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Re: Ghostty 1.2.0

#21

Post by DrStartup »

dsissitka wrote: post #14

Some Typometer measurements on i3 here: # Title Min Max Avg SD 1 xterm 397 3.1 4.0 3.5 0.2 2 Alacritty 0.15.1 3.6 4.8 4.2 0.2 3 xfce4-terminal 1.1.4 2.9 6.8 4.4 0.3 4 Ghostty 1.2.0 11.3 15.5 13.0 0.7 5 kitty 0.42.2 11.7 21.3 15.8 3.3 https://imgur.com/a/RobYTWY

lower is better

https://github.com/frarees/typometer

Typometer

Typometer is a tool to measure and analyze the visual latency of text editors.

Editor latency is the delay between an input event and a corresponding screen update — in particular, the delay between keystroke and character appearance. While there are many kinds of delays (caret movement, line editing, etc.), typing latency is a major predictor of editor usability.

Check the article typing with pleasure to learn more about editor latency and its effects on typing performance.

Re: Ghostty 1.2.0

#23

Post by karmakaze »

jsiepkes wrote: post #20

> Ghostty 1.3 will continue the focus of making Ghostty the "best existing terminal emulator" by shipping the last remaining major missing features to achieve parity with other popular terminal emulators. Namely, we plan on shipping scrollback search and scrollbars for 1.3, at a minimum. Are scrollback and scrollbars that hard to implement? Or do people just don't care that much about them that they are only added in…

Yup, I tried Ghostty and found no find--uninstalled and waiting. Good to see they mentioned it in the 1.2 notes for 1.3

Re: Ghostty 1.2.0

#24

Post by nikolay »

matrixhelix wrote: post #10
nikolay wrote: post #5

It broke on upgrade - all built-in themes now have different names, but so far so good.

ghostty +list-themes https://ghostty.org/docs/install/release-notes/1-2-0#breakin...

Yeah, I first upgraded, then read this article, and then, when it broke, I saw the release notes. Thanks!

Re: Ghostty 1.2.0

#25

Post by alberth »

dsissitka wrote: post #14

Some Typometer measurements on i3 here: # Title Min Max Avg SD 1 xterm 397 3.1 4.0 3.5 0.2 2 Alacritty 0.15.1 3.6 4.8 4.2 0.2 3 xfce4-terminal 1.1.4 2.9 6.8 4.4 0.3 4 Ghostty 1.2.0 11.3 15.5 13.0 0.7 5 kitty 0.42.2 11.7 21.3 15.8 3.3 https://imgur.com/a/RobYTWY

> While there are many excellent terminal emulators available, they all force you to choose between speed, features, or native UIs. Ghostty provides all three. In all categories, I am not trying to claim that Ghostty is the best (i.e. the fastest, most feature-rich, or most native). But Ghostty is competitive in all three categories and Ghostty doesn't make you choose between them.

Ghostty doesn’t claim to be the fastest.

https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty

Re: Ghostty 1.2.0

#26

Post by sudahtigabulan »

alberth wrote: post #25
dsissitka wrote: post #14

Some Typometer measurements on i3 here: # Title Min Max Avg SD 1 xterm 397 3.1 4.0 3.5 0.2 2 Alacritty 0.15.1 3.6 4.8 4.2 0.2 3 xfce4-terminal 1.1.4 2.9 6.8 4.4 0.3 4 Ghostty 1.2.0 11.3 15.5 13.0 0.7 5 kitty 0.42.2 11.7 21.3 15.8 3.3 https://imgur.com/a/RobYTWY

> While there are many excellent terminal emulators available, they all force you to choose between speed, features, or native UIs. Ghostty provides all three. In all categories, I am not trying to claim that Ghostty is the best (i.e. the fastest, most feature-rich, or most native). But Ghostty is competitive in all three categories and Ghostty doesn't make you choose between them. Ghostty doesn’t claim to be the fas…

> But Ghostty is competitive in all three categories

Being at the bottom is not what I call competitive.

Re: Ghostty 1.2.0

#27

Post by garbagepatch »

jsiepkes wrote: post #20

> Ghostty 1.3 will continue the focus of making Ghostty the "best existing terminal emulator" by shipping the last remaining major missing features to achieve parity with other popular terminal emulators. Namely, we plan on shipping scrollback search and scrollbars for 1.3, at a minimum. Are scrollback and scrollbars that hard to implement? Or do people just don't care that much about them that they are only added in…

There's no scrollbar but scrollback works with alt+page_up or scrolling with the mouse wheel or touchpad. They do mention they'll implement scrollback search and scrollbars in 1.3.

Re: Ghostty 1.2.0

#28

Post by hitekker »

sudahtigabulan wrote: post #26
alberth wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> While there are many excellent terminal emulators available, they all force you to choose between speed, features, or native UIs. Ghostty provides all three. In all categories, I am not trying to claim that Ghostty is the best (i.e. the fastest, most feature-rich, or most native). But Ghostty is competitive in all three categories and Ghostty doesn't make you choose between them. Ghostty doesn’t claim to be the fas…

> But Ghostty is competitive in all three categories Being at the bottom is not what I call competitive.

It’s above kitty? From the numbers posted earlier
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