iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

Re:iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta by jpsim on Thursday February 18, 2016 @06:00PM (#11130071)

I'm sure I'm missing iTerm2's big appeal, but every time I try to use it, I find myself going back to Terminal.app, which I find more responsive and just as featureful, especially when combined with zsh and a windowing manager. That's probably just because I'm familiar with it and I didn't come from tmux or anything similar, but I keep hoping I'll be "enlightened" at some point and realize the error of my ways ;)

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Re:iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta by rickhanlonii on Thursday February 18, 2016 @06:12PM (#11130136)

https://medium.com/@xanderdunn/iterm2-vs-terminal-c06976f106...

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Re:iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta by duaneb on Friday February 19, 2016 @12:41AM (#11131833)

> Customizability ends up being pretty important for serious developers who are always in the terminal.

Ironically, I would say customizability ends up being pretty important for serious developers attempting to avoid working. I can't say my terminal itself—as opposed to the shell—requires any serious modifications at all. (I rewire the left option key and color schemes, and that's about it.)

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Re:iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta by duaneb on Friday February 19, 2016 @02:37AM (#11132194)

I guess my point is that the terminal has very, very, very little influence as compared to the ACTUAL shell. Yes, there are power users. I don't see them actually get anything done faster.

I moved to Terminal.app when it introduced tabs—KILLER FEATURE—and haven't been happier.

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Re:iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta by ryangittins on Friday February 19, 2016 @06:15AM (#11132852)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman

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Re:iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta by autoreleasepool on Thursday February 18, 2016 @07:51PM (#11130692)

Which one is the killer feature? The ones listed in that article all seem like extremely minor differences to me.

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Re:iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta by jpsim on Thursday February 18, 2016 @07:16PM (#11130511)

Thanks for that, although it similarly hasn't swayed me :D

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Re:iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta by bentrevor on Friday February 19, 2016 @09:22AM (#11133564)

I usually use iTerm2, but I tried to switch to Terminal the other day because I noticed how much more responsive it is. There were a couple small things that kept me with iTerm2:

- Both let you set the cursor color, but Terminal doesn't let you set the cursor text color, which is a small annoyance.

- Terminal's full-screen goes into a separate desktop, but iTerm2 lets you disable Lion-style full-screen - another small annoyance.

- The only real deal-breaker for me was that I couldn't get Ctrl-/ working for Terminal (it's what I use for "undo" in emacs and readline).

Even with these things, I tried for a while to get Terminal set up - the faster refresh rate makes it look _really_ smooth compared to iTerm2.

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Re:iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta by autoreleasepool on Thursday February 18, 2016 @07:43PM (#11130634)

Same. I've tried it several times and have had the same experience you describe. Terminal.app recently got a nice upgrade too, which made switching to a 3rd party emulator even less compelling.

Edit: I tried the beta. It's faster than .app. I'll give it that.

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Re:iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta by cooper12 on Thursday February 18, 2016 @07:42PM (#11130633)

All the more power to you. If it works fine for you then it's good enough. Apple has also really caught up on Terminal.app's features. For example it didn't used to have multiple tabs which was a killer feature of iTerm. Personally, I don't even use most of the power features of iTerm except the custom shortcuts. (even preferring to use tmux directly) Still, some alternatives never hurt.

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Re:iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta by JonnieCache on Thursday February 18, 2016 @08:16PM (#11130821)

Command clicking on backtraces to open that line in my editor is pretty bloody great. Although if you've rigged up some way to do that with the keyboard alone you're unlikely to be impressed I suppose.

It seems to resolve paths relative to the working directory and passes them to `open`. It works for URLs too.

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Re:iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta by kokonotu on Thursday February 18, 2016 @11:28PM (#11131543)

I use iTerm2 because I can switch tabs using Command+1 / Command+2 etc.

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Re:iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta by melted on Friday February 19, 2016 @03:28AM (#11132347)

I've found it so good, I switched to using Terminator on Linux. Terminator sort of mimics iTerm2's multi-pane layout, which I find indispensable on high resolution displays.

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Re:iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta by monsieurbanana on Friday February 19, 2016 @04:35AM (#11132542)

tmux4life

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