terminal2blink is a simple utility to convert macOS terminal profiles to Blink Shell. When I say "simple", it's both in terms of "easy-to-use", and its quality.
If you have a fairly intricate terminal theme for your macOS terminal, and would like the same one in Blink, this is for you. I have one terminal theme I like, and was way too lazy to convert it by hand.
Export your theme from macOS terminal, which will create a .terminal file. Run terminal2blink:
terminal2blink foo.terminal
This will output [Terminal Name].js. Copy the contents of [Terminal Name].js:
cat Red\ Sands.js | pbcopy
...and create a GitHub gist at https://gist.github.com. Name it, and paste in the contents. Click the "Raw" button to get the raw URL.
Launch Blink Shell, run config, and tap on "Appearence", then "New Theme". Copy the raw URL into the URL Address field.
Not everything in macOS terminal translates directly to Blink Shell. terminal2blink will correctly translate colors, cursor blink, and more. However, I know (at least) the following is missing:
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If you're using a non-system-supplied font, terminal2blink will not translate it. You'll have to see these instructions and edit the resulting config file.
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Blink shell only has one cursor type: block. So that's what you get.
Didn't know Blink Shell supported themes, or want to browse existing themes? Check out the official docs.
I could have chosen other languages to write this in, but I wanted to finally write some Swift. This is the first thing I've written in Swift, and probably looks like it. I happily take constructive criticism, and pull requests are welcome. (Could something be more idiomatic Swift? Let me know! Want to contribute code to fix an issue or cover a TODO? Have at it.)
- Better error checking.
- Support .terminal files hosted at a URL rather than just on-disk.
- Support font conversion.