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Tilix: A tiling terminal emulator

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Re: Tilix: A tiling terminal emulator

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Post by d0ugal »

bitexploder wrote: post #5
tokenizerrr wrote: post #2

Apologies for the off-topic, but does anyone know a nice simple terminal emulator to use with tiling window managers such as i3? I'm using the xfce terminal right now, but that supports tabs which gets a little confusing since so does i3.

I just use gnome-terminal. It is fine. No chrome or trim. i3 and tmux to lay out terminals. If you don't like tmux, i3 is also very good at laying things out. Just turn off all the menus for something like gnome-terminal, which renders things like powerline fonts fine.

I also use gnome-terminal with i3, works great.

Re: Tilix: A tiling terminal emulator

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Post by mbid »

tokenizerrr wrote: post #2

Apologies for the off-topic, but does anyone know a nice simple terminal emulator to use with tiling window managers such as i3? I'm using the xfce terminal right now, but that supports tabs which gets a little confusing since so does i3.

Not an i3 user, but xmonad should be close enough. I'm using termite nowadays. It's configured by editing a plain text file in your editor of choice (as opposed to a GUI), it does not have buttons that take away space, and the vim-like visual mode is a game changer for me. The only annoying thing is that it sets TERM=xterm-termite, which machines you log in via ssh usually don't recognize because termite is not installed there. Easily fixed in your .bashrc.

Re: Tilix: A tiling terminal emulator

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Post by Sir_Cmpwn »

tokenizerrr wrote: post #2

Apologies for the off-topic, but does anyone know a nice simple terminal emulator to use with tiling window managers such as i3? I'm using the xfce terminal right now, but that supports tabs which gets a little confusing since so does i3.

I use urxvt.

Re: Tilix: A tiling terminal emulator

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Post by nonsince »

tokenizerrr wrote: post #2

Apologies for the off-topic, but does anyone know a nice simple terminal emulator to use with tiling window managers such as i3? I'm using the xfce terminal right now, but that supports tabs which gets a little confusing since so does i3.

I use urxvt with xmonad (another tiling WM). I love it, it's so minimalist and basic. I think it supports tabs with a perl extension but by default it has no fancy functionality that your WM can provide for you.

Re: Tilix: A tiling terminal emulator

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Post by DSMan195276 »

tokenizerrr wrote: post #2

Apologies for the off-topic, but does anyone know a nice simple terminal emulator to use with tiling window managers such as i3? I'm using the xfce terminal right now, but that supports tabs which gets a little confusing since so does i3.

I also recommend and use `urxvt`, but I would also add (and others haven't mentioned this) I use `urxvtd` and `urxvtc`. `urxvtd` is a daemon, and when you run `urxvtc` it spawns another urxvt 'client' off of the daemon. It results in a lot less memory usage and much quicker terminal start-ups. Doesn't matter tons if you already have a beefy system, but it helped tons on my older laptop that I used to use, and I've continued to use the feature since then.

Re: Tilix: A tiling terminal emulator

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Post by GhostVII »

tokenizerrr wrote: post #2

Apologies for the off-topic, but does anyone know a nice simple terminal emulator to use with tiling window managers such as i3? I'm using the xfce terminal right now, but that supports tabs which gets a little confusing since so does i3.

I just use termite, it's super simple with no tabs or anything, and you can hack it so that it shows up as a floating window (for quick commands) or as a regular window, and have multiple terminals tiled.

Re: Tilix: A tiling terminal emulator

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Post by zwarag »

tokenizerrr wrote: post #2

Apologies for the off-topic, but does anyone know a nice simple terminal emulator to use with tiling window managers such as i3? I'm using the xfce terminal right now, but that supports tabs which gets a little confusing since so does i3.

I suggest guake terminal. You may spawn it in every i3 tab you're currently in. Combine with tmux or screen for maximum worlflow
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