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Create terminal groups for managing multiple windows
Authored by: dergl on Nov 25, '03 12:23:13PM
There is an even easier way, than to patch the Info.plist.

You can save Terminal sessions. I do so by coloring the background in different ways and save the terminal window (Save As...). Default save folder should be ~/Application Support/Terminal. Give the .term file a name you can remember (in your case mail, screen, talkd etc.).

Then drag this folder into your dock (the area where trash and minimized windows live in). Maybe you want to give the folder a fancy icon.

In addition to this you can even open the term-file in your text-edit or property-list-editor and add something like the following:
<key>CustomTitle</key>
<string>My Server</string>
<key>ExecutionString</key>
<string>ssh 1.2.3.4</string>
where ExecutionString is the command you want to be executed automatically. Above sample with some use of ssh/authorized key, will let you login onto your favourite ssh-server in no time.

I'm missing a feature in Terminal.app letting you choose this .term files in the context-sensual menu. Anyway, I wrote a little app which looks into the above mentioned folder and will let you choose them from the status bar. Email me if you want it (it's alpha.)



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Create terminal groups for managing multiple windows
Authored by: Tom Robinson on Nov 25, '03 01:38:06PM

What context sensitive menu do you mean--the one in the Dock?

I just use the File -> Library menu to open my saved terminals (new in 10.3).

And yes, having the sessions with different colours is great for a quick reminder of their purpose and finding with Exposé.



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Create terminal groups for managing multiple windows
Authored by: notmatt on Nov 25, '03 04:54:55PM

I've done this before as well, but using the renaming method in addition makes it even better because it allows you to command-tab between sets of terminal windows, something that simply setting up terminal groups doesn't do.



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Corrrect path for .term files
Authored by: clarkcb on Nov 26, '03 04:21:54PM

To get your .term files to show up in the File -> Library menu in Terminal the files need to be stored in ~/Library/Application Support/Terminal.



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