Has not infrequently made xterm my lazy choice even when I could useĩterm. So xterm is the easyįinally, if I'm being honest I have to admit that there have alwaysīeen a number of little irritations and bits of extra work with usingĩterm instead of xterm, even in situations where 9term is usable. With it, including how it is different from xterm. Gnome-terminal, I have to go to extra work and then I have to put up Run vi or something else that needs cursor addressing.
(If I start 9term I have to be certain that I'm not going to want to
Xterm for decades so I am completely acclimatized to how it behaves. Too many seductive little attractions to it, and besides I've been using Xterm is my true default terminal emulator, the one that I start if Iĭon't want to think about which terminal emulator I want. Unfortunately I haven't been using it as much One common need for modern character graphics is apt-get's periodicĭialog boxes for questions, and another is various menu-based serialĬonsole management interfaces for things like switches.ĩterm is normally my first choice for many things, basically any time Iĭon't need either actual terminal emulation (for, eg, vi or su) or easyĬopy and paste support. User interface choices), but sometimes it's what I need, warts and all. Other two alternatives (and the Gnome people keep making questionable Gnome-terminal gets used when I need something that is completely set upįor UTF-8 or modern character graphics. Non-terminal emulator), and gnome-terminal. Routinely use three different terminal emulators xterm, 9term (which is more of a
#UXTERM TERMINAL WINDOWS#
Recently I mentioned in passing that I use severalĭifferent X Windows terminal emulators, depending on the circumstances.Ī commentator sensibly asked what the circumstances were.
0 kommentar(er)
