ITerm2 1.0 Released • Hacker News Board

Re: ITerm2 1.0 Released

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Post by niels_olson » Thu, Jul 07, 2011, 7:27 PM UTC

some other resources for those interested in terminal apps, what are some others?

Guake: http://guake.org/

Yakuake: http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=29153

Visor: http://visor.binaryage.com/

SIMBL: http://www.culater.net/software/SIMBL/SIMBL.php

Solarized: http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized

Re: ITerm2 1.0 Released

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Post by JonnieCache » Thu, Jul 07, 2011, 7:29 PM UTC

TylerE wrote: post #9

Does the font rendering seem very different to anyone else? Using the same font (Anonymous Pro 14pt), I had to increase the vertical spacing from 1.0 (as it was in iTerm) to ~1.18 to get the same spacing. Bold is rendered differently (worse) too. It does seem quite a bit snappier on my old G5 though. Comparison shot: iTerm on the left, iterm2 on right: http://i.imgur.com/9yA8y.png

Fiddle with the various anti-aliasing options, it should change back.

Re: ITerm2 1.0 Released

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Post by oomkiller » Thu, Jul 07, 2011, 7:32 PM UTC

SeoxyS wrote: post #18

You have to be kidding me, right? This app is so bloated and unpolished—it really doesn't feel like it belongs on the Mac. I'll take OSX Lion's sleek Terminal.app over iTerm any day. My favorite new feature, it lets you customize ANSI colors! Screenshot of Lion Terminal: http://akhun.com/seo/skitch/kenneth_%E2%80%94_vim-20110707-1... Edit: I know I'm going to get tons of downvotes for this. But it's my opinion that s…

Have you used it recently? It was really buggy/slow a few months ago, but has improved drastically.

Re: ITerm2 1.0 Released

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Post by brown9-2 » Thu, Jul 07, 2011, 7:33 PM UTC

SeoxyS wrote: post #18

You have to be kidding me, right? This app is so bloated and unpolished—it really doesn't feel like it belongs on the Mac. I'll take OSX Lion's sleek Terminal.app over iTerm any day. My favorite new feature, it lets you customize ANSI colors! Screenshot of Lion Terminal: http://akhun.com/seo/skitch/kenneth_%E2%80%94_vim-20110707-1... Edit: I know I'm going to get tons of downvotes for this. But it's my opinion that s…

C'mon, please at least share with everyone what features you find are "bloat".

Re: ITerm2 1.0 Released

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Post by ideamonk » Thu, Jul 07, 2011, 7:37 PM UTC

oomkiller wrote: post #33

SeoxyS wrote: post #18

You have to be kidding me, right? This app is so bloated and unpolished—it really doesn't feel like it belongs on the Mac. I'll take OSX Lion's sleek Terminal.app over iTerm any day. My favorite new feature, it lets you customize ANSI colors! Screenshot of Lion Terminal: http://akhun.com/seo/skitch/kenneth_%E2%80%94_vim-20110707-1... Edit: I know I'm going to get tons of downvotes for this. But it's my opinion that s…

Have you used it recently? It was really buggy/slow a few months ago, but has improved drastically.

I've been using it since last 7 months. This version definitely seems speedier, I'm talking about the lags in bringing up new tabs/windows in previous versions.

Moreover I love the simplicity of its key combinations - CMD + left right.

CMD+^+E -> A nice expose style overview for all your tabs.

Though their search is horribly slow.

Re: ITerm2 1.0 Released

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Post by snippyhollow » Thu, Jul 07, 2011, 7:38 PM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #23

I wasn't a fan of iTerm "1". What's new in 2? Someone got a summary? I don't see it on their site.

It's fast. iTerm 1 was __very__ slow, and if you code in vim (not gVim or MacVim) because you like to ctrl-Z/fg like me, you have to try iTerm 2. It's Terminal with a real fullscreen mode and the support of 256 colors. Plus some nice other things (autocomplete...).

Re: ITerm2 1.0 Released

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Post by nicksergeant » Thu, Jul 07, 2011, 7:43 PM UTC

cschmidt wrote: post #10

nicksergeant wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow, I had absolutely no idea iTerm did window splitting natively. I had been using dvtm for a while. Thanks for the tip!

Notice that this is iTerm2, which I believe is a fork of iTerm, further developed by different people than the original iTerm.

Yep I've been running iTerm2. I suppose I've just never looked for the window splitting.

Re: ITerm2 1.0 Released

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Post by Ein2015 » Thu, Jul 07, 2011, 7:43 PM UTC

SeoxyS wrote: post #18

You have to be kidding me, right? This app is so bloated and unpolished—it really doesn't feel like it belongs on the Mac. I'll take OSX Lion's sleek Terminal.app over iTerm any day. My favorite new feature, it lets you customize ANSI colors! Screenshot of Lion Terminal: http://akhun.com/seo/skitch/kenneth_%E2%80%94_vim-20110707-1... Edit: I know I'm going to get tons of downvotes for this. But it's my opinion that s…

What are these downvotes you speak of?

Re: ITerm2 1.0 Released

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Post by Ein2015 » Thu, Jul 07, 2011, 7:45 PM UTC

johnbender wrote: post #16

#container { margin: 0 15%; } looks much better as #container { margin: 0 auto; } I expect downvotes but its a great app and it deserves a great website.

What are these downvotes you speak of?

Re: ITerm2 1.0 Released

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Post by ams6110 » Thu, Jul 07, 2011, 7:53 PM UTC

creativeembassy wrote: post #2

I've been using this replacement for Terminal.app while it's been in beta, and it's fantastic. It natively supports splitting, windowing, and tabs, and it has great keyboard shortcuts for navigation between all of your windows. It also has fullscreen mode (and top-of-screen mode) if you like to dedicate a Space to it. There's a Solarized theme for it if you're into that sort of thing. It supports Growl if you can't s…

Terminal.app has tabs, at least as of Snow Leopard. Also does split panes (but they are the same session). I use Terminal quite a lot but have not found it lacking enough to consider replacing it.