When comparing GoSublime vs Terminal.app, the Slant community recommends GoSublime for most people. In the question“What are the best plugins for Sublime Text?” GoSublime is ranked 10th while Terminal.app is ranked 28th. The most important reason people chose GoSublime is:
* code completion from Gocode * context aware snippets via the code-completion popup to complement the existing SublimeText Go package. * sublime build system(ctrl+b) integrating with GoSublime 9o command prompt * lint/syntax check as you type * quickly jump to any syntax error reported (and jump back to where you were before (across files)) * quickly fmt your source or automatically on save to conform with the Go standards * easily create a new go file and run it without needing to save it first (9o replay) * share your snippets (anything in the loaded file) on play.golang.org * list declarations in the current file * automatically add/remove package imports * quickly jump your import section(automatically goes to the last import) where you can easily edit the pkg alias and return to where you were before * go to definition of a package function or constant, etc. * show the source(and thus documentation) of a variable without needing to change views
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Pros
Pro Provides code completion and other IDE-like features
- code completion from Gocode
- context aware snippets via the code-completion popup to complement the existing SublimeText Go package.
- sublime build system(ctrl+b) integrating with GoSublime 9o command prompt
- lint/syntax check as you type
- quickly jump to any syntax error reported (and jump back to where you were before (across files))
- quickly fmt your source or automatically on save to conform with the Go standards
- easily create a new go file and run it without needing to save it first (9o replay)
- share your snippets (anything in the loaded file) on play.golang.org
- list declarations in the current file
- automatically add/remove package imports
- quickly jump your import section(automatically goes to the last import) where you can easily edit the pkg alias and return to where you were before
- go to definition of a package function or constant, etc.
- show the source(and thus documentation) of a variable without needing to change views
Pro Default terminal on Mac
Since it is already installed by default, you don't need to worry about finding and installing another terminal.
Pro Light on System Resources
Terminal.app lighter uses less system resources than iTerm having the same number of windows, tabs and processes going on.
Pro Great compatibility
Works with everything.
Pro Easily open man pages
By right clicking on a highlighted string you can easily search through the man pages for that string and the man page will open in a nice pop up window.
Pro Excellent xterm emulation support
Pro Beautiful
Terminal has nice colors and font options.
Cons
Con Updates are released rarely
Terminal usually gets an update when any new MacOS version is released, which is every couple of years.
Con Tab names are volatile
The tab names never stick -- it's imperative that this should work.
Con Background images are stretched rather than clipped
Con Occasionally crashes
Working remotely with a full buffer may cause complete terminal app crash.