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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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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 ;)

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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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.

putty is the defacto standard Windows SSH terminal. (Though that's not what iterm is.)

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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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 don't know if you're running in a terminal that supports them, or which escape codes to send to make use of them.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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This looks great. Will applescript support be coming back? I'm using consular iterm to start and stop projects. https://github.com/achiu/consular-iterm Can anyone recommend another macro tool that can set up a bunch of processes running in tabs?

Applescript is supported, just in a more consistent way now. This is the new syntax: https://iterm2.com/applescript.html Edit: I'm not the developer! I'm just a fan.

Awesome and thanks for the great work!!

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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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!

How do you hide the titlebar entirely?

Preferences > Profile > Window > Style: "No Title Bar"

doesn't seem to then be anyway to move the window (just resize from the edges)

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