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Re: Kitty – GPU based terminal emulator

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Post by odie5533 »

JdeBP wrote: post #23
sorrythanks wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"console", "terminal" and "terminal emulator" all refer to the same thing. "shell" is the read-eval-print-loop interface you use to work in the terminal.

Please don't confuse the novices. A console is either a special kernel device or a UI subsystem; a terminal is a physical piece of kit; and a terminal emulator is an application that runs on a general purpose computer that emulates one of the aforementioned pieces of kit. * https://jdebp.uk/FGA/tui-console-and-terminal-paradigms.html * https://jdebp.uk/Softwares/nosh/guide/commands/freebsd-conso... * https://jdebp.uk…

If your only examples of terminals are in museums, I'm taking over the word.

Re: Kitty – GPU based terminal emulator

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Post by rimmontrieu »

dartharva wrote: post #46

Is it really that hard to add Windows support for these terminal projects? I understand they are more valued in Linux circles but it's not like nobody on Windows is using the terminal.

I asked the same question for years but then Windows Terminal appears out of no where and is a real godsend.

https://github.com/microsoft/terminal

Re: Kitty – GPU based terminal emulator

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Post by saagarjha »

siraben wrote: post #44

My favorite aspect of kitty is the infinite scrollback. My scrollback is 10000 lines long and scrollback buffer itself can store 1 GB worth of history.[0] When you hit a certain shortcut, you can use any pager to search through the scrollback. It's all very fast. [0] https://github.com/siraben/dotfiles/blob/84225d914acd226863e...

Don’t most terminals offer this?

Re: Kitty – GPU based terminal emulator

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Post by sigttou »

dartharva wrote: post #46

Is it really that hard to add Windows support for these terminal projects? I understand they are more valued in Linux circles but it's not like nobody on Windows is using the terminal.

I've been using alacritty [0] for a while now. Really happy with it. I prefer it over the Windows Terminal, as it feels faster for me. I run a single instance with WSL on the desktop and use tmux for multiplexing. Executing powershell inside tmux isn't an issue. If I need an elevated shell, I use gsudo [1].

[0] https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty

[1] https://github.com/gerardog/gsudo

Re: Kitty – GPU based terminal emulator

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Post by porridgeraisin »

jauntywundrkind wrote: post #11
lxe wrote: post #2

Kitty terminal can essentially replace a big part of a linux desktop environment, if you want it to. It's infinitely customizable AND has own opinions at the same time. Also my interactive scrollbar change was recently merged in, so if that was stopping you, you can now replace iTerm on your mac with it :)

My only guess is that this refers to graphical rendering support. https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/graphics-protocol/ I both see enormous value mixing text and console, and also worry that TUI will overcomplicate and add even more unnecessary embellishment than it already is trending towards? Semi grump opinion. But it feels weird introducing a new canvas. I do like the idea of graphics being online in a terminal sess…

Ghostty supports kitty graphics protocol for those interested.

Re: Kitty – GPU based terminal emulator

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Post by porridgeraisin »

I really like kitty. The customisability is off the charts, especially the remote control feature and the kittens feature. You can do almost anything with a combination of those two.

At the same time, it's perfectly usable with opinionates defaults.

Run `kitten` and check out the default kittens, there are some gems in there.

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