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Re: ITerm2 2.0

#32

Post by contingencies »

hayksaakian wrote: post #9

to HN: What changed you from "terminal.app is good enough" to "I prefer iTerm"? Because that's what I'm asking myself.

Small things like a sane full screen shortcut and easily turning off those godawful window animations that make you feel like your mind has been trapped in someone else's powerpoint presentation.

Re: ITerm2 2.0

#33

Post by luxbock »

duskwuff wrote: post #6
beltex wrote: post #3

Awesome, congrats on the release! Aside: Check For Update... still gives 1.0.0.20140629 as the latest version. Have to download a 2.0 build explicitly. http://www.iterm2.com/downloads.html

You have to switch off development releases to get 2.0.

Where does this option exist? I've been going through Preferences and every other menu I could think of but could not find it.

Re: ITerm2 2.0

#34

Post by dpd126 »

luxbock wrote: post #33
duskwuff wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You have to switch off development releases to get 2.0.

Where does this option exist? I've been going through Preferences and every other menu I could think of but could not find it.

Preferences > General Tab > Services Group > "Prompt for test-release updates"

Re: ITerm2 2.0

#35

Post by madeofpalk »

canadev wrote: post #7

So, I have this bash script that runs AppleScript that I use to start up a bunch of servers at once, each in their own Terminal tab. At the heart of it is this 'new-tab' function[1]. I don't really like AppleScript, and would like to not use it. Can I duplicate this functionality using iTerm, without using AppleScript? [1] Here's the code; I cobbled it together from some StackOverflow snippet or something: https://gi…

Take a look at tmux and tmuxinator.

I have a config that looks like this:

    # ~/.tmuxinator/blah.yml

    name: blah
    root: ~/Development/blah

    windows:
      - web:
          layout: even-vertical
          panes:
            - cd web
            - cd web; gulp server default watch --device desktop
      - admin:
          layout: even-vertical
          panes:
            - cd admin
            - cd admin; gulp dev
      - ssh:test:
          layout: even-vertical
          panes:
            - clear; ssh ubuntu@web.test
      - ssh:prod:
          layout: even-vertical
          panes:
            - clear; ssh ubuntu@web1.prod
            - clear; ssh ubuntu@web2.prod
and I just run `mux start blah` and that will either start a new tmux session and set up everything as I need, or resume an already running session.

Re: ITerm2 2.0

#36

Post by boomlinde »

girvo wrote: post #12
joshpadnick wrote: post #10

First, thanks for releasing this! Second, silly question, but what is the recommended way to navigate long commands? Is there a way to click my cursor to a specific point, or a keyboard shortcut to navigate large blocks of words? I tried OPTION+LEFT-CLICK, but sometimes it will have the effect of moving my history to the current command.

I have Alt + Left and Alt + Right set to send `^[ b` and `^[ f` which are set to move backwards one word in most readline-based apps (IIRC).

If you prefer vi-like editing and navigation over emacs, you can also use readline in vi mode with "set -o vi".

Re: ITerm2 2.0

#37

Post by SingAlong »

If anyone else is wondering where the toolbelt is, once you enable toolbelt with "Toolbelt" -> "Show toolbelt", you'll have to resize the iterm window.

Re: ITerm2 2.0

#38

Post by sk_ »

itafroma wrote: post #26

Dang, looks like there/s still no preference to disable creating a new window when iTerm launches or is clicked on in the Dock. I only ever use iTerm via system-wide hotkey (i.e. Quake-style HUD mode), and it's kind of annoying that it automatically creates a duplicate window whenever it launches that can't be hidden via the hotkey.

It doesn't do that for me. Whenever I click on the dock icon or fire it up via spotlight, iTerm goes in the foreground, but there is no duplicate windows created.

Re: ITerm2 2.0

#39

Post by stith »

luxbock wrote: post #33
duskwuff wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You have to switch off development releases to get 2.0.

Where does this option exist? I've been going through Preferences and every other menu I could think of but could not find it.

It's labeled "Prompt for test-release updates" on the General tab.

Re: ITerm2 2.0

#40

Post by itafroma »

adamors wrote: post #29
hayksaakian wrote: post #9

to HN: What changed you from "terminal.app is good enough" to "I prefer iTerm"? Because that's what I'm asking myself.

I switched because of the Yakuake/Guake/Quake 3 console like functionality it has. I don't live in the terminal but need it constantly, hitting is easier than ⌘-Tab-ing until I find the right window.

> I switched because of the Yakuake/Guake/Quake 3 console like functionality it has.

I made the switch from Terminal.app myself when iTerm finally added the feature, but Terminal.app had this functionality available via a SIMBL plugin (oh man, remember those?) called "Visor" for several years, but it was always a hack that would stop working for a few weeks/months whenever a new version of OS X was released.

It looks like Visor has now been replaced with TotalTerminal, another hack in the form of a wrapper application bundle: http://totalterminal.binaryage.com/

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