Change default terminal app in Visual Studio Code on Mac

Here’s an example of how to make another terminal the default for VSCode, in this example I’ve downloaded iTerm2 and copied iTerm2 to Applications. Code (Menu) > Preferences > User Settings Edit settings.json “terminal.external.osxExec”: “iTerm.app” and “terminal.explorerKind”: “external” Open in Terminal iTerm is now default terminal launched from VSCode

Bash keyboard shortcuts in iTerm like Alt+d and Alt+f [closed]

The Option key (the Mac name for the Alt key) by default has other uses. Press Command+O to open the list of profiles, select Default (I assume that is the profile you are using), and click “Edit Profiles…”. In the resulting window, click on the “Keys” tab, and select “+Esc” for one or both option … Read more

iTerm2: delete line?

I got it. I have no idea why Hex Code mappings in iTerm2 produce the associated Ctrl+key mappings, but they do. No idea what 0x00 means, either, as it’s not assigned to A as might be expected. (though I do believe Unix has its own conventions relating to treating null bytes — we have e.g. … Read more