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Re: Ghostty 1.0

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Post by saberience »

alberth wrote: post #30

For those who don’t have the background: - created by Mitchell (founder of HashiCorp) - it’s developed in Zig (and Mitchell recently pledge $300k to Zig foundation) - uses native UI (which is super rare for cross platform app) - amazingly performant. e.g. https://hachyderm.io/@mitchellh/111919642467789362 - has lots of amazing small details like below https://hachyderm.io/@mitchellh/113330304084905500 https://hachyde…

It doesn't work in Windows so how is it cross platform?

Also, I've been using terminals since DOS in 1990 and never once have I had to say, "I wish this terminal had more performance", so I'm not sure that performance is really relevant here. If I write a command to build my project which takes 10 mins to build, does it matter whether the terminal command ran in 10 milliseconds vs 1 millisecond?

In the linked speed demo one command was 8 milliseconds faster than another. Ok?

Is a terminal written in Zig better than one made in C++ or Rust? Again, unsure why its relavant at all.

Re: Ghostty 1.0

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Post by gigatexal »

modernerd wrote: post #108
gigatexal wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where does one add this? Is there a config file?

https://ghostty.org/docs/config On macOS, pressing ⌘+comma with Ghostty in focus opens the config file. Quit and reopen Ghostty to load the updated config (or bind another key to the reload_config action: https://ghostty.org/docs/config/keybind/reference#reload_con... ). Keybinds are explained here: https://ghostty.org/docs/config/reference#keybind

I just saw this https://ghostty.org/docs/config and was coming to update my post when I saw your comment.

Thank you!

Imma try out ghostty, WezTerm, and Rio thanks to this thread. And why not use them all. For terminal minded folks we are surely spoiled.

Re: Ghostty 1.0

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Post by brcmthrowaway »

leetrout wrote: post #5

I'm very excited to have this because it's the first bit of high quality open source software to hit the streets in a while. I like where we're headed with tools like this and Ladybird[0] for hope of a subscriptionless future. Thank you, Mitchell! [0] https://ladybird.org/

What was the last one? Ghidra?

Re: Ghostty 1.0

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Post by sweeter »

alberth wrote: post #30

For those who don’t have the background: - created by Mitchell (founder of HashiCorp) - it’s developed in Zig (and Mitchell recently pledge $300k to Zig foundation) - uses native UI (which is super rare for cross platform app) - amazingly performant. e.g. https://hachyderm.io/@mitchellh/111919642467789362 - has lots of amazing small details like below https://hachyderm.io/@mitchellh/113330304084905500 https://hachyde…

Ghostty, Mitchell, and the community around Ghostty, are all really amazing and pleasant to work with. I've had a lot of fun hanging out in the Discord, and sending in a couple of PR's. Everyone is really kind and accommodating. It's a pretty great example of how to run a community and open-source project, even this early on.

Re: Ghostty 1.0

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Post by gigatexal »

medimikka wrote: post #72
thiht wrote: post #38

I’ve been very disappointed with Alacritty (no support for split term in favor of tmux) and WezTerm (insane config format, config has no business using a full fledged programming language) feature wise, so I have high hopes regarding Ghostty, can’t wait to try it!

Config being a programming language has insane advantages. Not only can I error check my config in vim or Visual Code, I can do insane things with logic that just don't work in other config file approaches. My laptop is connected to a 32" 4k monitor at work, standalone while traveling, and to a 27" 2k at home. WezTerm "knows" that, and sets things such as font size and line height automagically. Even more, I can have…

I have a similar setup could you link your config? Id like to adapt it.
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