When comparing Sublime CodeIntel vs Terminal.app, the Slant community recommends Sublime CodeIntel for most people. In the question“What are the best plugins for Sublime Text?” Sublime CodeIntel is ranked 4th while Terminal.app is ranked 28th.
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Pros
Pro Displays information in the status bar about the working function
Pro Shows autocomplete with the available modules/symbols in real time
Pro Lets you jump to the file and line of the definition of a symbol
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.
Con Home and End keys require shift being pressed
