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Re: Cathode: A terminal app for mac that looks really cool

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Post by shaka881 »

Void_ wrote: post #46
pjscott wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To elaborate on this: iTerm2 is much better than Terminal.app, and free. It seems to be the default thing that everybody recommends, and for good reason. http://www.iterm2.com/

Now I'm interested. Why is it better? I use terminal only to navigate and run commands, no Vim or Emacs. How will iTerm make my life better?

It doesn't randomly barf terminal control sequences into the top of your Emacs buffers, for one. ;) I've lost count of how many times I broke my build because of something like "]24;" being inserted into the head of my source files.

Re: Cathode: A terminal app for mac that looks really cool

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Post by zoul »

burgerbrain wrote: post #31
tuananh wrote: post #26

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no tabs !! REALLY !? You care to explain how awesome it is?

I never understood why people want their terminal emulators to have tabs. Screen/tmux do it so much better...

What are the main advantages of screen/tmux in comparison with simple terminal tabs?

Re: Cathode: A terminal app for mac that looks really cool

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Post by burgerbrain »

zoul wrote: post #52
burgerbrain wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I never understood why people want their terminal emulators to have tabs. Screen/tmux do it so much better...

What are the main advantages of screen/tmux in comparison with simple terminal tabs?

For starters, detaching.

Re: Cathode: A terminal app for mac that looks really cool

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Post by keeperofdakeys »

zoul wrote: post #52
burgerbrain wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I never understood why people want their terminal emulators to have tabs. Screen/tmux do it so much better...

What are the main advantages of screen/tmux in comparison with simple terminal tabs?

Mainly the detach/attach facility. I can open it from ssh, without even closing the session in the terminal. They also provide split window facilities, tmux even more so.

Re: Cathode: A terminal app for mac that looks really cool

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Post by lloeki »

shaka881 wrote: post #50
batista wrote: post #18

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A fun trick? Are you kidding me? I've never spend money that fast before (I had bought it before it got in the App Store). Cathode is awesome, especially if, like me, you have ever worked in such an environment (VT100 etc). I even dropped iTerm 2 and use Cathode all day long. Something about the blast-from-the-past feel makes me more productive and feel like an ol' hacker. Only wish it had tabs.

All day? I don't think I could take the ergonomic hit. I am pretty sensitive about readable color schemes in Emacs, reducing glare, etc. etc.. Whatever floats your boat, I guess...

Cathode has ANSI/xterm color support, so you can keep using your color schemes. Also, you can tweak the vintage-ness level.

Re: Cathode: A terminal app for mac that looks really cool

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Post by rbanffy »

sbierwagen wrote: post #47

c.f http://www.jwz.org/blog/2011/01/cathode-vintage-terminal-emu... tl;dr: The xscreensaver package has a program that does something very like this. It's open-source, and works on both linux and OS X.

Ideally, this CRT-ness could be a Compiz plug-in. Let's say you could CRT-ize a window by pressing Meta-C or something like it.

Then just open a terminal full-screen, apply the plug-in and enjoy your vintage computer.

For best effect, change your font to a VT-100-like one (I prefer the 3278-like one, but that's a taste thing).

BTW, how hard is it to write a Compiz plug-in?

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