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Use partial .term files for quick launch SSH sessions Apps
If you have to daily manage many servers using SSH, you can create bookmark files easily by using "partial" .term files...

I had already created tons of .term file for every server. But when I decided to remove anti-aliasing to gain speed, I found that changing every .term file is quite boring. Instead of that, I removed every "common" attribute from all the .term files, and I keep only the things I want different in each of them. Terminal.app default settings are automatically used for all other settings!

A sample myserver.term file (the DOCTYPE line has been split onto two rows for narrower display):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
  "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
    <key>WindowSettings</key>
    <array>
      <dict>
        <key>CustomTitle</key>
        <string>My server name</string>
        <key>ExecutionString</key>
        <string>ssh myserver.mydomain.com; exit</string>
      </dict>
    </array>
  </dict>
</plist>
Put all your .Term files in a folder. Drag the folder in the Dock... VoilĂ ! Instant access to multiple Terminal files.
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Use partial .term files for quick launch SSH sessions
Authored by: gralem on Tue, May 27 2003 at 11:06AM PDT
I've been more-or-less doing this since 10.0 days. I include more in my .terms, though--most importantly color preferences to readily identify open Terminal windows by color.

---gralem

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Use partial .term files for quick launch SSH sessions
Authored by: iacas on Tue, May 27 2003 at 11:27AM PDT
I use Terminal Pal to quickly launch my .term files.

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Web Everywhere

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Use partial .term files for quick launch SSH sessions
Authored by: domger on Tue, May 27 2003 at 12:58PM PDT
Terminal Pal works great with my hint! Thanks

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Use partial .term files for quick launch SSH sessions
Authored by: pukku on Tue, May 27 2003 at 3:59PM PDT
If you put the program that you want to execute into the "shell" parameter of the .term dictionary, you won't see it start up with the shell. You can also then set it up to automatically close the window when you're dore (I don't remember off the top of my head what the parameter is).

HTH

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Use partial .term files for quick launch SSH sessions
Authored by: kholburn on Wed, May 28 2003 at 12:06AM PDT
Open the folder:
/Users/<you>/Library/Application\ Support/Terminal
copy the icon of Terminal.app to the folder (using Get Info) and then drag it into your dock.

This gives you a right-clickable list of terminal files that you can launch directly from the dock.

Simpler than using an application like "terminal pal".

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