I was going to comment something similar. I use iTerm2 day to day for work, and gnome-terminal on my personal Linux box.
What's a compelling reason to switch terminals? Or maybe: is there a compelling reason not to switch?
What's a compelling reason to switch terminals? Or maybe: is there a compelling reason not to switch?
Your terminal emulator is one of the most security sensitive things you use. Sudo password? SSH keys? logs? A lot goes through your terminal, so I think about 5 times before trying out new terminals.
I use i3.
Trivial to learn and just works.
Xmonad is much, much more difficult.
Exactly the same for me! My terminal config *must* be in version control. But iTerm2 keeps it in some sort of Apple Plist crap. It has a "dynamic JSON profile" feature but it's hard to use correctly.
Switching to Alacritty from iTerm2 has been fantastic; I don't miss anything. I don't use tabs; I use tmux. I need an OS-wide "hotkey" but a few lines of hammerspoon seem to do that perfectly.