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iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by seanp2k2 »

gregingelmo wrote: post #18
gnachman wrote: post #6

(author here). I pushed out a promotion today to let users know about the new version before auto-updating everyone. It breaks backward compatibility with applescript, so it'll be a rough upgrade for some folks. I'd love to hear any thoughts on how to make this less painful. My first experiment with in-app advertising (promoting the beta version through a popup dialog) has gone well, with a 31% click-through rate, an…

You know iTerm is a tool I use so often that I've taken its existence for granted. Thank you for all your hard work over the years. You've made a beautiful piece of software.

I also use iTerm most of the day for most of the work week. It makes my life just a little bit better. Thanks!

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by eenstok »

gnachman wrote: post #6

(author here). I pushed out a promotion today to let users know about the new version before auto-updating everyone. It breaks backward compatibility with applescript, so it'll be a rough upgrade for some folks. I'd love to hear any thoughts on how to make this less painful. My first experiment with in-app advertising (promoting the beta version through a popup dialog) has gone well, with a 31% click-through rate, an…

I literally just made an account on here since I never normally comment just to say thank you to you for all your work on iTerm. I'm especially happy about the issue I was having with iTerm2 windows not resizing correctly but the beta seems to have changed this to work flawlessly, it used to not fit correctly to the borders of the screen height nor width, but it works great now. So thank you once again.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by levemi »

guelo wrote: post #34
glossyscr wrote: post #27

iTerm is OSX' killer app. Couldn't find anything similar on Windows. I used MobaXTerm which is ok but never feels as polished and slick as iTerm. Especially iTerm's own fullscreen mode which allows to quickly alt-tab is great.

putty is the defacto standard Windows SSH terminal. (Though that's not what iterm is.)

putty needs some serious UI love. It doesn't look like the UI has been updated in over 10 years. I use MSYS which comes with mingw and works for my purposes.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by seanp2k2 »

sikhnerd wrote: post #49
isomorphic wrote: post #4

I love iTerm2, I keep up with the "current" beta versions, using them all day in production. I would love it if they'd make a "dark" titlebar version of the window chrome. My setup currently has windows without any titlebar at all (thanks to iTerm for that feature!), but it makes rearranging windows challenging. I look forward to trying out the newer features!

Thanks so much for pointing out the ability to hide the titlebar entirely, as I have the same pet peeve :) I would suggest using one of the many pseudo tiling window managers to resize your windows so you don't have that problem. I strongly recommend spectacle [1] [1] https://www.spectacleapp.com/

I've been using Magnet for about a year and it works very well: http://magnet.crowdcafe.com

I always forget it's there, then when I use someone else's Mac I wonder why the Win7-style drag-to-a-place-to-get-a-shadow-preview-of-the-new-size doesn't work.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by seanp2k2 »

guelo wrote: post #34
glossyscr wrote: post #27

iTerm is OSX' killer app. Couldn't find anything similar on Windows. I used MobaXTerm which is ok but never feels as polished and slick as iTerm. Especially iTerm's own fullscreen mode which allows to quickly alt-tab is great.

putty is the defacto standard Windows SSH terminal. (Though that's not what iterm is.)

Putty never had good tab support even with all the various work-around and frankensteins people had made to do it. If that situation has changed in the past 5 years, I'm sure I'm not the only one here who would be excited to hear about the details.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by sikhnerd »

highpixels wrote: post #40
xbryanx wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you hide the titlebar entirely?

Preferences > Profile > Window > Style: "No Title Bar" doesn't seem to then be anyway to move the window (just resize from the edges)

Mirroring my sibling comment here, but thanks for the detailed note on how to get rid of the bright white title bar :)

As far as resizing goes, I would suggest using one of the many pseudo tiling window managers available on mac. I strongly recommend spectacle [1]

[1] https://www.spectacleapp.com/

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by matt_wulfeck »

Iterm2 was one of those things I was not expecting to miss so much when I switched to a Linux desktop. There's something about the look and feel of text that I'm used too. Don't get me wrong, there's good terminals for Linux, but I think iterm2 was the best. I'd gladly pay for a Linux port.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by seanp2k2 »

dsego wrote: post #39

Didn't know you can ls and then cmd+click to open a folder/file. And alt+click positions the cursor. Nice touches.

Try cmd or right-clicking the path in the window title bar. Should pop open a menu with the CWD path and all parents that you can then click to open in a finder. Apparently this works in other Mac apps as well. I had no idea for many years.

https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/os-x-yosemite... under "Title Bar" section. Also has some other hidden tricks. As cool as this stuff is and as useful as it is, it's not discoverable at all.

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