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I reject the persistent meme that iTerm2 is somehow essential. Apple do a great job with the builtin Terminal.app

wyufro 7y ago
Just that the prompt automatically goes on a new line makes iTerm2 so nice though. As well as the built in timing of commands, jump to previous prompt, double click selects matching parentheses, etc. it's those little details.
- coldtea 7y ago
  >Just that the prompt automatically goes on a new line makes iTerm2 so nice though. Not sure what you mean here, but I don't think that's something you don't get, or can't get, on Terminal.app. In fact, that's the default...
  - saagarjha 7y ago
    If you have a command that doesn't print a new line, the prompt normally ends up on the same line as the output of the last command. iTerm can "fix" this.
    - skohan 7y ago
      See this is where I would rather have my terminal obey the program rather than imposing its own behavior. IMO a good terminal should be extremely minimal, and anything extra should be opt-in.
      - saagarjha 7y ago
        This is an option that you can enable. It's not on by default.
      - snazz 7y ago
        Don’t shells usually fix this? I know that Fish at least includes a little Unicode “return” arrow when it appends a newline.
- donatj 7y ago
  zsh does this out of the box, and Apple is defaulting to it in Catilina.
aloer 7y ago
iTerm is amazing when using many spaces because of the hotkey overlay. Projects and project parts are separated via spaces but I never want to have to find the right terminal for a process, instead I use a single window with animations disabled (to show immediately) and excluded from app switcher via settings so that it will only ever show up when i press alt-space no matter which space I'm on. Together with tabs and native panes it works just great and requires very little setup
TimTheTinker 7y ago
I agree, Terminal is great. But I prefer iTerm because it supports split panes (including saving/restoring a particular configuration) without tmux.

Just that the prompt automatically goes on a new line makes iTerm2 so nice though. As well as the built in timing of commands, jump to previous prompt, double click selects matching parentheses, etc. it's those little details.

coldtea 7y ago
>Just that the prompt automatically goes on a new line makes iTerm2 so nice though. Not sure what you mean here, but I don't think that's something you don't get, or can't get, on Terminal.app. In fact, that's the default...
- saagarjha 7y ago
  If you have a command that doesn't print a new line, the prompt normally ends up on the same line as the output of the last command. iTerm can "fix" this.
  - skohan 7y ago
    See this is where I would rather have my terminal obey the program rather than imposing its own behavior. IMO a good terminal should be extremely minimal, and anything extra should be opt-in.
    - saagarjha 7y ago
      This is an option that you can enable. It's not on by default.
    - snazz 7y ago
      Don’t shells usually fix this? I know that Fish at least includes a little Unicode “return” arrow when it appends a newline.
donatj 7y ago
zsh does this out of the box, and Apple is defaulting to it in Catilina.

aloer 7y ago

iTerm is amazing when using many spaces because of the hotkey overlay. Projects and project parts are separated via spaces but I never want to have to find the right terminal for a process, instead I use a single window with animations disabled (to show immediately) and excluded from app switcher via settings so that it will only ever show up when i press alt-space no matter which space I'm on. Together with tabs and native panes it works just great and requires very little setup

TimTheTinker 7y ago

I agree, Terminal is great. But I prefer iTerm because it supports split panes (including saving/restoring a particular configuration) without tmux.