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Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by fserb »

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…

Any chance that this new beta has support for borderless windows? I still use a forked version that doesn't have border.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by the_french »

isomorphic wrote: post #4

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!

Is there anyway to achieve something similar to Quicktime? Or is that what you mean by a 'dark' titlebar? I'd love if the titlebar would fade away when not mousing over it.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by cooper12 »

jpsim wrote: post #33

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 ;)

All the more power to you. If it works fine for you then it's good enough. Apple has also really caught up on Terminal.app's features. For example it didn't used to have multiple tabs which was a killer feature of iTerm. Personally, I don't even use most of the power features of iTerm except the custom shortcuts. (even preferring to use tmux directly) Still, some alternatives never hurt.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by autoreleasepool »

jpsim wrote: post #33

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 ;)

Same. I've tried it several times and have had the same experience you describe. Terminal.app recently got a nice upgrade too, which made switching to a 3rd party emulator even less compelling.

Edit: I tried the beta. It's faster than .app. I'll give it that.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by cooper12 »

> Session Restoration allows your jobs to keep running after iTerm2 upgrades, is force-quit, or crashes. It's like tmux without tmux!

Anyone know how this works? From my basic (possibly incorrect) understanding, iTerm currently spawns a bash shell for each tab which in turn has its own children for its processes; so killing iTerm would kill all of its children. Does it use a separate daemon process to spawn children now?

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by x0 »

icpmacdo wrote: post #73
monkmartinez wrote: post #67

Zsh shell via iTerm2, coupled with prezto or Oh my Zsh == Nirvana.

I'm going to look like a huge noob but is Zsh what makes terminals look cool? I see Oh my Zsh on Github and it has a lot of stars, how do I get started with it on my Mac?

oh my zsh is pretty easy to install, the instructions are on http://ohmyz.sh/.

I've been using zsh for so long, I've forgotten what zsh can do that bash can't. But I love zsh for these reasons:

- Crazy good command completion. Even right in the middle of commands! Example with dd: http://i.imgur.com/UQBlTc9.png

- That completion extends to directories as well. Just keep pressing tab and you get a cool little menu thing, whereas bash just prints the choices again and again.

- Right prompt!

- Syntax colours! Just like fish!

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by [deleted] »

schlomok wrote: post #88
coldtea wrote: post #55

I've been trying iTerm on and off (sometimes using it for months) but always went back to the Terminal. So far, this release seems it will finally make me switch.

What was your justification for going back? This is the first I've heard anyone say they went back to Terminal, so I'm pretty curious.

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Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by tomphoolery »

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…

(user here). Thank you, so much, for creating iTerm2 and keeping it going all these years. iTerm is now my only development environment, I also use the shell for email, HipChat, IM and of course IRC. I can stay in the shell pretty much all day. It's straightforward, easy to customize, and has built-in support for tmux. What more could I ask for? :)

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by autoreleasepool »

rickhanlonii wrote: post #41
jpsim wrote: post #33

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 ;)

https://medium.com/@xanderdunn/iterm2-vs-terminal-c06976f106...

Which one is the killer feature? The ones listed in that article all seem like extremely minor differences to me.

Re: iTerm2 Version 3 Now in Beta

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Post by gh02t »

glossyscr wrote: post #27

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.

I don't use Windows a whole lot, but when I do I usually go for ConEmu. Might be worth checking out.

https://conemu.github.io/

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