$ mv ~/some/complicated/long/path

Then, a “cd M-.” becomes:

$ cd ~/some/complicated/long/path

Tada, lots of typing saved, which is why in the end of the day we use the shell — to be faster.

There is maybe simpler way how to hide Terminal.app, use handy DockLess utility!
http://homepage.mac.com/fahrenba/programs/dockless/dockless.html

cd() {
[ $EUID -ne 0 ] &*)
. .cdoutrc
;;
esac
}
}
case $# in
0)
builtin cd
;;
1)
builtin cd “$@”
;;
2)
builtin cd “${PWD%${1}*}${2}${PWD#*${1}}”
;;
*)
builtin cd “$@”
;;
esac
[ $? -eq 0 ] &*)
. .cdinrc
;;
esac
}
}
# restore $? to 0 for use with “cd xxx && yyy”
true
}
}
export -f cd

As an added bonus if you invoke “cd” with two arguments the first string in the current directory will be replaced by the second argument and the resulting directory will be switched to. If for example I’m in a directoy called “/Users/mg/version1″ and I type “cd 1 2″ I will find myself in the directory “/Users/mg/version2″.

Note that any .cdinrc and .cdoutrc files must be executable, they must be in a sub-directory of your $HOME, and you cannot be root (EUID 0). Of course you can change all that.

[e]2;working in w a[e[32m]u[e[0m]@[e[32;1m]h[e[0m]:[e[0me[33;40m]W > [e[0m]

The first part of that sets the title bar to display the working directory. I don’t remember what the rest does!

http://blog.infinitered.com/entries/show/6

http://ciaranwal.sh/2007/11/01/customising-colours-in-leopard-terminal

It required a bit more work with installing SIMBL, but you can have a pastel theme that’s easier on the eyes then the default dark blue.

I found later the simple fix to this is to go into Keyboard preferences and change the keypress rate and max it out. This does mean that everywhere in os x the keypress rate will be faster, but this is a welcome change to the default snail-paced speed.