On Jul 15, 2011, at 11:38 PM, LuKreme wrote: > On Jul 14, 2011, at 20:11, Jean-Christophe Helary > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've been using Dterm.app a lot for trivial commands and really like it, but >> I recently found that its handling (or lack thereof) of encoded strings was >> far from ideal. >> >> So, I'm looking for an alternative application that gives me access to the >> command line anywhere I am. Any suggestion ? > > I'm not familiar with xterm, but there are a variety of utilities that give > you quick access to the command line. What exactly do you need it to be able > to do?
The nice thing about Dterm is that whatever is front when you call it becomes its working directory. So, imagine you work on a text file in TextWrangler, call Dterm and launch a command that uses the file you're working on. Without Dterm you'd have to locate the file, cd to that location and only then work from the Terminal. Another example is, I am in Finder, I need to create a folder, or a file, or anything, I call Dterm and it does whatever I tell it to do right in the Finder window that's front. I think that is Dterm's strength. Whatever is front and has a path that's readable lets Dterm use that path as the working directory. The only issue I have with Dterm is how it does not handle some encoded strings. So, I need something that's totally foolproof regarding strings handling. Jean-Christophe Helary ---------------------------------------- fun: http://mac4translators.blogspot.com work: http://www.doublet.jp (ja/en > fr) tweets: http://twitter.com/brandelune _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
