Can we define the default terminal app?

victor_khalaf

The article https://support.1password.com/ssh-logins/ is super helpful but only applies to Terminal app launching. Do you know how to or can it be added as a feature to choose the terminal application of choice? I use iTerm myself.

Thank you!

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ag_kevin

Hi @victor_khalaf ,

This works because Terminal is the default handler for the ssh: URL scheme. If you set iTerm as the handler for ssh: it should launch iTerm instead. I've found these instructions on how to do that: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/28938/set-iterm2-as-the-ssh-url-handler

Cheers,
Kevin

victor_khalaf

Alas the solution doesn't apply permanently.
As soon as I click on an ssh URL it relaunches Terminal and iTerm's default is reset. Seems like the comments in that post are also echoing that issue.

rudy

Hi @victor_khalaf,

I was seemingly able to get it to stick using RCDefaultApp, which is a utility that i've probably used since its original release.

I'm hoping you'll see similar results on your end.

Let us know either way!

Rudy

MrC

@victor_khalaf / @rudy

iTerm is the proper place to configure its various URL protocols:

victor_khalaf

@rudy this worked perfectly! Thank you! :)

@MrC that's what I had attempted first with @ag_kevin 's suggestion. As I confirmed with my reply, it doesn't work.

rudy

@victor_khalaf,

I'm glad to hear it, have a great weekend!

Rudy

MrC

@victor_khalaf ,

It works fine for me here. You need to be sure that you've configured the setting in the Profile you use as the default.

I'm using the Nightly build of iTerm2, so there may be a bug that's since been fixed in your version.

victor_khalaf

Yup I did do that. Maybe I had to restart iTerm2. I have the latest non nightly version. It was the default profile being used.

I noticed after running RCDefaultApp that I could see iTerm2 registering the SSH URL scheme permanently (checkbox was persistent in the drop down menu).

khad

Glad that RCDefaultApp did the trick. That app has been a lifesaver on a number of occasions when I ran into strange problems with protocol handlers or file extensions. :)

victor_khalaf

Would it be worth adding a reference to that app or in general mentioning that the SSH link can be opened in other terminal apps but needs to be configured externally?

khad

I think that would be out of scope for 1Password documentation since it is more of an OS X system issue, but I'll run it past the other docs folks.

victor_khalaf

Thanks! I make up that those who use SSH are probably power users so it wouldn't feel out of place in a document targeting such users. :)

khad

:+1: