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DTerm: A command line anywhere and everywhere

Oh, man. DTerm = instantaneous, low-friction, “get in/get out” CLI access from anyplace on your Mac. Daddy like…even more than Visor.

Get, get, get. Gold, I tells ya.

Also? DTerm’s not a bad way to start dipping your toe into the murky waters of (dunh-dunh-DUNNHHHHH!!!!) the command line (mmm…bash). It looks a lot scarier than it really is, I swear. Like Photoshop  and sexual intercourse, *NIX has way more options than a beginner needs to learn or  a casual user needs to master.

I mean, seriously—to start banging around with any of the three, you only really need to know  maybe 3% of the options. Which leaves you with a comforting level of complexity, depth, and breadth to just ignore until you really need it. Which there’s a good chance you won’t.
Viz:


  Unsharp Mask → Adjust Levels → (byzantine, bajillion-layer mask, knockout, and blend jive)    
  cd → sed → troff    
  changing your fucking sheets → oral sex without weeping and scream-singing songs from Scout camp → University of Phoenix  “master class” in Tantric Jism Calligraphy    
  

[via the outstanding (and highly-recommended) One Thing Well]
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DTerm: A command line anywhere and everywhere

Oh, man. DTerm = instantaneous, low-friction, “get in/get out” CLI access from anyplace on your Mac. Daddy like…even more than Visor.

Get, get, get. Gold, I tells ya.

Also? DTerm’s not a bad way to start dipping your toe into the murky waters of (dunh-dunh-DUNNHHHHH!!!!) the command line (mmm…bash). It looks a lot scarier than it really is, I swear. Like Photoshop and sexual intercourse, *NIX has way more options than a beginner needs to learn or a casual user needs to master.

I mean, seriously—to start banging around with any of the three, you only really need to know maybe 3% of the options. Which leaves you with a comforting level of complexity, depth, and breadth to just ignore until you really need it. Which there’s a good chance you won’t.
Viz:

  1. Unsharp Mask → Adjust Levels → (byzantine, bajillion-layer mask, knockout, and blend jive)
  2. cd → sed → troff
  3. changing your fucking sheets → oral sex without weeping and scream-singing songs from Scout camp → University of Phoenix “master class” in Tantric Jism Calligraphy

[via the outstanding (and highly-recommended) One Thing Well]

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