DTerm 1.2

DTerm 1.2 is a free tool that provides a context-sensitive command line in any application at the touch of a key. Rather than operating as separate windows in a separate application, DTerm integrates command line work into a user's natural workflow, boosting productivity and reducing screen clutter.

When activated, DTerm queries the frontmost window for the path to its document and presents a command line with an appropriate working directory, and allows the document's file to easily be entered into the command. The results from commands can also be copied to the clipboard and DTerm dismissed with a single keystroke. With DTerm, the total process of running a command in any working directory and copying the results for later use is reduced to as few as three keystrokes (and no mouse use).

Major Features:

1. Location, Location, Location
   • No matter what application you're in, no matter what document you're working with, just hit DTerm's hotkey and it'll be there for you, already set to the working directory of your current document. When you're done, hit escape or just go on about your work, and it'll automatically fade out, leaving your screen clutter-free.
2. Natural Selection
   • Your selection (in the Finder) or your current document (everywhere else) is available at a keystroke for your command. svn adding, tarring, or scping specific files just got a whole lot more convenient.
3. Team Player
   • For those cases where you need something more interactive than the command-by-command style of DTerm (say, for an emacs session editing a commit message), DTerm still serves as a great launch point.
   • For any command, hitting Command-Return instead of just Return opens a new Terminal.app window set to the right working directory, and executes the command there for you instead. Executing even a blank command this way is a super-handy way to get a full Terminal.app window preset to the right working directory of whatever you're working on.
4. You Complete Me
   • DTerm fully supports the bash shell's programmable autocompletion system. If you hit tab or F5 in the command field, an autocompletion window appears with the exact recommendations bash would have provided, no matter what your configuration.
5. The Results are in the Pudding
   • One keystroke puts a copy of your last command's results on the clipboard and dismisses DTerm. This reduces the common open window-cd-command-select-copy-close window sequence to as few as three total keystrokes, for those keeping score at home.
   • DTerm also keeps a (configurably sized) history of recent results for your perusal and reference. More lengthy processes can also be easily managed through DTerm—it'll keep them going while you're away, let you check on their progress whenever you like, and clean them up after they're done.

Enhancements:

• DTerm is now free!
• Now compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard,” and will run as a 64-bit application when appropriate on that platform
• DTerm Help is now available via the action menu when running without a dock icon (and hence without a menubar)
• Improved working directory/current document detection in several applications
• Updated “Execute in Terminal” functionality to reflect bug fixes and match idiosyncrasies in the latest versions of Terminal
• The usual assortment of minor tweaks and improvements

Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard"