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The following instructions are to be done after launching Terminal.app.
 

PART 1. If you have an account on the Spires machine, then you need to make changes there.  Otherwise, skip to PART 2 below.  Issue the following command in Terminal.app to login to your <SunetID> on the Spires machine.

Substitute your actual SunetID in place of <SunetID> in the command above. Once you login to your account on the Spires machine, you need to edit your .login file there. We recommend using "wylbur", by issuing the following command:

Your .login should already contain a "setenv TERMINFO ..." statement. After that statement, add another "setenv" like the following:

The "vt100x" terminal type is Terminal.app's equivalent of "samson".  "SAVE" your modified .login file as follows:

EXIT from wylbur, and logout of the Spires machine.
 

PART 2. You will now make changes to Terminal.app itself.  Below are samples of a few commands you may wish to add to your .login or .bash_login in your home directory under Terminal.app.  You can use any text editor such as "vi" or "wylbur" or "textedit".  It might be easier to edit a file that doesn't have a dot as its first character, so you should use Teminal.app to "cp .login mylogin", for example.  Then send "mylogin" to the text editor and insert the lines below.  When you are done, and have saved the updated file, you can move it back using something like "mv mylogin .login".

Substitute your actual SunetID for <SunetID> in the alias command listed above.  You will get to the Spires machine using that alias.
 

Below are a series of pictures showing the windows for setting various features in Terminal.app.  The first is the window obtained by clicking on the "Terminal" name near the left end of the menu bar.  Preferences is the next window, selected by the Preferences entry in the Terminal window.  "Window Settings..." open the Terminal Inspector window, which has a choice list.  You can see the other windows selected by each of these choices.
 


Terminal Settings

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Preferences Settings

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Choice List

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Shell Settings

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Processes Settings

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Emulation Settings

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Buffer Settings

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Display Settings

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Keyboard Settings

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Window Settings

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Color Settings

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The following only exists if

TerminalColors is installed

ANSI Colors Settings

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Colors Settings

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Last modified Thursday, 16-Oct-2008 01:02:19 PM

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