![]() The process of changing themes or adding additional functionality is pretty straight forward. The docs are a great resource for learning more about customization and configuration. Hyperterm uses its own configuration file to extend the basic functionality. The real power though, comes from the flexibility and design of the plugin system and configuration files which makes customization really easy to get going with and really powerful. The stock Hyperterm is definitely usable. Just fire up Hyperterm and you are good to go. Once that is done and you go through the installation process you are ready to get started. ![]() To get started, head over to the official Hyperterm website and download the latest release. If you know javascript, you can already start hacking on the look and feel of Hyperterm, the Chromium browser tools are literally built into it (cmd+option+i). ![]() ![]() Obviously this is a win because you can port your configuration to different platforms and don’t need to reconfigure anything, and can also store your configuration in source control so that if your machine ever dies or you get a new one, you have a nice place to pick things up again, which is pretty slick. Since Hyperterm is built on top of node (via Electron) it is by default cross platform so works on Mac and Linux and Windows soon. For those who don’t know, Hyperterm is based on the electron project which leverages nodejs to build desktop applications that are cross platform.Īt its simplest, Hyperterm is a drop in replacement for other shells, like iterm2 or the default terminal app that comes packaged with most OS’s. Basically, Hyperterm allows for a wide variety of customization and extension to be added to the terminal, yet doesn’t add extra bloat and keeps things fast. The Development Roadmap is tracked in this issue on GitHub.Įxtraterm logos were designed and provided by Gabriel Harel.If you haven’t heard about it yet, Hyperterm (not to be confused with hyperterminal) is a cool new project that brings javascript to the terminal. Bugs, issues and wishes can be submitted via the GitHub issues. Development and ContributingĮxtraterm is an Open Source project developed in the open at GitHub. This results in smaller package and installer sizes and also an application which starts up faster.įollow or via RSS feed or even Watch Releases on GitHub to receive news updates as they happen. Most of the code is now being compressed and unused code is aggressively being removed. A huge amount of work went into optimising the build process and the final application build files and packaging. Extraterm Qt v0.67.0 released - It is a busy time of the year and this release took much longer to reach than expected. It is fast and highlights occurences by default. Extraterm Qt v0.68.0 released - Find functionality has been added. It is configurable and supports regular expressions so you can detect and highlight things like dates and IP addresses if you want to. This is a completely new extension which can automatically highlight certain words in the terminal output. Extraterm Qt v0.69.0 released - The new Colorizer extension has been added. Please report any instances of this happening. Qt 6 might introduce some sizing and rendering glitches, especially when different monitor DPIs are involved. Support for global shortcuts has been restored too. Extraterm Qt v0.70.0 released - Version 0.70 upgrades the underlying Qt version from 5 to 6. Extraterm Qt v0.71.0 released - This release is a mixed bag of smaller features and fixes. Previous command output can be used as input for new commands.Easy uploads and downloads using the shell integration.Shell integration can isolate and ‘frame’ command output.Supports Linux and macOS, and on Windows WSL, CMD, and PowerShell.It provides a toolbox for working with your terminal and command line applications. Extraterm is more than just a terminal emulator.
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