You should notice the new theme right away. So for example, to change the default theme, you would open up your ~/.hyperterm.js file.Īnd then reload hyperterm to pick up the new configuration by pressing ( Cmd+Shift+R) or by clicking View -> Reload. All the plugins that Hyperterm uses are just npm modules, so can be installed and managed via npm. The process of changing themes or adding additional functionality is pretty straight forward. The docs are a great resource for learning more about customization and configuration. Hyperterm uses its own configuration file to extend the basic functionality. The real power though, comes from the flexibility and design of the plugin system and configuration files which makes customization really easy to get going with and really powerful.

The stock Hyperterm is definitely usable. Just fire up Hyperterm and you are good to go. Once that is done and you go through the installation process you are ready to get started. To get started, head over to the official Hyperterm website and download the latest release. If you know javascript, you can already start hacking on the look and feel of Hyperterm, the Chromium browser tools are literally built into it (cmd+option+i). Obviously this is a win because you can port your configuration to different platforms and don’t need to reconfigure anything, and can also store your configuration in source control so that if your machine ever dies or you get a new one, you have a nice place to pick things up again, which is pretty slick. Since Hyperterm is built on top of node (via Electron) it is by default cross platform so works on Mac and Linux and Windows soon. For those who don’t know, Hyperterm is based on the electron project which leverages nodejs to build desktop applications that are cross platform.Īt its simplest, Hyperterm is a drop in replacement for other shells, like iterm2 or the default terminal app that comes packaged with most OS’s.

Basically, Hyperterm allows for a wide variety of customization and extension to be added to the terminal, yet doesn’t add extra bloat and keeps things fast. If you haven’t heard about it yet, Hyperterm (not to be confused with hyperterminal) is a cool new project that brings javascript to the terminal.

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