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iTerm2 is great, thanks to George Nachman for the hard work. I recently installed Mojave from scratch, fresh and clean environment. I'm trying to keep things pr

iTerm2 is great, thanks to George Nachman for the hard work. I recently installed Mojave from scratch, fresh and clean environment. I'm trying to keep things pretty minimal. I'm giving Terminal (macOS) another shot - so far it's been great. I've only missed split panes but when I really needed I used tmux. Other than that I realize I didn't use much of the functionality offered by iTerm2. What are the features in iTerm2 that you use the most?

o10449366 8y ago
Honestly, while it isn't a feature that's unique to iTerm2 by any means, I just appreciate how easy it is to theme the colors and appearance. I used Arch Linux for many years before moving to Mac OS and messing around with urxvt configuration files if I wanted full 256 color or font support was somewhat tedious. It's nice to just have something that's easy to setup and always works and looks the way I want given I'm looking at my terminal for 75% of my day.
ViViDboarder 8y ago
I tried the same thing a year or so ago and there were a few items that brought me back to iTerm2. They’re going to seem super minor, but I use them often enough that it made a difference. Text selection is better and customizable. Makes it easier to select things like up addresses with a double click. Hotkey window is just too damn convenient. I end up using it all the time when I just need to execute one-off commands. It’s gonna sound super minor, but
- 1123581321 8y ago
  I use Hammerspoon to hotkey Terminal (and a bunch of other apps with other shortcuts) with ctrl+` like I used to do with iTerm: -- Give Terminal the same toggle as iTerm 2 hs.hotkey.bind('ctrl', '`', function() if hs.application.title(hs.application.frontmostApplication()) == "Terminal" then hs.eventtap.keyStroke('cmd', 'h') else hs.application.launchOrFocus("Terminal.app") end end) I’m not opposed to iTerm, but I needed a break from heavy customized environments for a bit and this was the one feature I needed to replicate.
mlpinit 8y ago
Setting the background to the solarized dark or light color pallet works nicely with the same vim pallet setup. I wanted to use this as an example because I don't believe this worked in Terminal last time I tried it. But after a quick google search it seems like you can use Terminal for this setup as well. Clicking on links in the terminal is a nice feature. If you press cmd + click it opens your browser or finder. I occasionally enjoy this convenience. There are probably other conveniences that don't come to mind now.
- kroger 8y ago
  > Clicking on links in the terminal is a nice feature. If you press cmd + click it opens your browser or finder. I occasionally enjoy this convenience. On Terminal.app you can cmd + double click to open a link on the browser. (it doesn't open a path on finder though)
whalesalad 8y ago
Font ligatures are what’s keeping me on iTerm right now.
konart 8y ago
>What are the features in iTerm2 that you use the most? Quake-like drop-down animation.
Myrmornis 8y ago
- Hot key to summon/dismiss persistent terminal session - Ability to create arbitrary handlers for mouse click actions - Ability to save my configuration in version-controlled JSON - Autocomplete - Conventional full screen mode (not the weird MacOS thing that creates a new desktop)
maratc 8y ago
- Auto-summon of the Password Manager on password prompts - Grep for things that look like IP address and color them in blue, or errors in red - Auto-Complete based on the text in terminal - Broadcast same keypresses into several panes (having SSH sessions to several servers) - Making an icon jump when a long running command just finished - etc.etc. I know people who returned their company-issued X1 Carbons and bought an out-of-pocket MacBooks just so they can use iTerm.

o10449366 8y ago

Honestly, while it isn't a feature that's unique to iTerm2 by any means, I just appreciate how easy it is to theme the colors and appearance. I used Arch Linux for many years before moving to Mac OS and messing around with urxvt configuration files if I wanted full 256 color or font support was somewhat tedious. It's nice to just have something that's easy to setup and always works and looks the way I want given I'm looking at my terminal for 75% of my day.

ViViDboarder 8y ago

I tried the same thing a year or so ago and there were a few items that brought me back to iTerm2. They’re going to seem super minor, but I use them often enough that it made a difference. Text selection is better and customizable. Makes it easier to select things like up addresses with a double click. Hotkey window is just too damn convenient. I end up using it all the time when I just need to execute one-off commands. It’s gonna sound super minor, but

1123581321 8y ago
I use Hammerspoon to hotkey Terminal (and a bunch of other apps with other shortcuts) with ctrl+` like I used to do with iTerm: -- Give Terminal the same toggle as iTerm 2 hs.hotkey.bind('ctrl', '`', function() if hs.application.title(hs.application.frontmostApplication()) == "Terminal" then hs.eventtap.keyStroke('cmd', 'h') else hs.application.launchOrFocus("Terminal.app") end end) I’m not opposed to iTerm, but I needed a break from heavy customized environments for a bit and this was the one feature I needed to replicate.

mlpinit 8y ago

Setting the background to the solarized dark or light color pallet works nicely with the same vim pallet setup. I wanted to use this as an example because I don't believe this worked in Terminal last time I tried it. But after a quick google search it seems like you can use Terminal for this setup as well. Clicking on links in the terminal is a nice feature. If you press cmd + click it opens your browser or finder. I occasionally enjoy this convenience. There are probably other conveniences that don't come to mind now.

kroger 8y ago
> Clicking on links in the terminal is a nice feature. If you press cmd + click it opens your browser or finder. I occasionally enjoy this convenience. On Terminal.app you can cmd + double click to open a link on the browser. (it doesn't open a path on finder though)

whalesalad 8y ago

Font ligatures are what’s keeping me on iTerm right now.

konart 8y ago

>What are the features in iTerm2 that you use the most? Quake-like drop-down animation.

Myrmornis 8y ago

- Hot key to summon/dismiss persistent terminal session - Ability to create arbitrary handlers for mouse click actions - Ability to save my configuration in version-controlled JSON - Autocomplete - Conventional full screen mode (not the weird MacOS thing that creates a new desktop)

maratc 8y ago

- Auto-summon of the Password Manager on password prompts - Grep for things that look like IP address and color them in blue, or errors in red - Auto-Complete based on the text in terminal - Broadcast same keypresses into several panes (having SSH sessions to several servers) - Making an icon jump when a long running command just finished - etc.etc. I know people who returned their company-issued X1 Carbons and bought an out-of-pocket MacBooks just so they can use iTerm.