Show HN: Term.app, a terminal + shell replacement for Mac(mehdi.is)
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Show HN: Term.app, a terminal + shell replacement for Mac
http://mehdi.is/making/a/terminal/
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Quite a simple yet innovative idea. Now if it has some essential features like tabs for quick switching between different current directories, command history, and a beautiful interface, it could actually replace my default terminal app. Great start though!
Can you explain how this is really different from iTerm2 + multiple tabs open? I guess the current folder listing....
from the technical point of view, it's largely different as Term uses its own shell whereas iTerm2 would use your shell (probably bash or zsh).
from interface: with Term each output is put into its own scrollable textbox. That way if you run a command that spits out a lot of output (e.g. grep or make), it won't obscure your previous commands.
There's also the command textbox which solves some problems I've ran into. For example, if you want to modify a long command, it can be kind of difficult if you haven't set up vim bindings with your shell or if you aren't quite adept at navigating the command-line. But since this is a normal textbox, you can use your mouse to click to where you want to edit.
from interface: with Term each output is put into its own scrollable textbox. That way if you run a command that spits out a lot of output (e.g. grep or make), it won't obscure your previous commands.
There's also the command textbox which solves some problems I've ran into. For example, if you want to modify a long command, it can be kind of difficult if you haven't set up vim bindings with your shell or if you aren't quite adept at navigating the command-line. But since this is a normal textbox, you can use your mouse to click to where you want to edit.
Any advantages over someone who's used to zsh?
definitely. While zsh has great default tab-completion, it still kind of sucks when there are multiple results for a completion but zsh doesn't inform you unless you hit TAB multiple times.
Term's grouping of output is pretty amazing, I think, and blows away almost any shell + terminal combo.
Term's grouping of output is pretty amazing, I think, and blows away almost any shell + terminal combo.