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I'm a little jealous of iTerm, not going to lie. The UX is pretty nice from what I've seen, but I can't find a like for like replacement for either Windows or Linux.
A couple more that I use often: * imgcat: you can view images without leaving your terminal. Somehow this works even across SSH connections… * Python scripting API: basically AppleScript for iTerm except it lets you touch pretty much everything and it's not soul-crushing to write. I have mine switch between themes based on the system appearance (which changes based on the time of day).
On imgcat, those extensions to the xterm protocol[0] seem really nice. I've long thought that there needs to be a simple escape sequence for a horizontal divider that doesn't break upon resizing, they should do that next! Also check out tiv[1] which is an alternative that works with any unicode terminal. [0]: https://www.iterm2.com/documentation-images.html [1]: https://github.com/stefanhaustein/TerminalImageViewer
I'm a little jealous of iTerm, not going to lie. The UX is pretty nice from what I've seen, but I can't find a like for like replacement for either Windows or Linux.
Every time I've considered a full-on switch to Linux, the many little tools that I'd have to give up weigh heavily the cons column.
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Every time I've considered a full-on switch to Linux, the many little tools that I'd have to give up weigh heavily the cons column.
Which tools would you have to give up?
- ability to plug into any monitor at any resolution that monitor supports
- ability to copy and paste to/from my phone
- Transmit - I really haven't found many good s3 clients on Linux
- ScreenFlow
- Git Tower
Most of these have some sort of a work-around or close analog of course. (So I'd likely not be "giving anything up" as much as compromising or learning new techniques) However, I'm not sold on the benefits (other than ideological ones, the only thing that comes to mind is increased Docker performance) outweighing the costs. For someone with a different workflow and set of tools, a different conclusion may result.
tmux -CC support is my favorite feature of iTerm2. It's amazing.
The other one being quicklook (space preview of files)
I’ve said it before: iterm2 is one of the two reasons I feel so much more productive on mac compared to Windows or Ubuntu The other one being quicklook (space preview of files)