What is the difference between iTerm2 and Terminal?
Solution 1:
There are several features listed on their features page.
Some of the features I like are:
- Split pane view
- Hotkey window for instant terminal anywhere
- Search will highlight all found words (like in Chrome and Safari)
- Mouseless copy
- Instant replay (can "rewind" your session in case you forgot to note/copy something)
- Paste history
- Growl support for notification when a process completes
Solution 2:
@joel's answer is good, but Terminal.app gained some exclusive features in Lion:
- support for Lion's restore feature
- support for system services - this means I have a system shortcut for “new terminal in this folder” without strange hacks.
- support for system services means great automator integration
- document proxy in the window and generally better D&D support
- right click on a string to search in man pages or open its man page in a cool floating window. Really handy!
See: http://www.macosxautomation.com/lion/terminal.html
Solution 3:
I just love iTerm because it does have the auto-complete for commands.thats just awesome.
From the feature list for iTerm2's on its website:
Just type the start of any word that has ever appeared in your window and then Cmd-; will pop open a window with suggestions. The word you're looking for is usually on top of the list!
