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Why do people keep suggesting iTerm2? The built-in terminal app on the Mac does Unicode and 256 colors just fine.
by puls 14y ago
Why do people keep suggesting iTerm2? The built-in terminal app on the Mac does Unicode and 256 colors just fine.
- niggler 14y agoHistorical. Terminal has improved greatly since Leopard/SL
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- Xion 14y agoiTerm2 has few other fancy features, like horizontal and vertical splitting or Guake-like top-down terminal [0]. [0] http://ivanvillareal.com/osx/setup-iterm2-to-behave-like-guake/ http://ivanvillareal.com/osx/setup-iterm2-to-behave-like-gua...
- niggler 14y agoI've used visor/simbl in leopard and snow leopard for years to get the top-down effect in terminal: http://visor.binaryage.com/ http://visor.binaryage.com/
- haar 14y agoMulti-pane input via cmd-shift-i, and saved pane/window configurations through cmd-shift-s and cmd-shift-r also come in handy.
- baghali 14y agoI personally enjoy being able to split panes vertically with iTerm2
- statico 14y agoIndeed. iTerm2 has replaced tmux for me for local development.
- daxelrod 14y agoWhy not both? http://code.google.com/p/iterm2/wiki/TmuxIntegration http://code.google.com/p/iterm2/wiki/TmuxIntegration iTerm2 can intelligently communicate with tmux in order to present splits and windows are handled by iTerm2, rather than within the single terminal window.
- mitchty 14y agoiterm2 supports mouse input, terminal.app does not.
- johncoltrane 14y agoUsing a mouse? In Vim?
- rplnt 14y agoIn terminal.
- johncoltrane 14y agoWhy for?
- ddon 14y agoHere are few things how I use it: - scrolling with a mouse wheel - selecting/resizing a split window - jumping to a specific place in the code - making a selection
- johncoltrane 14y agoAll of that can be done much more efficiently without the mouse: - scrolling with a mouse wheel :h scroll.txt - selecting/resizing a split window :h window-resize :h window-move-cursor - jumping to a specific place in the code /foo<CR> or the myriad of cool things in :h motion.txt - making a selection v{motion}
- JadeNB 14y ago> All of that can be done much more efficiently without the mouse: Surely we don't need to get into this sort of thing here. If you don't know how to do it without the mouse, then it's more efficient to do it with the mouse. If you don't remember how to do it without the mouse, then it's more efficient to do it with the mouse. If you just like using the mouse better, then …. Anyway, and perhaps more importantly, it doesn't hurt any of us if anyone else values ease of use (even if it's illusory or temporary!) over efficiency.
- kreeger 14y agoSplit panes is pretty much the main reason I need iTerm2. That, combined with system-wide hotkey toggling (which I used to get on Terminal with Visor), and Send Commands to All Sessions mode (cmd-ctrl-i, I think) makes me a happy command liner.
- callahad 14y agoiTerm2 has an absolutely amazing history playback, amongst other nice features.
- glenjamin 14y agoIt's the little things which makes me use iTerm2 - easier to change the default darkblue to be readable on black - can configure double-click on filename behaviour (cmd+alt click in Terminal) - can have auto-copy-to-clipboard on selection In short, it's more like terminal applications on other OSes I'm familiar with.
- Groxx 14y agoThe "step back in time" feature is sort of gimmicky, but does mean you can rewind even Curses terminal applications. Rarely actually useful, but it has saved me a huge amount of hassle a few times.
- mpu 14y agoYep, and xterm is also aware of them...
- yankcrime 14y agoAm I the only one who doesn't like iTerm 2 because it feels slow to use? Example: Open up a file in vim, then scroll up and down quickly. The refresh on iTerm 2 is noticeably sluggish compared to Terminal.app.