I’ve tried it periodically, but it just keeps not quite suiting me. My most recent try was to create a separate, minimal config file in order to run a standalone instance to be a terminal. I like the idea in principle, especially because I’ve recently switched mac -> linux, and there just doesn’t seem to be a linux term emulator that even comes close to the awesomeness of iTerm2.

I've had to switch to using konsole even though I'm on gnome

it's the only thing that can even come close in my experience

I just want a fast, configurable term that supports ligatures, which is apparently quite difficult

What I want more than anything is the well-designed search/copy/paste from iTerm2, and the terminal-window-based autocomplete. I'm currently using the Pantheon terminal (from Elementary OS) + tmux, and it's....adequate.

yeah iTerm2 is great. Learning new stuff about it everyday and it keeps surprising me. I recently turned on highlighting for any exception that happens and it’s been great

@eggsyntax why’d you switch from mac to linux?

I haven't loved the direction that Apple has been going with MBPs, and I like the idea of using a fully open OS. It's been a few months and I've definitely been happy about switching. One nice bonus is that I spent about 2/3 what I would have on a new MBP, and got a more powerful machine to boot.

I've been using Linux off & on for a long time, but it's been years since I've run it as my primary OS.

you really should give an honest try to setup and start using eshell. not too long ago I decided to make it my primary shell and I like it. there are things I miss from normal terminal and I still have to switch to it from time to time, but mostly I stay in Emacs

yeah that’s always a great point @eggsyntax. I am using a new MBP for work and it’s great but I’m not sure I’d spend the money to get this laptop myself - you can get a really powerful computer for the cost of one of these.

also FYI I just tried using the font fira code 2 in Spacemacs and it’s broken helm search

yeah very weird….

that’s cool @ag that eshell is doing what you need. Any advice on wading in?

for me it mostly boiled down to setting eshell.aliases file (they slightly differ from normal shells') and making Emacs understand envs

but you can do cool stuff like setting dd to open current dir in dired for example

oh that’s nifty

yeah you can basically call elisp functions from your shell that's totally schwifty

yeah that is!