Hyper 2, Electron based terminal

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Post by kiyanwang » Mon, Apr 23, 2018, 6:21 AM UTC

Hyper 2, Electron based terminal
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Re: Hyper 2, Electron based terminal

#2

Post by domenukk » Mon, Apr 23, 2018, 6:52 AM UTC

Hyper is the only proper terminal emulator on Windows. Time to upgrade.

Re: Hyper 2, Electron based terminal

#3

Post by ricardobeat » Mon, Apr 23, 2018, 6:53 AM UTC

With rendering moved to canvas, does it still make sense to use Electron? A lightweight drawing surface + js bindings could do the same in a much lighter package.

Re: Hyper 2, Electron based terminal

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Post by mchan » Mon, Apr 23, 2018, 6:54 AM UTC

Interested to see how this compares in performance and resource usage with Alacritty[1]

[1]:https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty

Re: Hyper 2, Electron based terminal

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Post by reneberlin » Mon, Apr 23, 2018, 6:57 AM UTC

While it was thinkable all the time, it renders me speechless, that finally somebody has put that stack under a terminal. The next big thing will be electron-based smooth-scroll, mouse-animation and finally: a 70mb beep.

Re: Hyper 2, Electron based terminal

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Post by riobard » Mon, Apr 23, 2018, 6:57 AM UTC

If it's just drawing pixels… what's the benefit of the web stack?

Re: Hyper 2, Electron based terminal

#7

Post by cozicoolmail » Mon, Apr 23, 2018, 6:58 AM UTC

reneberlin wrote: post #5

While it was thinkable all the time, it renders me speechless, that finally somebody has put that stack under a terminal. The next big thing will be electron-based smooth-scroll, mouse-animation and finally: a 70mb beep.

I also don't get it. Why would I want a full web browser to power my terminal? Just because we can, doesn't mean that we should...

Re: Hyper 2, Electron based terminal

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Post by matlk » Mon, Apr 23, 2018, 7:01 AM UTC

cozicoolmail wrote: post #7

reneberlin wrote: post #5

While it was thinkable all the time, it renders me speechless, that finally somebody has put that stack under a terminal. The next big thing will be electron-based smooth-scroll, mouse-animation and finally: a 70mb beep.

I also don't get it. Why would I want a full web browser to power my terminal? Just because we can, doesn't mean that we should...

Windows?

Re: Hyper 2, Electron based terminal

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Post by LinaLauneBaer » Mon, Apr 23, 2018, 7:01 AM UTC

I am using Hyper 2 since the beta and I really like it. It has replaced iTerm for me. Performance may still be an issue for some people. For example, printing to stdout seems slower on Hyper than on, let's say iTerm. To me it is noticeable but still feels nearly instant.

Re: Hyper 2, Electron based terminal

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Post by ricksnyke » Mon, Apr 23, 2018, 7:01 AM UTC

domenukk wrote: post #2

Hyper is the only proper terminal emulator on Windows. Time to upgrade.

Isn't the console better now with Windows 10? Even has tabs the last I've heard.