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by graywh 6351 days ago
No self-respecting terminal user should suffer with Terminal.app--xterm supports more colors and more features. Even iTerm is a better alternative.
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marcher 6351 days ago
Terminal.app isn't so bad once you install TerminalColours and MouseTerm. xterm can be difficult to configure, it doesn't do tabs, and copying and pasting follow X11 rules in it. I prefer native applications wherever possible.

iTerm on the other hand is slow and bug-ridden. The last thing I want when using a terminal is for it to render choppily and crash on me.

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graywh 6351 days ago
Terminal.app still only supports 8* colors. And GNU screen is a more-than-capable replacement for tabs.

I'll have to try out MouseTerm later.

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twampss 6351 days ago
MouseTerm is great! I've been looking for something like this for a while...

Thank you!

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