Post #229,754
10/16/05 9:38:40 PM
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xterm-alikes.
I've been using Ubuntu for a while, now, and since I spend a lot of time at the CLI or in vi, I need a term program. I've been using Ubuntu's default, gnome-terminal. In a previous position, I used Eterm for a long time and got used to the way it did things. For one thing, it has nicer fonts than gnome-terminal, but I sorta got used to the latter's tabs. Both have translucent backgrounds and other configurations, too, though Eterm's is very wierd to use.
(Interestingly, I sought out Eterm this morning because I was sick of how gnome-terminal does the clipboard - and then I found out that middle-click does actually work in it, after all. :-/)
So what do people use for terminal sessions in X? And why?
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Post #229,759
10/16/05 9:53:03 PM
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konsole
KDE's xterm thingy.
Even when using Gnome, I still use konsole.
Multi-tabs, named sessions, font control, etc.
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Post #229,801
10/17/05 7:10:15 AM
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Aye, konsole.
I set up a session to run 'tn5250 +underscores as400.address.net' as well - very handy.
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Post #229,769
10/16/05 11:17:28 PM
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gnome-terminal
Tabs. Colors. Purty fonts. It does what I need it to do and gets the fuck out of the way. It's for running CLIs. What more do I need it to do?
-YendorMike
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Post #229,804
10/17/05 9:02:42 AM
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Not on an LCD
My biggest beef with gnome-terminal, and the reason I used eTerm, is that I couldn't figure out how to make it use console fonts. On an LCD, I find non-anti-aliased text much sharper and easier to read.
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Post #229,808
10/17/05 9:34:38 AM
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I use it on an LCD daily.
I don't have a CRT anymore. Laptop is all I use. All looks bootiful enough for me.
-YendorMike
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Post #229,809
10/17/05 9:45:54 AM
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$me == picky_bastage
Put up an xterm window next to a gnome-terminal window and look at the difference. The anti-aliased fonts may look good, but the terminal fonts are sharper. And when I was reviewing thousands of lines of code per day, it made a difference.
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Post #229,822
10/17/05 11:37:34 AM
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You can use bitmap fonts in gnome-terminal
Just so you know.
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Post #229,825
10/17/05 12:12:06 PM
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How? I'm missing the magic incantation
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Post #229,845
10/17/05 3:58:57 PM
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/me uses "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono 8"
See it in action [link|http://www.mikevitale.com/images/Screenshot-2005-Oct-17.png|here]. Purty enough for my eyes.
-YendorMike
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Post #229,847
10/17/05 4:11:14 PM
10/17/05 4:14:04 PM
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But look at the blurry lower-case 's'
Try that same screenshot but with the same file open in an xterm next to gnome-terminal.
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Edited by drewk
Oct. 17, 2005, 04:14:04 PM EDT
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Post #229,851
10/17/05 4:18:01 PM
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Buh?
How does [link|http://www.mikevitale.com/images/Screenshot-2005-Oct-17-2.png|this] help things?
-YendorMike
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Post #229,857
10/17/05 4:30:48 PM
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Eww, bad colorscheme
Pick the Linux (iirc) scheme. Much mo-betta.
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Post #229,848
10/17/05 4:13:25 PM
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Wait, "bitmap" means anti-aliased,right?
I was thinking backwards. I want the old-fashined non-anti-aliased terminal fonts. Like you get in a good old xterm.
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Post #230,055
10/19/05 12:08:51 PM
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dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig
Enable bitmap fonts.
Peter
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Post #229,778
10/17/05 12:24:56 AM
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xterm, aterm, rxvt
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Post #229,780
10/17/05 1:10:00 AM
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apt-get install putty putty-tools
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Post #229,784
10/17/05 1:37:17 AM
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Yes, I saw that in the Ubuntu repository.
Bit of turn-about when a graphical ssh client for Windows migrates to X... :-)
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Post #229,786
10/17/05 1:44:59 AM
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whodathunk! Thanks!
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Post #229,785
10/17/05 1:44:00 AM
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Install 'em all, see which you like.
Peter
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Post #229,792
10/17/05 3:20:43 AM
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I've begun doing that.
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Post #229,814
10/17/05 10:48:07 AM
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gnome-terminal
Habit, really, and it's installed there by default. I used to use it for the purty transparent backgrounds, but now I just set the background to dark blue and leave it at that.
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Post #229,840
10/17/05 2:25:26 PM
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gnome-terminal mostly, aterm a close second
I like being able to use ProFont, one of the finest code fonts ever, in my terminal, but xterm, aterm, etc. don't play nice with it since I only have it as TTF. \r\n\r\n Forsaking that, I'd go with aterm; it's got the configurability and flashy translucency effects, but it's orders of magnitude faster and lighter than Eterm. --\r\nYou cooin' with my bird?
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