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Ask HN: Hacker Friendly Terminal (Linux/macOS)

2 pointsby throwaway158497about 3 years ago
Is there a open source terminal that is friendly to hacking? I want to add "next command prediction" to my terminal but I am at a loss to identify the correct terminal. iTerms2's architecture unfortunately did not allow me to do that.

4 comments

eddygabout 3 years ago
I’d look at zsh autosuggestions as a possible starting point. It’s based on your history and suggests previous commands based on what you type, but there’s no reason it couldn’t provide a suggestion “immediately”. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;zsh-users&#x2F;zsh-autosuggestions" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;zsh-users&#x2F;zsh-autosuggestions</a>
yokoprimeabout 3 years ago
As others have suggested, use zsh autosuggestions, personally I like to use oh-my-zsh as the framework for adding zsh plugins, but I don&#x27;t think its required. As for the terminal emulator, iTerm is stellar, but the terminal emulator does not handle things such as autosuggestions, that&#x27;s all up to the shell.
rasenganabout 3 years ago
There are some shells [1] that can do that based off your history. This doesn&#x27;t answer your question but may provide an alternative.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fishshell.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;fishshell.com&#x2F;</a>
5ESSabout 3 years ago
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