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Configure opening of file paths (semantic history) #

In iTerm’s settings, goto Profiles -> Advanced -> Semantic History.

Opening files in IntelliJ IDEA + Visual Studio Code #

First create IntelliJ IDEA’s command line launcher. Press ⇧ Shift + ⇧ Shift (twice) to bring up the Navigate -> Search Everywhere dialog. Then write “create command-line launcher” in the search box, to select the desired action, then press ⏎ Enter:

Screenshot of Search Everywhere dialog

Now idea is installed on the command line, on MacOS this is tipically in /usr/local/bin/idea.

Similarly, in Visual Studio Code press ⌘ Cmd + P, type “install code command”, and press ⏎ Enter:

Screenshot of 'install code command' in VS Code

The idea command line utility isn’t compatible with iTerm’s settings, plus if we want to discriminate based on file type, an extra script is needed. Save this in $HOME/bin/iterm-goto:

#!/bin/sh

GOTO_FILE="$1"
GOTO_LINE="$2"
GOTO_CHAR="$3"

if ! [ -f "$GOTO_FILE" ]; then
    echo "ERROR: file path missing or invalid!" >&2
    exit 1
fi

# Discriminate based on file extension, open only .scala or .sbt files in IntelliJ IDEA ...
if [[ "$GOTO_FILE" =~ ^.*\.(scala|sbt)$ ]]; then
    EDITOR_PATH="$(which idea)"

    if [ -z "$IDEA_PATH" ]; then
        EDITOR_PATH="/usr/local/bin/idea"
    fi

    if ! [ -z "$GOTO_LINE" ]; then
        exec "$EDITOR_PATH" --line "$GOTO_LINE" "$GOTO_FILE"
    else
        exec "$EDITOR_PATH" "$GOTO_FILE"
    fi
else
    EDITOR_PATH="$(which code)"

    if [ -z "$EDITOR_PATH" ]; then
        EDITOR_PATH="/usr/local/bin/code"
    fi

    if ! [ -z "$GOTO_CHAR" ]; then
        exec "$EDITOR_PATH" --goto "$GOTO_FILE:$GOTO_LINE:$GOTO_CHAR"
    elif ! [ -z "$GOTO_LINE" ]; then
        exec "$EDITOR_PATH" --goto "$GOTO_FILE:$GOTO_LINE"
    else
        exec "$EDITOR_PATH" "$GOTO_FILE"
    fi
fi

Then in iTerm’s settings, goto Profiles -> Advanced -> Semantic History, and set Run command ... to:

$HOME/bin/iterm-goto \1 \2

Screenshot of iTerm's Semantic History setting

Setup automatic dark mode #

NOTE: this is intended for the stable 3.4.x versions, and isn’t needed in the 3.5.x betas.

Create this file in ~/Library/Application\ Support/iTerm2/Scripts/AutoLaunch/auto_dark_mode.py:

#!/usr/bin/env python3.7

import asyncio
import iterm2

async def changeTheme(connection,parts):
    theme_dark = "Dark Background"
    theme_light = "Light Background"
    print(parts)
    
    if "dark" in parts:
        preset = await iterm2.ColorPreset.async_get(connection, theme_dark)
    else:
        preset = await iterm2.ColorPreset.async_get(connection, theme_light)

    # Update the list of all profiles and iterate over them.
    profiles=await iterm2.PartialProfile.async_query(connection)
    for partial in profiles:
        # Fetch the full profile and then set the color preset in it.
        profile = await partial.async_get_full_profile()
        await profile.async_set_color_preset(preset)

async def main(connection):
    app = await iterm2.async_get_app(connection)
    window = app.current_window
    initial_theme = await app.async_get_theme()
    await changeTheme(connection,initial_theme)

    async with iterm2.VariableMonitor(connection, iterm2.VariableScopes.APP, "effectiveTheme", None) as mon:
        while True:
            # Block until theme changes
            theme = await mon.async_get()
            # Themes have space-delimited attributes, one of which will be light or dark.
            parts = theme.split(" ")
    
            await changeTheme(connection,parts)

iterm2.run_forever(main)

Credits: @FradSer.