Terminal Optimization

Configure terminal environment for effective Claude Code usage.

Ghostty Configuration

Ghostty works well with Claude Code. Key settings:

~/.config/ghostty/config

font-family = JetBrains Mono font-size = 14 window-padding-x = 10 window-padding-y = 10 cursor-style = bar shell-integration = detect

See ghostty-config.md for full config.

Statusline

Display context usage and git info in shell prompt. Useful for:

• Tracking Claude Code context consumption

• Current git branch/status at a glance

• Session identification

See statusline-setup.md for starship/oh-my-zsh configs.

Voice Dictation

macOS: Press fn key twice to toggle dictation. Tips:

• Speak punctuation explicitly ("comma", "period", "new line")

• Pause briefly before/after commands

• Works in any text field including terminal

See voice-dictation.md for detailed tips.

Tab Naming

Name terminal tabs by project/task:

Set tab title (most terminals)

echo -ne "\033]0;my-project\007"

Or use terminal-specific shortcuts

Ghostty: Cmd+Shift+I

iTerm2: Cmd+I

tmux for Worktrees

Use tmux sessions per git worktree:

Create session for worktree

tmux new-session -s feature-branch -c ~/repos/project-feature

Attach to existing

tmux attach -t feature-branch

Each worktree gets isolated Claude Code context.

References

• ghostty-config.md - Full Ghostty configuration

• statusline-setup.md - Prompt/statusline setup

• voice-dictation.md - Voice input tips