Terminal app and 'select-by-word' characters aka 'character classes'
Does anyone know if the character classes in Terminal are configurable?
Mini Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.6.3), 4 GB - GSafe 2TB RAID1 - VMWare Fusion
Mini Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.6.3), 4 GB - GSafe 2TB RAID1 - VMWare Fusion
*charClass: 45:48,46:48,47:48,58:48,64:48
Cole Tierney wrote:
Take the plunge! 😉
etresoft wrote:
Can you give an example of what you would like to see happen vs what happens now?
I just downloaded iTerm and I'm quite underwhelmed. People have been singing its praises for a long time, but I don't know why. I'm sticking with Terminal.app.
Other than that, I don't care for it much, the fonts all look bad on my display. I greatly prefer Terminal.app in general.
As a side issue, is it possible to make Terminal.app 'click-to-copy' behavior, so you don't have to Ctrl-C to put the string in the Clipboard?
BobHarris wrote:
Another is the ability to have anything selected automatically copied into the clipboard. Combine that with the middle mouse button pastes the clipboard (or a 9 button mouse customized to paste with a selected button),
But anyone that uses the Terminal infrequently, or has a totally different workflow may find Terminal a better choice. And there are some good xterm, rxvt, and other X11 based terminal emulators that someone else may prefer. It is all good, especially if it aids your work flow.
Wrong way, Corrigan!
You're not up on current events. Apple is getting us back to single button mice. No way would I give up my Magic Mouse. My newest computer doesn't have a mouse at all - or a keyboard for that matter.
But anyone that uses the Terminal infrequently, or has a totally different workflow may find Terminal a better choice. And there are some good xterm, rxvt, and other X11 based terminal emulators that someone else may prefer. It is all good, especially if it aids your work flow.
I just submitted a feature request to Apple to add full path selection. I can see where this would be a useful feature.
I still disagree with the general assumption that Mac power users use iTerm.
I only have a handful of machines I ssh into, but I do have several Terminal windows open 7-8 hours per day, if not more.
BobHarris wrote:
Wrong way, Corrigan!
I did not see a smily on that 🙂
I also got a bluetooth keyboard with the iMac. But I decided to keep using the full sized USB aluminum Apple keyboard I already owned with the iMac. No need to keep changing batteries that way.
The bluetooth keyboad is now paired with the iPad at home.
Where did I say iTerm was for "Power Users"?
What I was doing, was explaining why "I" like iTerm. I was not trying to say anything negative about Terminal, nor other terminal emulators, nor about the way people use those environments to their advantage.
Again, if this works for you, or anyone, that is goodness. Terminal has some good features, especially since they added multiple tabbed window support. I really like the ability to expand the window to full screen when I have to view some very wide text output, or do a vimdiff side-by-side difference, and then click on the green button and the window is back to its normal size.
#!/bin/sh
# Get a hold of the last parameter.
eval LAST=${$#}
# Now run opendiff with the previous version and the current version.
opendiff ${*} -merge "$LAST"
And I'm sure there are other gems in Terminal that I have not discovered, only because I mostly use iTerm. Again, I am not trying to tell anyone not to use Terminal, especially if they like it.
etresoft wrote:
It sounds like what you are trying to do isn't well suited to a mouse-based interface.
I suggest something like this:
find /Top | pbcopy
etresoft wrote:
I just submitted a feature request to Apple to add full path selection. I can see where this would be a useful feature. I still disagree with the general assumption that Mac power users use iTerm. I only have a handful of machines I ssh into, but I do have several Terminal windows open 7-8 hours per day, if not more.
Terminal app and 'select-by-word' characters aka 'character classes'