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Terminal preferences

Global Preferences

Keyboard accessibility — Navigate around Terminal menus using keyboard keys.

Keyboard shortcuts — View and edit keyboard shortcuts.

Menubar visibility — Display and hide the menubar.

Manage Profiles

Manage profiles — Create, rename and delete profiles.

Profile Preferences

Change cursor — Select different cursor style.

Change font and style — Use system fonts or choose a custom font for your terminal.

Change profile character encoding — Set a different encoding for each saved profile.

Characters look too narrow — Display ambiguous-width characters as wide instead of narrow.

Color schemes — Change colors and backgrounds.

Custom commands and shells — Set Terminal to run a command or a different shell on startup.

Login shells — Start a login shell in Terminal.

Scrollbar preferences — Change the scroll output and scrollbar behavior.

Set audible bell — Enable audible notification in Terminal.

Set behavior on command exit — Set the behavior of Terminal when a custom command or the default shell exits.

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