command
screen: a split opens an empty region
dvtm: new windows use the default command
So, the text editors agree, tmux and dvtm agree, but the two sets
don't agree, and screen does something completely different. All of
them provide a way to specify what to use for the split and all of
them provide a method of mapping a command to a keystroke (or set of
keystrokes). Given this, I would expect iTerm to open the default
profile on a split, but to let me define key strokes to open specific
Cadillackid
and command that the window you are splitting used by default..
having it ask would be really nice too...
im not yet sure how to use the key mappings as im also new to the
whole world of MAC in general so im learning... always been linux and
windoze user...
-Christopher
On Mar 21, 8:26 pm, "Chas. Owens" <chas.ow...@gmail.com> wrote:
George Nachman
Tim Gray
> The question is: would you prefer cmd-d/cmd-shift-d to open
> a new pane with the default profile or the profile of the previously
> existing pane?
to something that happened previously. If I need a new session, I'm
much more likely to make a new window or tab.
George Nachman
Tim Gray
>The set mark/jump to mark feature is meant to address this case.
While I didn't know about that feature (thanks for telling us about it), it's
not particularly useful if you want to look at something as a reference while
typing a line in in the same session.
Cadillackid
profile.. I really Like it! makes it much easier to work with say 4
windows into the same server.
is there a way to change a currently open pane to a different profile?
is that the mark / jump you are talking of?
-Christopher
> I'm thinking about
> this<http://code.google.com/p/iterm2/issues/detail?id=443&q=type%3DEnhance...>bug
Chas. Owens
snip
> is there a way to change a currently open pane to a different profile?
No. Profiles only make sense when starting a tab or a split. What
should happen when you try to apply a profile that has the command
"ssh somehost" to a profile that just uses "bash -l"?
snip
> is that the mark / jump you are talking of?
snip
No, mark allows you to tell iTerm to remember a place in your
scollback buffer and jump scrolls the terminal to that position.
Cadillackid
say 4 panes open... 3 of them are in the profile 'ssh somehost'.
and i want the 4th to be 'ssh someotherhost'.
bear with me as im new to MAC OSX as well as iTerm, so I might be
missing things here too.. however im a long-timer in the Linux
world..
I have a shell script that allows me to open a window in the default
'bash' profile and then type 'servers' i get a list and can
select.. so this is how I do it when im needing to work in multiple
different hosts in the same tab.
just didnt know if there an easier way that I am missing.. and 95% of
the time im using multiple panes in the same server so applying the
profile to the tab when i start it then using the command D, shift
command D works perfectly...
-Christopher
On Apr 5, 9:15 am, "Chas. Owens" <chas.ow...@gmail.com> wrote:
Chas. Owens
> I was mainly trying to figure out how in the case i would want to have
> say 4 panes open... 3 of them are in the profile 'ssh somehost'.
> and i want the 4th to be 'ssh someotherhost'.
In preferences (cmd-, or iTerm > Preferences), choose the Keys
section. Click the plus sign at the bottom. Press the keyboard
shortcut you wish to assign to a given profile (for instance, cmd-s),
choose Split Horizontally with Profile or Split Vertically with
Profile, choose the profile you want associated with this shortcut,
and hit Ok. Now when you start up iTerm, you can hit the shortcut
associated with the "ssh somehost" profile three times and the "ssh
someotherhost" once and have what you want. If you always want this
arrangement, you should look at the Save Window Arrangement and
Restore Window Arrangement in the Window menu.