Ok, I've been bouncing back and forth between the simplicity of Xterm and the extra featurs of Konsole. I was just wondering what others were using and why.
Eterm, Xterm, Konsole, aterm, gnome-terminal, etc...?
wolfie
07-10-2004 07:39:42
me loves me some aterm transparency. :)
Colleen
07-10-2004 08:27:31
Ok, I've been bouncing back and forth between the simplicity of Xterm and the extra featurs of Konsole. I was just wondering what others were using and why.
Eterm, Xterm, Konsole, aterm, gnome-terminal, etc...?
Terminal.app! True transparency is hot. :P
But on Linux or under X on OSX, I just use xterm. I'm a big fan of semi-transparent terminals, but on my older machines (all of my linux desktops) the fake transparency that they all use gives weird artifacts and usually doesn't update the screen that well. Then there's the laziness factor ;-P Actually most of the time I just alt+f[2-6], which I prefer unless I need to get my copy/paste on.
Despite
07-10-2004 08:50:01
I like rxvt. But frankly, since I have gnome on everything I usually just take the easy way out and use gnome-terminal. BE ADVISED - as of the last time I tried it (ca. KDE 3.1ish) Konsole still had some issues with displaying stuff properly and accepting input.
wolfjb
07-10-2004 10:08:53
Eterm is my favorite, although I use xterm a lot too. I love transparency, but it isn't "true" (at least not without a set of patches I once installed when compiling XFree86 4.2) and that is a bit disappointing. Also some of the colors used in terms (ls --color) are hard to read (disclaimer: some colors are hard to read anywhere - which is why I change .dircolors on my machine) when transparency is used.
Of course, I have to have a cool background before I go changing Eterm to be transparent, It's not as much fun to turn it on and see a solid or gradient color on the desktop.
And then there is emacs. When I'm programming, I rarely open another application. Emacs does it all. I can read the online docs there (html from the web or local system, info or man from the local system) I can start an eshell, don't need ls when you've got dired. It is the ultimate desktop application. I've had thoughts of making it my WM....