If anyone of you out there are Mac users I am sure you have used [quicksilver](http://quicksilver.blacktree.com), and if you are also a geek then I am sure you know your way around a terminal. Now tell me, how awesome would it be to command+space, hit a modifier key, and have a usable terminal. Same way that . takes you into text mode , can take you into terminal mode, or some other key, doesn’t matter. Run command in terminal just doesn’t cut it for me. However something with like 5-10 buffer lines(preferably scrollable) that can appear in seconds and disappear just as quickly would make my flippin day.

I have seen the [visor](http://docs.blacktree.com/visor/visor) plugin for Terminal.app but it doesn’t quite do it for me. It tends to not take focus so when I hit the key combo and start typing, I just get dinging noises from invalid keystrokes in another application or it actually types that in the other application. Very annoying. My only other gripe with it is that you have to leave Terminal.app running in order to use it. I have an old g4 iBook and every application that is not being used gets quit because my laptop slows down pretty quickly these days. If anyone has done something like this or know of a plugin that will allow me to do this please let me know. And if any of you are quicksilver plugin developers, write this and I will be eternally grateful.

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