cursor-user-config

Personal Cursor (VS Code–compatible) user settings for macOS: green phosphor / CRT-style UI, terminal fonts, and keybindings.

What’s in here

Path	Purpose
User/settings.json	Theme overrides, editor/terminal fonts, cursor, zoom, etc.
User/keybindings.json	Custom key bindings
RESTORE.txt	Short copy/paste restore steps

Restore on a Mac

1. Quit Cursor.

2. Copy files into your user config folder (creates/overwrites those files only):

   cp -R User/* ~/Library/Application\ Support/Cursor/User/

3. Open Cursor and run Command Palette → Developer: Reload Window.

Optional: install fonts so the stack matches intent (first match wins):

• VT323 — Google Fonts / OFL (this repo’s setup expects a user-local install).
• Glass TTY VT220 — svofski/glasstty (public domain; on Mac/Linux use 20pt for crisp pixels, per upstream notes).

On macOS, user fonts belong in ~/Library/Fonts/.

Fonts (quick install)

mkdir -p ~/Library/Fonts
curl -fsSL -o ~/Library/Fonts/VT323-Regular.ttf \
  "https://github.com/google/fonts/raw/main/ofl/vt323/VT323-Regular.ttf"
curl -fsSL -o ~/Library/Fonts/Glass_TTY_VT220.ttf \
  "https://github.com/svofski/glasstty/raw/master/Glass_TTY_VT220.ttf"

Then pick VT323 or Glass TTY VT220 in Terminal.app → Settings → Profiles → Font (or your terminal of choice). Suggested: VT323 18–22pt or Glass TTY VT220 20pt, black/near-black background (#050705), text #9ee8b8 to align with settings.json.

System terminal (outside Cursor)

Cursor’s integrated terminal uses terminal.integrated.* in settings.json. Terminal.app / iTerm / Ghostty do not read that file; set profile colors and font there to match, or rely on your shell prompt only.

Security & privacy

• This repository is public. Do not commit API keys, tokens, cookies, or private hostnames.
• A quick review of tracked files should stay limited to User/*.json and docs. If you ever paste secrets into settings.json, rotate the secret and remove it from git history if it was pushed.

Keeping GitHub in sync

After changing settings in the Cursor UI, copy back from the live folder before committing:

cp ~/Library/Application\ Support/Cursor/User/settings.json ./User/
cp ~/Library/Application\ Support/Cursor/User/keybindings.json ./User/

Then commit and push.

License

Configuration is yours; fonts retain their own licenses (VT323: OFL; Glass TTY VT220: public domain per upstream).