This is funny but I'm also so sorry to trigger this during a talk. This is making me wonder if I can reliably detect when the display is being mirrored and delay update notices... Thanks for using Ghostty, though!
Josh Cohenzadeh
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Oct 6
the Ghostty update showing up at @OpenAI dev day 😂

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Can you trigger this at the next google keynote as well. Free marketing.
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The funny thing is that these update checks aren’t even pushed. They’re pulled. Just coincidental timing all around.
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This wouldn’t happen in Terminal.app Can you change the update pop up window to be more like Zed on the on the bottom right or something ?
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Yeah someone commented that, that's possibly a better idea!
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Love ghostty, how do you decide when/if a feature is important enough to build when weighed against the tech debt any line of code brings How do you triage features, would love to know
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I just build whatever I want. That's what you get since I'm not being paid to do this.
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could also just detect which talks are given on any given day and try to squeeze in your updates in between
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This sounds like the scalable solution. 🤣 Hire an assistant whose job is just to maintain a calendar of events and schedule Ghostty releases between them.
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just make it the first line in the terminal when you open it? am i missing something? why do you need this pop up at all?
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Read one level deeper and there are answers. Kneejerk social media reactions are destroying the world. github.com/ghostty-org/ghost…

macOS: Disable update checks when screen is likely being presented · ghostty-org ghostty · Discus...

This recent event where a Ghostty 1.2.1 notice showed up during an OpenAI dev talk made me think of this: I wonder if it's possible on macOS to reliably detect when the screen is being presente...

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It really felt like my computer, with the nightlies this is a constant 🤣
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Thanks for using tip! Tip testers help make Ghostty releases so much better
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"The only terminal that updates regularly" ©
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Not really. It was 7 months between releases. There’s a number of patch releases shortly after a major to address regressions but otherwise we’re on a 6 month cycle.
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Why trigger this at all? Why not just add some little indicator that there an update available like in warp or something
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macOS: Disable update checks when screen is likely being presented · ghostty-org ghostty · Discus...

This recent event where a Ghostty 1.2.1 notice showed up during an OpenAI dev talk made me think of this: I wonder if it's possible on macOS to reliably detect when the screen is being presente...

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That looks like a decent ad for Ghostty! 👻
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Is it also possible to make that checkbox that says "Always download and install new updates" actually do what it says? I don't think a single app that uses this updating thing actually does that. I gotta recheck that box every update and still click "download & install"
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Haha, appreciate the empathy! Perfect comedic timing: the demo laptop was all set at the start of the keynote, and the update appeared the moment I walked up to it! At least it made everyone smile 😃 Thanks for building Ghostty!
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love how great DX is trying to anticipate when not do so something like this 👏
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I thought you did it on purpose. I was like “amazing marketing tactic”
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free advertising ftw ha ha
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I guess a simple wildcard would be: no update trigger if in full screen? Providing most demos/presentations will be? Or just let it 😬 free advertising 😉
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Apple can do that at their OS level. Especially prevent imessage popup during the presentation to avoid embarrassing situations.
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lmao
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Would that be an extra permission ghostty doesnt need? Unsure the best way to do it
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you can always listen in the background to everything we say, if the intent was presentation, avoid updating.
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Nice photo bombing!
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Maybe show it as a notification instead of modal window? macOS have feature to hide notifications in this cases for a long time
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if mirrored_monitor.inch >= 100 { showFancyGhosttyAnimationForAMinute() }
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at least it's not as bad as discord updates
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I don't think you're meant to open a window on top of what the user is doing outside of actual emergencies?
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Another way would be to check if the Do Not Disturb mode is turned on github.com/sindresorhus/do-n… And also perhaps, show it as notification instead of popup for native-ness.

do-not-disturb/Sources/DoNotDisturb/DoNotDisturb.swift at main · sindresorhus/do-not-disturb

Control the macOS `Do Not Disturb` feature. Contribute to sindresorhus/do-not-disturb development by creating an account on GitHub.

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come on, we know this was triggered on purpose to promo Ghostty good job 😉
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