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There's nothing wrong with features that give you access to the wider operating system. Like it or not, the modern operating system is more than just terminals
by kedean 10y ago
There's nothing wrong with features that give you access to the wider operating system. Like it or not, the modern operating system is more than just terminals and CLI tools, and there's no reason to be condescending to those who don't live exclusively in the terminal.
A large part of what makes iTerm2 popular is how well it works in tandem with MacOS. Things like cmd+click to open (useful because you can use it on data that was spat out from a previous command invocation), paste filtering, and the fantastic built-in multiplexer/tabbing system.
That said, most of what makes MacOS users like iTerm2 just wouldn't be as useful on any other operating system, because its so tightly coupled to the wider OS.
- wruza 10y agoI do not think that it does work well with OSX. Autocompletion is on <⌘-;> (spell check) instead of <Esc>, and it works strangely: "$ ls trunk/<cmd-;>" suggests other directories around trunk (like tags and branches), when it should list trunk's contents. Cmd-click on path cannot go to partial path. It also cannot "open in app", only in default app (^cmd-click doesn't help). I always can select or triple-click and "$ open [-a ...] <cmd-v><cr>" to do that; or stop being fool and just type "open ." and do whatever I need right in Finder. Colored tab's colors blend to barely visible when deactivated. Changing color themes in settings does nothing at all. I'm not arguing that features aren't needed. I'm arguing the hyping of little-to-no working "features" that it tries to sell in place of REAL tools and .files that were there for decades.