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Re: iTerm2 3.5.0

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Post by flohofwoe »

__jonas wrote: post #18

iTerm is a great program and I love it. If there is one thing I could add to it, I really would like "IDE style autocomplete", like fig promised, and I guess that warp terminal or whatever it's called. Right now when I press "CMD+;" it pops up an autocomplete style box, I would just like to have pretty much that but always on, and filled with suggestions for the command being typed, like an IDE or code editor with a…

I'm using the zsh-autosuggestion plugin (so not a feature of the terminal but of the shell):

https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions

Re: iTerm2 3.5.0

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Post by pdpi »

swiftcoder wrote: post #46
thiht wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> good Mac-centric alternatives for folks who don't want OpenAI snooping around their terminal iTerm, since they don't do that. Just keep it disabled. Unless you consider any terminal that lets you make network calls to OpenAI = OpenAI snooping around.

I don't think "it's fine, I unchecked the OpenAI checkbox" is going to make my HIPAA/SOC2 auditor very happy

You don't "uncheck the OpenAI checkbox". You check the box if you want to use it, and you provide an API key. Hooking genAI up to your terminal is sort of one of the obvious use cases for this tech, and they're just providing you with the hooks to use it if you like.

As much as I dislike the current trend of "AI ALL THE THINGS", I don't think supporting it as a completely optional feature is in any way problematic.

Re: iTerm2 3.5.0

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Post by MissTake »

flohofwoe wrote: post #42

I'm really disappointed that iTerm2 is adding AI gimmicks :/ Last place I want that crap integrated is in the terminal. Next disappointment is that there's no obvious checkbox for disabling it.

Because it’s not enabled by default?

One has to not only enable it but also provide an API key first.

I’m failing to see how “off by default” is a worse option here…

Re: iTerm2 3.5.0

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Post by watt »

swiftcoder wrote: post #32

So what are the good Mac-centric alternatives for folks who don't want OpenAI snooping around their terminal? Warp already went all-in on AI and cloud, now iTerm headed down that same path. Alacritty? Kitty? Hyper?

iTerm2 is open source. Stop clutching your pearls and make a fork, if you are compelled to.

Re: iTerm2 3.5.0

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Post by [deleted] »

swiftcoder wrote: post #32

So what are the good Mac-centric alternatives for folks who don't want OpenAI snooping around their terminal? Warp already went all-in on AI and cloud, now iTerm headed down that same path. Alacritty? Kitty? Hyper?

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Re: iTerm2 3.5.0

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Post by jchoelt »

It's a shame their "OpenAI" integration doesn't let you specify the Base URL and model. Then it could have worked locally with ollama (or with any other OpenAI compatible API if that matters: mistral, groq, ...)

It's a bit of a shame to see an open source product makes an "OpenAI" only integration when they could have make it work with minimal effort with the free and open alternatives (ignorance maybe). Hopefully I can contribute that.

Re: iTerm2 3.5.0

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Post by jchoelt »

terhechte wrote: post #20
thih9 wrote: post #3

> A new AI feature in the Toolbelt, "Codecierge", lets you set a goal and then walks you step-by-step to completing it by watching the terminal contents What exactly is “watching the terminal contents”? Does this happen locally or is data sent to a third party? If a third party is involved, what data is shared exactly?

You can set a custom URL to use Ollama which is OpenAI API compatible. Llama3 8b runs quite fast for me on a M1 Max. I'll be making use of this feature I think (haven't tried it yet).

No, unfortunately it's not possible to set a custom URL... OpenAI is either hard coded or using a configuration option that isn't exposed.

Re: iTerm2 3.5.0

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Post by hombre_fatal »

oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #60
hombre_fatal wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On the other hand, I like AI integration. In iTerm's case, I like this ability to cmd+Y -> "start a static http server here" -> it responds "python3 -m http.server 8000" and I easily shift+enter to run it. As opposed to alt-tabbing to my browser, opening an LLM (or google, yuck), asking it a question, and the copy and pasting stuff back into my terminal. That might be the familiar / old way of doing everything but it…

I know that was just an example, but if you're doing it that often, why not create a `start-static-server` script/alias? And if you're not doing it often enough to justify that, is the difference in workflow really significant?

Because that question can be swapped for 1000s of other one-off questions I might have over time, like "use find to delete all node_modules folders below this directory" or "use jq to extract the username key from each obj in a top level array".

Re: iTerm2 3.5.0

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Post by joshstrange »

swiftcoder wrote: post #32

So what are the good Mac-centric alternatives for folks who don't want OpenAI snooping around their terminal? Warp already went all-in on AI and cloud, now iTerm headed down that same path. Alacritty? Kitty? Hyper?

You can just not turn it on. This is the most mild AI integration of any recent terminal I’ve seen. Also you can set the url from what other commenters are saying so you can use a local LLM if you want.

This manufactured outrage is absurd. iTerm2 has been the most solid and conservative terminal I’ve ever used and people are pretending they jumped the shark with this feature.

Re: iTerm2 3.5.0

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Post by joshstrange »

flohofwoe wrote: post #42

I'm really disappointed that iTerm2 is adding AI gimmicks :/ Last place I want that crap integrated is in the terminal. Next disappointment is that there's no obvious checkbox for disabling it.

Are you joking? Just don’t put in an API key and it will never do anything AI related.

People getting all up in arms over an optional feature…

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