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Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by Gratsby »

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 am an iTerm2 user. I think it's a fantastic product.

That being said, if I see a pop-up dialog with an advertisement coming from my terminal application, I am going to uninstall it immediately and never think twice about it again.

I thought iterm was open source.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by [deleted] »

wantreprenr007 wrote: post #114
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…

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…

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Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by sstanfie »

Another suggestion: how about simply calling it "iTerm". This can be version 3. I know "iTerm2" was a fork of the defunct original iTerm. But now that you're pushing through to v3, in kind of makes sense to reclaim the title.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by tatterdemalion »

cargen wrote: post #35
iso-8859-1 wrote: post #8

There is already the need for standardization on inline images, as notty uses another approach than iTerm2, which uses another approach than Terminology.

xterm can do inline graphics too, in the form of Sixel for raster graphics and ReGIS for vector graphics. At least those are sort of standard, in that they were used by real terminals and there are real specs for them. The annoying thing is, even if terminals standardized on one protocol, none of them set $TERM or use terminfo properly. So there's no good way for programs to actually use these features, because you d…

> The annoying thing is, even if terminals standardized on one protocol, none of them set $TERM or use terminfo properly.

This is why notty _does_ set $TERM and has a terminfo sheet.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by tatterdemalion »

jsmthrowaway wrote: post #85
cargen wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

xterm can do inline graphics too, in the form of Sixel for raster graphics and ReGIS for vector graphics. At least those are sort of standard, in that they were used by real terminals and there are real specs for them. The annoying thing is, even if terminals standardized on one protocol, none of them set $TERM or use terminfo properly. So there's no good way for programs to actually use these features, because you d…

> none of them set $TERM or use terminfo properly. There's a reason for this, and it's because a lot of things assume certain values for $TERM and completely go to shit when it's something else. In addition, who actually sets $TERM is an open question depending on the architecture of the system you are talking to (and the manner in which you logged in). Beyond that, the architecture of terminfo is a disincentive to c…

> Terminals are now much smarter than the average VT100, and it's high time for a terminal to identify its capabilities with a new protocol that doesn't require server-side state. But nobody is working on that, to my knowledge, because the "Unix way" creates an even stronger disincentive to evolve the manner in which we think about Unix lest we disrespect the past.

How would you write a terminal protocol that could support `vim` with a stateless server?

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by treerex »

Gratsby wrote: post #231
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 am an iTerm2 user. I think it's a fantastic product. That being said, if I see a pop-up dialog with an advertisement coming from my terminal application, I am going to uninstall it immediately and never think twice about it again. I thought iterm was open source.

It is. The advert was to notify you that the iTerm 3 beta is available and that it has some cool features.

It did not ask for donations. It was purely informational.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by xenihn »

mittsh wrote: post #223
vishvananda wrote: post #128

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thanks for the tip on spectacles. I've been using sizeup for the same functionality for years bit it looks like spectacles does the same thing for free. How does paw compare to postman?

Thanks for the mention! What makes Paw different is dynamic values which lets you access/parse data from previous responses and compute anything you want. It's a simple way to do visual programming for your API testing. Also today we're introducing full encryption for users credentials. Also, Paw is a native Mac app, and we love the look and feel it has. (disclaimer: I'm Paw's founder)

Paw is great, use it nearly every day at work :)

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by autoreleasepool »

Rafert wrote: post #188
autoreleasepool wrote: post #164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you honestly expect him to append his setup because of _aarti's particular situation?

He might be the first one to ask? Unless my grasp of the English language is slipping, he asked politely without any expectations? On topic: I've seen Patreon used by some of the more well-known YouTube science video creators (CGP Grey, Kurzgesagt, Numberphile come to mind) so it seems to be ok.

But seriously, do you honestly expect him to append his setup just because _aarti asked politely about his particular situation?

Seems like a bit much to ask of a total stranger and it only benefits one person. Everyone else can use PayPal just fine.

Also, asking for a favor implies an expectation. Prove me wrong.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by tracker1 »

dtf wrote: post #184
tracker1 wrote: post #137

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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.

I'm a Linux user, and I use iTerm when I'm on a Mac and ConEmu on Windows. Are there some features I'm missing out on?

A nice tabbed interface... though, doing another search, this time I've found a few options.

ROXterm, LilyTerm and Sakura judging from screenshots... per: http://www.tecmint.com/linux-terminal-emulators/

I'd spent some time trying to find an "alternative to iterm for linux" and the like, coming up pretty short.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by Zarel »

nkouevda wrote: post #210
Zarel wrote: post #166

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If you're interested in the regressions iTerm2 has compared to Terminal.app, the two I've noticed are: - Terminal.app will focus the tab triggering "prompt before closing if there are jobs running besides" and name the job that's running. iTerm2 always ask "Quit iTerm2?" and leave you to hunt down which tab is preventing it from being closed. - Triple-clicking in Terminal.app will select from the previous \n to the n…

> Triple-clicking in Terminal.app will select from the previous \n to the next \n (i.e. it will select multiple lines if the lines are wrapped), while triple-clicking in iTerm2 will select only that line. In iTerm2, toggle "Triple-click selects full wrapped lines" in the Pointer tab in Preferences.

Man, and I thought I had scoured all of the Preferences, too. Thanks!
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