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Re: Ghostty 1.0

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Post by cmgriffing »

SG- wrote: post #195
cmgriffing wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No mention of Cool Retro Term!?!? Typical elitist behavior... /s I'm just having a bit of fun, but it is a fun terminal every once in a while. https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

you can use glsl shaders with Ghostty including this CRT one to mimic what cool retro does https://github.com/m-ahdal/ghostty-shaders/blob/main/crt.gls...

Awesome! Thanks!

For anyone else curious about how to configure these, check out the docs: https://ghostty.org/docs/config/reference#custom-shader

Re: Ghostty 1.0

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Post by soraminazuki »

Cyph0n wrote: post #149
MyKiwi wrote: post #137

any tips on how to install it if you have nix (without nixos)?

You can install it as a Flake using plain Nix. See: https://ghostty.org/docs/install/binary#nix-flake

nixGL is also likely required on non-NixOS Linux distros.

https://github.com/nix-community/nixGL

Re: Ghostty 1.0

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Post by hysan »

I might give this a shot but using GTK4 makes me think this won’t live up to the “native” claim on Linux. It will likely feel out of place on non-GTK DEs with KDE being the big one. And yes, I did read the about page disclaimer about Linux but strongly disagree about calling GTK4 the closest thing. That’s a very GNOME-centric view (e.g., ignores the rest of the Linux ecosystem) and makes me worry that any issues on other DEs will be ignored/deprioritized. It’s possible that I’m wrong and that a sizable population of the closed beta Linux users we’re on KDE, but without knowing, I’m very hesitant and put back by the “native” claim (it feels disingenuous).

Re: Ghostty 1.0

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Post by sshine »

jyap wrote: post #59
indigodaddy wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Looks really awesome. I'm going to sound like I don't belong in the hipster terminal club, but the reason I shied away from some of the other terminals is the lack of tabs, which looks like yours has when I did a quick Google question/search. (if wezterm and the like have them, I must have missed it or it wasn't obviously apparent in the settings how to achieve them). I know everyone will say but tmux and/or native m…

Quick correction: I currently use Wezterm on Linux and it has tabs. Alacritty does not for developer philosophical reasons. Looking forward to checking out Ghostty.

So does kitty.

I agree with the philosophy of no tabs, but I simultaneously live in an intermediate desktop environment situation where I don't have access to the "right" solution yet. So I'm happy to have terminal emulator tabs, browser tabs and IDE tabs for lack of a more integrated solution.

Re: Ghostty 1.0

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Post by attentive »

nhumrich wrote: post #68

In case anyone is wondering, this terminal appears to work just great on windows by using WSLg. I installed on linux inside WSL, then launched it, and it looks/works great. Clipboard also works.

Did you have to build it? On which OS?

Re: Ghostty 1.0

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Post by Jcampuzano2 »

howon92 wrote: post #116

To people who tried using it, what are the reasons to use it over iTerm2?

I tried it but I just can't jump since it doesn't have support the global hotkey to autofocus iterm that I'm so used to.

I tried using their toggle_visibility keybind but it's a bit wonky since it doesn't return focus back to another window when you toggle away.

Re: Ghostty 1.0

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Post by emmelaich »

Already in homebrew if you want to use that!

I'm very new to Ghostty and went looking for my favorite theme "Solarized Light"; it's listed as "iTerm2 Solarized Light" -- in contrast (heh) to "Solarized Dark"

Re: Ghostty 1.0

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Post by sangnoir »

diggan wrote: post #42
swyx wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

what does quake mode do?

Comes from video games where you usually can hit ~ (tilde) or other character to make a in-game console appear, usually sliding down from above or at least in the top half/third/quarter of the screen. Popularized by Quake and games from that heritage (like Source engine) I suppose. Desktop equivalent is that you have a terminal available at a short-cut/button-press that will always show it but not fully hide the rest…

> a terminal available at a short-cut/button-press that will always show it but not fully hide the rest, no matter what other context you're in

I cant be the only person who uses Quake-style terminals at fullscreen. The second part of your sentence is the crucial bit: the ability to instantly conjure a persistent terminal regardless of whatever else I have on screen.

Re: Ghostty 1.0

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Post by karmakaze »

navigate8310 wrote: post #204

Any love for Windows. I'm getting restless to ditch putty but unable to find any good emulator that has select and login style of management screen.

> Windows support is planned after the 1.0 release.

This really does aim to be the terminal for all.

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