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Emacs with eshell for the most part. If I need something else, I'll use whatever comes with the DE, typically gnome term. It's alright. I don't mind it. It doesn't excite me. I used cool retro term for a week or two there for the nostalgia and it was nice but a bit much for daily work.
Emacs with eshell for the most part. If I need something else, I'll use whatever comes with the DE, typically gnome term. It's alright. I don't mind it. It doesn't excite me. I used cool retro term for a week or two there for the nostalgia and it was nice but a bit much for daily work.
eMacs/eterm is a very pragmatic choice. Having the terminal be supported anywhere eMacs runs should make for a very consistent experience.
However, the best thing about eshell is easily the fact that it will run lisp code. The same code that you use to program the editor can be used in shell commands.
Great video should anyone be interested in eshell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1f2tulD9N8
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Oh I get all of these, maybe I have some confusion about the difference between a terminal and a terminal emulator. Take MacOS for example - there's the default Terminal app. It can do all the things you're describing out of the box and I agree that they're useful. (I would call this a terminal, not a terminal emulator Then there's the custom setups with kitty, tmux, other extensions etc. My question was what do peop…
basically you are asking what kind of advantages do these alternative terminal emulators have over the default. well, just look at what everyone here is writing about their choice. in part that depends on what the default is because on linux you get a variety of choices. there it often comes down to preference. the defaults change over time and some people prefer to stick with what they had. if it's not that then it'…
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Moi aussi. I usually launch my xterms from icons on the panel/taskbar/whatever-you-want-to-call-it. Doing that actually launches scripts that use whole sets of specific parameters for the new xterm window. Thus, 'goroot' sets a largish xterm (115 x 58) with a right-hand scrollbar and reverse color and logs into the 'root' user. If you don't enter the root-user's password it will abort and disappear. And 'read.news' r…
You actually use usenet? why?
These days, Usenet is a mere shadow of itself but many of the purely technical newsgroups still survive.
Because I am an 8-bit CP/M enthusiast, I obviously subscribe to comp.os.cpm, but I also subscribe to some 'newer' active newsgroups like alt.os.linux.mint, and comp.os.linux.misc.
Unfortunately, the other eight newsgroups I am subscribed to might have only one or two posts per year, if they're lucky.
Vanilla xterm. It uses a lot less resources than any other emulator. Thomas Dickey keeps it updated. It has an unusual, but usable scroll bar. You can configure cut-n-paste to help you with command line work. You can change what a "word" is for cutting/copying to include /, ., *, so working with Unix file names is easier.
I use plain xterm as well. With 6x13 aka 'fixed' bitmap font. Clean, simple, fast. I don't want background images, or transparency, or beautifully rendered fonts: I want to be able to clearly distinguish characters with minimum mental/visual effort, and pack as many of them into the available screen real-estate as I can see. I also turn off color highlighting, which I don't find useful (in a shell). My prompt is a si…
Terminal emulator. When I boot my laptop or PC I get a graphical login (sddm) and a whizzy environment on login - KDE n that. I can hit CTRL-Fx and get a console, a terminal if you like. It does conform to some sort of standards but is it really an emulator? Emulating something implies a second rate experience and I don't think that applies here. My terminal is just fine. Now is my terminal a good one? Well we might…