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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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> Session Restoration allows your jobs to keep running after iTerm2 upgrades, is force-quit, or crashes. It's like tmux without tmux! Anyone know how this works? From my basic (possibly incorrect) understanding, iTerm currently spawns a bash shell for each tab which in turn has its own children for its processes; so killing iTerm would kill all of its children. Does it use a separate daemon process to spawn children…

https://iterm2.com/restoration.html

Thank you. It's actually more involved than i thought it would be on the client side, but a good use of the OS' functionality.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

#133

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.

On Windows, check out ConsoleZ.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

#134

I played with iTerm2 for a while (coming from Linux) because I was told I had to have it. I switched back to Terminal.app after my last clean install because I didn't really see what I was getting. For someone who tmuxes for tabs and splits, what am I missing?

It's very short, but you can checkout my post on vim + [iTerm](http://arianv.com/post/My-First-Month-with-Vim/)

Basically, I really love the fullscreen keybinding, hotkeys, colors and search ( though the default terminal already has this I think)

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

#135
post #64

I have used iterm for a long time and I would like to donate to your project. I make all my donations with Patreon, would be great if you could add support for that, if it's not too much trouble. https://www.patreon.com/

Any other open source projects using it? Curious how they set the rewards and objectives.

I made a donation anyway with paypal, much appreciate your work. Also checkout funding from Travis foundation and DuckDuckGo. If you need help with traffic to your site, let me know, I work at a CDN. http://foundation.travis-ci.org/grants/

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In SemVer [1], it's prescribed that the first number is for breaking changes, the second number for new features, and the third number for fixes. So this would be v3.0.0. It also allows you to add a suffix though for beta-type versions, so the beta would be v3.0.0-beta, or v3.0.0-rc1, etc. [1] http://semver.org/

SemVer works great for libraries, but it falls apart for actual software IMO. How would you define a "breaking change" in a software ? Would it be a complete redesign ? Or maybe a feature removal (Does that ever happen ?) Versions are supposed to convey meaning over how much has changed to the app between two versions. iTerm got soooooo many new features in this new version, anything smaller than a major bump would f…

> SemVer works great for libraries, but it falls apart for actual software IMO

SemVer is for APIs. From the spec:

> 1. Software using Semantic Versioning MUST declare a public API.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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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.

Agreed... It's a really nice, smooth experience... ConEmu is close, but not quite the same in Windows, and I haven't seen anything that even compares in Linux.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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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…

Thank you for all the work. Finding a specific setting in the settings panels is sometimes hard. I wish you could add search for setting items sometime in future.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

#139
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 use iterm all day, everyday. Thank you!

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The app's name is iTerm2. Version numbers have to increase lexicographically, so the version 3 beta is called 2.9. I'm open to suggestions :)

In SemVer [1], it's prescribed that the first number is for breaking changes, the second number for new features, and the third number for fixes. So this would be v3.0.0. It also allows you to add a suffix though for beta-type versions, so the beta would be v3.0.0-beta, or v3.0.0-rc1, etc. [1] http://semver.org/

I think it should be called iTerm 3. George, thank you SO MUCH for your work on this excellent app.
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