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I wish they'd just fix the bug where typing "~" crashes Terminal.app (depending on your keyboard language) :(

• pivo 14y ago
  Have you tried iTerm?
  • 0x0 14y ago
    Maybe I should, but 10.8's Terminal.app seemed to have everything I need (well, except for the crash reporter ruining my work every time I forget and type ~)
    • artursapek 14y ago
      I switched to iTerm a long time ago and never looked back. I recommend it.
      • pidg 14y ago
        iTerm 2 is brilliant, I can't imagine using the default Terminal for anything, ever.
        • veemjeem 14y ago
          I've found iTerm2 to be extremely slow on large buffers compared to Terminal.
        • rsl7 14y ago
          Enlighten us. I have read the feature list over the years and don't see anything that really stands out enough.
          • eropple 14y ago
            Panes and saved pane layouts are handy; I generally want to move all my terminals in a group and they're great for that. It also has great tmux support built into the client.
          • mitchty 14y ago
            The only one that keeps me using it is mouse support. Terminal.app doesn't actually send any mouse events.
          • colomon 14y ago
            You know, it's funny. I said the exact same thing you did, then a friend convinced me to try iTerm2 about a year ago. I still couldn't put my finger on what's better about it, exactly, but I've never considered going back after the first day. It just feels right. It's probably easier to try than it is to find out why to try it...
            • pclark 14y ago
              I say the same thing about why I loathe Chrome and adore Safari. I can't really say why, Safari just feels right.
  • niggler 14y ago
    You mean iTerm or iTerm2 http://www.iterm2.com http://www.iterm2.com ?
    • grimgrin 14y ago
      He without a doubt means iTerm2.
      • justinhj 14y ago
        Looks like it is on github now... https://github.com/gnachman/iTerm2 https://github.com/gnachman/iTerm2
• derleth 14y ago
  > I wish they'd just fix the bug where typing "~" crashes Terminal.app (depending on your keyboard language) :( How did this bug survive the testing process? Wait. I think I just answered my own question.
  • 0x0 14y ago
    It's quite terrible. I even reported it on bugreport.apple.com on 10.8.0, but neither 10.8.1 nor 10.8.2 fixed it. I can't believe there's no-one at Apple using i18n keyboard layouts and Terminal.app. It's not like typing "~" is an uncommon event on the command line.... Meanwhile, VLC fixed the same bug (typing ~ in the VLC.app UI textfields) in about 30 minutes.
    • ricardobeat 14y ago
      Doesn't apply to US-International keyboards, I use "~" all the time.
      • 0x0 14y ago
        Did you try some other i18n keyboard layouts, like Norwegian or Swedish?
        • Zirro 14y ago
          Mine is Swedish, and I am unable to reproduce it.
          • 0x0 14y ago
            It crashes with Swedish layout on 10.8.2 when I type Ctrl + ¨ on my computer. (Alt+~+space seems to work, though)
            • Flow 14y ago
              Doesn't crash my Terminal.app. I use a swedish keyboard. Perhaps you could create a new clean account on your computer and try it there? You can always delete the account afterwards.
• AngryParsley 14y ago
  Can you give us the steps to reproduce? I googled around but couldn't find the bug. I also tried a few different languages and I can't get Terminal.app to crash.
  • 0x0 14y ago
    Set keyboard to Norwegian. Type Ctrl+"¨" (they key that is the dead-key for ñ, if you were to type Alt+"¨"+n) Crash. Edit: Here's the same bug in VLC: https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/7268 https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/7268