Terminal – the interface for human and machine interaction
Man and machine are two independent entities. When a man uses a machine, he must use some kind of interface to communicate with the machine. The interface of a desktop computer includes a monitor, keyboard, mouse, speaker, and microphone. Other hardware, such as cpus, memory, hard disks, CD/DVD-ROM drives, graphics cards, and network adapters, belong to hosts. Unix and Linux call this interface, through which humans and machines can interact, a terminal.
The user can use the description file to customize colors, fonts, cursor styles, backgrounds, and other elements from the Terminal window. The description file is a collection of style and behavior Settings for the Terminal window.
Terminal comes with a set of predefined description files, or you can create your own custom description files.
Create a new description file or modify an existing one
1. In terminal application on a Mac, choose Terminal > Preferences, and then tap Description File. 2.
2. Perform one of the following operations:
Create a new description file: Click the Add button below the description file list and enter a name for the new description file.
Modify an existing description file: Select the description file to be modified.
3. Select Settings for the description file:
Text: Change color, font, text, background, and cursor styles.
Window: Changes window display Settings, including title, size, and rollback.
TAB page: Changes TAB page display Settings, including title and process name.
Shell: Changes Settings for startup and exit behavior.
Keyboard: Change Settings for function keys, Option keys, and alternate screens.
Advanced: Change terminal type (Terminfo), input, alarm sound behavior and multilingual environment encoding Settings.
Rename the description file
1. In terminal application on a Mac, choose Terminal > Preferences, and then tap Description File. 2.
2. Enter the name of the description file to be renamed.
3. Enter a new name and press Return.
Copy description file
1. In terminal application on a Mac, choose Terminal > Preferences, and then tap Description File. 2.
2. Select the description file to be copied.
3. On the operation menu that is displayed, click Copy Description File.
4. Enter the name of the description file to be copied and press Return.
Remove description file
1. In terminal application on a Mac, choose Terminal > Preferences, and then tap Description File. 2.
2. Select the description file to be removed.
3. Click the Remove button under the Description file list.
Restores the predefined Terminal window description file
If you remove or change any of the predefined description files that come with Terminal, you can add them back to the list of description files, leaving the original Settings. You can only restore the entire set of predefined description files (that is, no predefined description files can be recovered individually).
If you customize one of the predefined description files and want to store the customized content, you need to rename the predefined description file before restoring it. The restore operation overrides the Settings of each predefined description file.
1. In terminal application on a Mac, choose Terminal > Preferences, and then tap Description File. 2.
2. On the operation menu that is displayed, click Restore Default Description file.
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