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Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by krylon »

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 don't remember what made me use iTerm in the first place. I think I didn't find out how to use tabs in Apple's terminal right away, but now I have routinely 10-12 tabs open, and being able to save and restore the arrangement is very, very convenient.

Thank you very much for the good work!!!

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by wantreprenr007 »

gnachman wrote: post #142
wantreprenr007 wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

iTerm2 is the most beautiful, customizable and usable OS X terminal replacement in the history of everything. Full stop. Go2shell also makes iTerm2 slightly even better, just don't mistype it without that 's'. Sadly, iTerm2 doesn't make coffee or answer email, and for these couple of trivial, unrealistic failings I'm anonymously internet outraged with a cohort petition of at least 235k signatures so far to have your…

Not the greatest, but I did this a few years ago… http://www.zazzle.com/iTerm2

Hey nice, it's a start.

Sales is two things: good product and having/inventing a plausible/worthwhile excuse to mention it.

No one has to be an artist (the best I can do is about the 2nd grade level: stick figures and writing which gradually changes size and slants to one side.). There are plenty of really good designers in most major metros whom will work for some % of gross, credit and/or fee... Dribbble, 99designs, sortfolio, elance, odesk, craigslist, on and on. See what folks can come up with and do small test runs to see if it's worth stocking (Amazon fulfillment will hold stock for cheap). Zazzle typically makes bank at a high price-point and leaves you with a pittance %. Indie graphics shops can usually make quality shirts at various volumes for super cheap, some will drop ship directly to customers and others can send to Amazon Fulfillment and let Amazon handle it.

Also for shwag concepts, it's possible to crowdsource ideas & voting from a massive community (creds on actual product)... It's a plus for at least 3 reasons.

Promoting: vlogging YT, podcast interviewing people, conference and meetups, so on... Always bring more value and humanity to an event or forum than just pitching sales robot, that's what people respond to usually

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by ghshephard »

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…

In terms of hours spent in an application, only Chrome and Tweetbot exceed how many hours each year I live inside iTerm2+tmux. In terms of what contributes to my ability to get my job done - and just sheer joy at using software that is rock solid, and integrates well with the tools that I use - there is nothing even close to iTerm2 - it's the single reason why I couldn't even consider using an operating system other than OS X.

I'm embarrassed to admit it's been about 5+ years since I last made a donation, which I'm fixing right now.

Thanks so much for iTerm2 - it's made my life better.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by Larrikin »

seanp2k2 wrote: post #54
sikhnerd wrote: post #49

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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.

I had been using Cinch. This seems pretty similar

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by wingerlang »

xenihn wrote: post #107
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.

OSX-only apps that I absolutely love and consider must-haves: Free: Iterm2 Spectacles Sip Not free: Dash Textmate (I use it as the equivalent of Windows' Notepad.exe) Transmit Sketch Paw If anyone has any other suggestions for things that they consider must-haves, I'd love to know about them so I can try them out!

Snappy and DragonDrop

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by gry »

blckshp wrote: post #123
gry wrote: post #118

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Why are you concerned with Sparkle? Is it because it's a third party library or whether or not iTerm2 makes HTTPS updates? It seems a little debugging with LittleSnitch/Charles would glean an answer how the requests are made and what, if anything else is. Perhaps a ticket https://iterm2.com/bugs is warranted.

Well, if you hadn't heard http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/02/huge-number-of-mac-a... I would just like to know before I install. I don't think it is too unreasonable of a prerequisite.

Thank you for this. I had not.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by duaneb »

rickhanlonii wrote: post #41
jpsim wrote: post #33

I'm sure I'm missing iTerm2's big appeal, but every time I try to use it, I find myself going back to Terminal.app, which I find more responsive and just as featureful, especially when combined with zsh and a windowing manager. That's probably just because I'm familiar with it and I didn't come from tmux or anything similar, but I keep hoping I'll be "enlightened" at some point and realize the error of my ways ;)

https://medium.com/@xanderdunn/iterm2-vs-terminal-c06976f106...

> Customizability ends up being pretty important for serious developers who are always in the terminal.

Ironically, I would say customizability ends up being pretty important for serious developers attempting to avoid working. I can't say my terminal itself—as opposed to the shell—requires any serious modifications at all. (I rewire the left option key and color schemes, and that's about it.)

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by pixelcloud »

pmoriarty wrote: post #148

Is there a way to make a previously hidden iTerm window show without also bringing any other iTerm windows to the front? I'm looking to replace TotalTerminal with iTerm (since TT doesn't work on El Capitan without making OS X less secure), and tried using a function key to hide/show a small iTerm window, but while that does work, the problem is that when it shows the small window, it also shows my regular large iTerm…

Yes, they have had a visor feature for a long time actually. I'm not on my mac right now and i'm not 100% sure if this link is accurate anymore. But it's under the keyboard shortcuts or profile settings. It is not enabled by default, and you can create a new hotkey profile with more transparency or whatever,

http://fokkezb.nl/2014/10/29/using-iterm2s-improved-visor/

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by pixelcloud »

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/

With the default settings in iTerm, you might not fully fill the screen with shortcuts (half screen would be missing a little bit of the window on the bottom). By default iTerm uses row height to determine the window height.

Advanced Settings > Smooth Resizing - will fix this.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by kgthegreat »

trcollinson wrote: post #120
tomphoolery wrote: post #98

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(user here). Thank you, so much, for creating iTerm2 and keeping it going all these years. iTerm is now my only development environment, I also use the shell for email, HipChat, IM and of course IRC. I can stay in the shell pretty much all day. It's straightforward, easy to customize, and has built-in support for tmux. What more could I ask for? :)

If you don't mind me asking, what do you use for all of those applications in your terminal? I love to know what other people use for email, irc, etc.

emacs
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