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Re: Terminology – a new terminal emulator

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Post by thiderman » Mon, Mar 25, 2013, 5:44 PM UTC

Aissen wrote: post #8

thiderman wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can't use XFT fonts. Doesn't set 256 colors properly. The blinking cursor is retarded and seemingly cannot be disabled. Those are kind of dealbreakers for me. On the plus side, it feels really snappy. Impressive speed indeed.

Right click -> Options -> Behaviour -> Cursor blinking -> uncheck.

Thanks. Guess I was kinda quick to jump on that one.

Re: Terminology – a new terminal emulator

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Post by Kerrick » Mon, Mar 25, 2013, 5:44 PM UTC

Reminds me of TermKit. http://acko.net/blog/on-termkit/

Re: Terminology – a new terminal emulator

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Post by oftenwrong » Mon, Mar 25, 2013, 5:56 PM UTC

dreen wrote: post #9

For me the point in using a terminal emulator over the GUI shell is that I don't have to move my right hand from the keyboard on to the mouse. This (Terminology) seems cool but all the extra features have to be accessible with obvious and non-obscure keyboard shortcuts. That would make it a very considerable choice as a main operating shell

Keyboard shortcuts should be remappable.

Re: Terminology – a new terminal emulator

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Post by dmm » Mon, Mar 25, 2013, 5:56 PM UTC

hcarvalhoalves wrote: post #3

I'm amazed Enlightenment still exists.

It's one of the best compositing desktops IMO. It renders fast, even without hardware acceleration.

Re: Terminology – a new terminal emulator

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Post by taeric » Mon, Mar 25, 2013, 6:15 PM UTC

juan_juarez wrote: post #10

Transparency and background images are great for making screenshots to show off your customized desktop. For actual daily use, they're absurd.

I have to admit I have been using transparency more lately. It is great when you are quoting something or trying to duplicate a ui in html.

Granted, it is much more heavily used in screenshots than it is anything else. :)

Re: Terminology – a new terminal emulator

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Post by terhechte » Mon, Mar 25, 2013, 6:15 PM UTC

Kerrick wrote: post #12

Reminds me of TermKit. http://acko.net/blog/on-termkit/

Sadly, TermKit is pretty much in hibernation due to too much criticism: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/137kd9/18_month...

Re: Terminology – a new terminal emulator

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Post by eridius » Mon, Mar 25, 2013, 6:21 PM UTC

juan_juarez wrote: post #10

Transparency and background images are great for making screenshots to show off your customized desktop. For actual daily use, they're absurd.

I've had semi-transparent terminal windows going on many years now. I keep them 80% opaque in the foreground, and drop it down to 75% opaque for inactive windows. I also apply a nice blur effect to the background (with the active window having a higher blur amount). It's really nice; lets me see what's behind the window, without detracting from the readability of the terminal itself.

Transparency without blur might be problematic though.

Re: Terminology – a new terminal emulator

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Post by readme » Mon, Mar 25, 2013, 6:29 PM UTC

Still no truetype fonts huh? Looks like a more flashy Eterm.

Re: Terminology – a new terminal emulator

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Post by aflott » Mon, Mar 25, 2013, 6:31 PM UTC

To counter all the neutral to negative feedback, I want to chime in and say I was very impressed. The execution speed with the aesthetics excite me. The gazillon-terminal-window- opens junkie in me always looking for a better terminal emulator -- especially with reasonable Unicode support. Keep up it the great work EFL team!

Re: Terminology – a new terminal emulator

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Post by entropie » Mon, Mar 25, 2013, 6:37 PM UTC

juan_juarez wrote: post #10

Transparency and background images are great for making screenshots to show off your customized desktop. For actual daily use, they're absurd.

I use transparency on terminals since I use X. Its not to bad if i dont have it, but on a tiling wm its the only way to see whats your background image ;)

Yeah, its useless. But a bit of candy is not to bad.