These is the rough technique that I used to create a functional, multi-puspose reading ruler out of iTerm2. A video of the results can be found on YouTube.
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
- Use homebrew to install GNU
sleep, becuase this supports theinfinityaergument, which BSDsleepdoes not. We will ue this to keep the ruler open idefintely.
brew install coreutils
- Launch
iTerm2