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iTerm2 does vertical and horizontal splitting better than Terminal.app. tmux does vertical and horizontal splitting better than screen. That's my rationale fo

by _ak 12y ago

iTerm2 does vertical and horizontal splitting better than Terminal.app. tmux does vertical and horizontal splitting better than screen. That's my rationale for using iTerm2 and tmux instead of Terminal.app and screen. (yes, I'm aware that screen has improved its splitting recently, but I switched to tmux in 2011, after seeing a presentation about it by Nicholas Marriott)

gradstudent 12y ago
Why split your terminal if you have screen / tmux?
- Monkeyget 12y ago
  iterm has special integration with tmux. The big advantage is that you can quickly scroll the history with the mouse which is way faster and more convenient that going back up screen by screen with a shortcut. Also with some work you can synchronize the OSX clipboard with tmux's one.
  - mitchty 12y ago
    I scroll using the mouse in tmux all the time in any mouse capable terminal (aka not Terminal.app, also regular linux terms). I have a toggle to turn it on off in my tmux.conf, have a looky: https://github.com/mitchty/src/blob/master/dotfiles/tmux.conf#L126 https://github.com/mitchty/src/blob/master/dotfiles/tmux.con...
    - aroch 12y ago
      You can scroll in Terminal.app too, use the MouseTerm SIMBL plugin
      - ch4s3 12y ago
        Well, once you're bolting on plugins for features that come with iTerm2, why not use iTerm2?
        aroch 12y ago
        Because I find iTerm to be a pile of crap on most of my systems
        mitchty 12y ago
        Out of curiosity iTerm or iTerm2? If the latter what is crap about it? I have one huge gripe that I haven't been able to fix but its not that huge a deal. Every so often the terminal will lose its mind and start displaying mouse escape sequences. Nothing resets it out of this state, have to close whatever window I have open and start anew. Not a huge deal due to tmux but annoying enough to frustrate.
  - wilmoore 12y ago
    > The big advantage is that you can quickly scroll the history with the mouse... I've not found that to be faster than <CTRL+F> or <CTRL+B>. Same keys as in vim. I haven't found the value in using iTerm over terminal + tmux (same could be said for those that are more comfortable in screen).
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- thathonkey 12y ago
  Copy and paste support mostly.
  - wilmoore 12y ago
    TMUX provides this.
    - thathonkey 12y ago
      How do you get it working? I've never been successful

by _ak 12y ago

gradstudent 12y ago

Why split your terminal if you have screen / tmux?

Monkeyget 12y ago
iterm has special integration with tmux. The big advantage is that you can quickly scroll the history with the mouse which is way faster and more convenient that going back up screen by screen with a shortcut. Also with some work you can synchronize the OSX clipboard with tmux's one.
- mitchty 12y ago
  I scroll using the mouse in tmux all the time in any mouse capable terminal (aka not Terminal.app, also regular linux terms). I have a toggle to turn it on off in my tmux.conf, have a looky: https://github.com/mitchty/src/blob/master/dotfiles/tmux.conf#L126 https://github.com/mitchty/src/blob/master/dotfiles/tmux.con...
  - aroch 12y ago
    You can scroll in Terminal.app too, use the MouseTerm SIMBL plugin
    - ch4s3 12y ago
      Well, once you're bolting on plugins for features that come with iTerm2, why not use iTerm2?
      - aroch 12y ago
        Because I find iTerm to be a pile of crap on most of my systems
        mitchty 12y ago
        Out of curiosity iTerm or iTerm2? If the latter what is crap about it? I have one huge gripe that I haven't been able to fix but its not that huge a deal. Every so often the terminal will lose its mind and start displaying mouse escape sequences. Nothing resets it out of this state, have to close whatever window I have open and start anew. Not a huge deal due to tmux but annoying enough to frustrate.
- wilmoore 12y ago
  > The big advantage is that you can quickly scroll the history with the mouse... I've not found that to be faster than <CTRL+F> or <CTRL+B>. Same keys as in vim. I haven't found the value in using iTerm over terminal + tmux (same could be said for those that are more comfortable in screen).
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thathonkey 12y ago
Copy and paste support mostly.
- wilmoore 12y ago
  TMUX provides this.
  - thathonkey 12y ago
    How do you get it working? I've never been successful