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As someone who uses the default terminal app, I'm curious to learn about other people's use-cases where the choice of terminal app makes a difference and how.

naikrovek 2y ago
I am not sure how to answer this. Why choose a non-default anything? It feels like deeper down, you’re asking why anyone chooses anything. These terminal emulators all behave slightly differently and have different strengths and weaknesses. Some are configurable. Some are programmable. Some feel “right”. Others can be made to feel “right”. Etc. Why use any non-default application? Same answer for terminal emulators.
- wiseowise 2y ago
  This is a very specific question.
- oneeyedpigeon 2y ago
  > These terminal emulators all behave slightly differently That's the point. Different browsers or word processors behave completely differently. They were asking what differences there are between this and other TEs.
robinsonrc 2y ago
Lack of true colour support was the first thing that got me looking at other options
- matwood 2y ago
  This. I try to stick with the built ins, but lack of true color on Terminal.app is annoying. I wouldn't consider myself an advanced terminal person, but I do all my git interactions using the terminal and like it to look nice.
m1keil 2y ago
I really like to copy on select in the terminal. Terminal.app used to have a hack available to add this feature in, but since SIP days, it is no longer possible.
barnabee 2y ago
My most used "unique" feture of WezTerm and one of the main reasons I'd struggle to move to any of the alternatives is quick select mode[0] which massively speeds up copying or typing file names, hashes, IDs, etc. from the output of commands. [0] https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/quickselect.html https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/quickselect.html
themadsens 2y ago
Very impressed with ghostty so far, but: Main reasons for sticking with ITerm2 (for the moment at least): - "Seamless" cut & paste with paste on "2 X right click" + "Trim trailing LF" - Quadruple click "Smart selection" - Brillant search with highlighting in text and scrollbar - Support for OSC-1 "icon titles" in tabs, as opposed to OSC-0 "header title"

naikrovek 2y ago

I am not sure how to answer this. Why choose a non-default anything? It feels like deeper down, you’re asking why anyone chooses anything. These terminal emulators all behave slightly differently and have different strengths and weaknesses. Some are configurable. Some are programmable. Some feel “right”. Others can be made to feel “right”. Etc. Why use any non-default application? Same answer for terminal emulators.

wiseowise 2y ago
This is a very specific question.
oneeyedpigeon 2y ago
> These terminal emulators all behave slightly differently That's the point. Different browsers or word processors behave completely differently. They were asking what differences there are between this and other TEs.

robinsonrc 2y ago

Lack of true colour support was the first thing that got me looking at other options

matwood 2y ago
This. I try to stick with the built ins, but lack of true color on Terminal.app is annoying. I wouldn't consider myself an advanced terminal person, but I do all my git interactions using the terminal and like it to look nice.

m1keil 2y ago

I really like to copy on select in the terminal. Terminal.app used to have a hack available to add this feature in, but since SIP days, it is no longer possible.

barnabee 2y ago

My most used "unique" feture of WezTerm and one of the main reasons I'd struggle to move to any of the alternatives is quick select mode[0] which massively speeds up copying or typing file names, hashes, IDs, etc. from the output of commands. [0] https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/quickselect.html https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/quickselect.html

themadsens 2y ago

Very impressed with ghostty so far, but: Main reasons for sticking with ITerm2 (for the moment at least): - "Seamless" cut & paste with paste on "2 X right click" + "Trim trailing LF" - Quadruple click "Smart selection" - Brillant search with highlighting in text and scrollbar - Support for OSC-1 "icon titles" in tabs, as opposed to OSC-0 "header title"