Adjusting iTerm prefs

[kogent]

I was a bit frustrated with the options for configuring the bundled iTerm so I wrote a Rake task in ruby to take a config file and merge the configs into the PathFinder Preferences file:

http://github.com/kogent/pathfinder-prefs

The settings in my repo are optimal for black background and use alternate colors instead of bold to make things more legible. It also sets the term type to linux to allow things like arrow keys to work in vim. Font is set to Monaco 12.

Feel free to fork the project and make any changes or improvements.

It has one dependency on the plist library. Run the following command to get that installed:
gem install plist

[rednectar]

I would love to be able to change the terminal attributes in pathfinder. Thought I found a solution till I realised that my geek level is 9/10 steps too low to follow this advice. If anyone has actually been able to understand what you have to do to change the preferences, I'd love the explanation. I have executed the:

gem install plist

I have downloaded & expanded the .zip file from http://github.com/kogent/pathfinder-prefs
I have read the README.rdoc and followed the usage guide (see below). Now what?

Macropidia:~ rednectar$ cd pathfinder-prefs
-bash: cd: pathfinder-prefs: No such file or directory
Macropidia:~ rednectar$ rake
(in /Users/rednectar)
rake aborted!
No such file or directory - iterm.yaml
/Users/rednectar/rakefile:15
(See full trace by running task with --trace)