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Re: Which terminal
I've heard that Terminator is good for multitasking, but any terminal will do. Just try them out and stick with what suits you best.
Re: Which terminal
I don't know what you mean by "easy". If you're looking for options, urxvt (rxvt with Unicode support) gives a lot of freedom on how to make it look and act like. There are tons of other options, but I tried and stayed. I think it works nicely with i3, is lightweight and after initial shock, comfortable to configure. Like everything, more configuration means steeper learning curve. But it can teach you a lot.
You can use .Xresources in your home folder for configuration. Just add the following for .xinitrc to load the configuration when starting X. I know you have i3 so I assume you also have a line for it already.
But like Wheelerof4te said, try everything and pick the one you like.
You can use .Xresources in your home folder for configuration. Just add the following for .xinitrc to load the configuration when starting X. I know you have i3 so I assume you also have a line for it already.
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xrdb ~/.Xresource
exec i3
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Re: Which terminal
I think all the DE terminals set color schemes and other stuff pretty easy, Konsole is the KDE terminal. I use it some, but it seem to use a LOT more memory than xterm. I like xterm, have dabbled with the others mentioned over the years and they are good too, but I would not say easy to setup.
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Re: Which terminal
If you want lightweight terminal emulator, use stterm. Attention. St is configured at compile-time by editing some of its source files, namely config.h...If you want simpler solution (but slightly heaver), you can use rxvt. I use rxvt-unicode-256color, as a daemon. Just add this line to yourpawRoot wrote:I am looking for a terminal (available in repos) that will allow me to easily customize things like color schemes through config files.Any ideas?
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.xsessionrc
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urxvtd -q -f -o &
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.xresources
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! =====================================================================
! XTerm stuff
! =====================================================================
! Default and menu font
XTerm*font: -*-terminus-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
! "Unreadable": Leave it actually unreadable.
!XTerm*font1: -*-terminus-bold-r-*-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
! "Tiny"
XTerm*font2: -*-terminus-medium-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
! "Small"
XTerm*font3: -*-terminus-bold-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
! "Medium"
XTerm*font4: -*-terminus-bold-*-*-*-17-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
! "Large"
XTerm*font5: -*-terminus-bold-*-*-*-28-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
! "Huge"
XTerm*font6: -*-terminus-bold-*-*-*-32-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
! VT Font Menu: Unreadable
xterm*faceSize1: 8
! VT font menu: Tiny
xterm*faceSize2: 10
! VT font menu: Medium
xterm*faceSize3: 12
! VT font menu: Large
xterm*faceSize4: 16
! VT font menu: Huge
xterm*faceSize5: 22
xterm*VT100.Translations: #override \
Ctrl <Key> minus: smaller-vt-font() \n\
Ctrl <Key> plus: larger-vt-font() \n\
Ctrl <Key> 0: set-vt-font(d)
! Only select text
xterm*highlightSelection: true
! Remove trailing spaces
! font settings --------------------------------------------------------------
Xft.autohint: true
Xft.antialias: true
Xft.hinting: true
Xft.hintstyle: hintslight
!Xft.dpi: 96
Xft.rgba: rgb
Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault
xterm*trimSelection: true
! Lines of output that you can scroll back over
xterm*saveLines: 4096
! Turn the scrollbar on, and put it on the right
xterm*scrollBar: false
xterm*rightScrollBar: false
! Do not scroll when there is new input e.g. tail -f /var/syslog
xterm*scrollTtyOutput: false
xterm*foreground: rgb:a8/a8/a8
xterm*background: rgb:00/00/00
xterm*color0: rgb:00/00/00
xterm*color1: rgb:a8/00/00
xterm*color2: rgb:00/a8/00
xterm*color3: rgb:a8/54/00
xterm*color4: rgb:00/00/a8
xterm*color5: rgb:a8/00/a8
xterm*color6: rgb:00/a8/a8
xterm*color7: rgb:a8/a8/a8
xterm*color8: rgb:54/54/54
xterm*color9: rgb:fc/54/54
xterm*color10: rgb:54/fc/54
xterm*color11: rgb:fc/fc/54
xterm*color12: rgb:54/54/fc
xterm*color13: rgb:fc/54/fc
xterm*color14: rgb:54/fc/fc
xterm*color15: rgb:fc/fc/fc
! urxvt -------------------------------------------
URxvt.font: xft:Terminus:size=12:autohint=false:antialias=true:hinting=true:style=regular
URxvt.boldFont: xft:Terminus:size=12:bold:autohint=true:antialias=true:hinting=true:style=regular
URxvt.italicFont: xft:Terminus:italic:size=12:autohint=true:style=regular
URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Terminus:bold:italic:size=12:autohint=true:style=regul
! Window size and position
!URxvt*geometry: 60x22+50+100
! Window size, let the Window Manager position it
URxvt.geometry: 80x28
URxvt.scrollstyle: plain
URxvt.scrollBar: true
URxvt.scrollBar_right: true
! scrollback buffer lines - 65535 is max (64 is default)
URxvt.saveLines:16384
! Clickble URLs
URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,matcher
URxvt.url-launcher: /usr/bin/chromium
URxvt.matcher.button: 3
! Colors taken from http://ezyang.scripts.mit.edu/blog/2010/01/rxvt-unicode-for-gnome-terminal-refugees/
URxvt*background: black
URxvt*foreground: white
! black
URxvt*color0 : #2E3436
URxvt*color8 : #555753
! red
URxvt*color1 : #CC0000
URxvt*color9 : #EF2929
! green
URxvt*color2 : #4E9A06
URxvt*color10 : #8AE234
! yellow
URxvt*color3 : #C4A000
URxvt*color11 : #FCE94F
! blue
URxvt*color4 : #3465A4
URxvt*color12 : #729FCF
! magenta
URxvt*color5 : #75507B
URxvt*color13 : #AD7FA8
! cyan
URxvt*color6 : #06989A
URxvt*color14 : #34E2E2
! white
URxvt*color7 : #D3D7CF
URxvt*color15 : #EEEEEC
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Re: Which terminal
I decided to go with xterm for now, but i have a question, i remember changing xterm colors in the past already once through .Xresources, but after some time the changes were gone.
Why is that and how can i make this permanent?
Oh and can i set it up to copy and paste using SHIFT+ctrl+C & SHIFT+ctrl+V ?
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Why is that and how can i make this permanent?
Oh and can i set it up to copy and paste using SHIFT+ctrl+C & SHIFT+ctrl+V ?
Cheers all
Re: Which terminal
I think that's a good place to start. xterm has a long history, and is very well-documented and tested in all kinds of situations.pawRoot wrote:I decided to go with xterm for now, but i have a question
The faq is long, and the author/maintainer sometimes gives so much information that it is hard to find a specific answer. There are sometimes several ways to do the same thing.
I don't use ctrl- for copying or paste myself I prefer the selection and shift-ins or middle mouse btn to paste. Select/middle mouse, very quick. If you want to paste with the ctrl- keys I think a clipboard with 'synchronise with selesction' is going to be what you want. There is a light one called qlipper that I like on fluxbox.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_selection
http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm ... t_problems
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Re: Which terminal
You should post your ~/.Xresources file here.pawRoot wrote:all my color settings gone, only fonts are normal
That file is only read in certain circumstances though so you should state which desktop environment (or window manager) you are using and also the display manager, if any.
Use this command to see what resources are actually loaded in your desktop:
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appres
Note that if ~/.Xresources is changed then this command must be used to make xterm aware of the differences:
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xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources
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! special
*.foreground: #e7dfca
*.background: #020202
*.cursorColor: #e7dfca
! black
*.color0: #040403
*.color8: #a4d2d1
! red
*.color1: #141310
*.color9: #b6a87d
! green
*.color2: #272520
*.color10: #dbbdbd
! yellow
*.color3: #403d36
*.color11: #7eab83
! blue
*.color4: #615d52
*.color12: #e1b3dd
! magenta
*.color5: #888374
*.color13: #8ccd93
! cyan
*.color6: #b6af9c
*.color14: #64b86e
! white
*.color7: #e9e2d0
*.color15: #ccb871
xterm*loginshell: true
xterm*charClass: 33:48,36-47:48,58-59:48,61:48,63-64:48,95:48,126:48
xterm*faceName: Noto Mono Regular
xterm*faceSize: 11
xterm*selectToClipboard: true
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Re: Which terminal
If you want to use ~/.Xdefaults then make sure that ~/.Xresources is deleted because xterm will only check ~/.Xdefaults if there are no X resources already loaded.pawRoot wrote:I will try to use Xdefaults instead, thanks.
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Ok i will, thanks.
One more thing though, i found this a minute ago:
One more thing though, i found this a minute ago:
But if i add it to .Xdefaults, i get an error "warning backslash-newline at...."XTerm*VT100.Translations: #override \
Shift Ctrl<Key>V: insert-selection(CLIPBOARD) \n\
Shift Ctrl<Key>V: insert-selection(PRIMARY) \n\
Shift<Btn1Down>: select-start() \n\
Shift<Btn1Motion>: select-extend() \n\
Shift<Btn1Up>: select-end(CLIPBOARD) \n\
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Post both the file and the error in full.pawRoot wrote:i get an error "warning backslash-newline at...."
I am too tired to play guessing games with you
EDIT: please also use code tags for posting file content, quote tags are almost unreadable.
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Left-click & drag to select and then middle click to paste.pawRoot wrote:i don't know how to copy text from Xterm
Only Windoze foolz use SHIFT+ctrl+C & SHIFT+ctrl+V
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debian@debian:~$ xrdb ~/.Xdefaults
/home/debian/.Xdefaults:47:37: warning: backslash-newline at end of file
XTerm*VT100.Translations: #override \
/home/debian/.Xdefaults:48:49: warning: backslash and newline separated by space
Shift Ctrl<Key>V: insert-selection(CLIPBOARD) \n\
/home/debian/.Xdefaults:49:47: warning: backslash and newline separated by space
Shift Ctrl<Key>V: insert-selection(PRIMARY) \n\
/home/debian/.Xdefaults:50:35: warning: backslash and newline separated by space
Shift<Btn1Down>: select-start() \n\
/home/debian/.Xdefaults:51:38: warning: backslash and newline separated by space
Shift<Btn1Motion>: select-extend() \n\
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! special
*.foreground: #e7dfca
*.background: #020202
*.cursorColor: #e7dfca
! black
*.color0: #040403
*.color8: #a4d2d1
! red
*.color1: #141310
*.color9: #b6a87d
! green
*.color2: #272520
*.color10: #dbbdbd
! yellow
*.color3: #403d36
*.color11: #7eab83
! blue
*.color4: #615d52
*.color12: #e1b3dd
! magenta
*.color5: #888374
*.color13: #8ccd93
! cyan
*.color6: #b6af9c
*.color14: #64b86e
! white
*.color7: #e9e2d0
*.color15: #ccb871
xterm*loginshell: true
xterm*charClass: 33:48,36-47:48,58-59:48,61:48,63-64:48,95:48,126:48
xterm*faceName: Noto Mono Regular
xterm*faceSize: 11
xterm*selectToClipboard: true
XTerm*VT100.Translations: #override \
Shift Ctrl<Key>V: insert-selection(CLIPBOARD) \n\
Shift Ctrl<Key>V: insert-selection(PRIMARY) \n\
Shift<Btn1Down>: select-start() \n\
Shift<Btn1Motion>: select-extend() \n\
Shift<Btn1Up>: select-end(CLIPBOARD) \n\
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Re: Which terminal
The error is on line 47, column 37 in ~/.XdefaultspawRoot wrote:Code: Select all
debian@debian:~$ xrdb ~/.Xdefaults /home/debian/.Xdefaults:47:37: warning: backslash-newline at end of file
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Re: Which terminal
select the text with the mouse, then move the cursor to where you want it to go and shift-ins or click the middle mouse button.pawRoot wrote:I wanted to post full error, but i don't know how to copy text from Xterm
It's not funny to waste people's time, this thread could help oters in the future if you can get it back on track.
I don't understand what colors you need to set, xterm by itself supports color? All I use is a very simple ~.Xresources for a couple of things. This file is read by default by debian when X starts. (see /etc/X11/Xsession.options)
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!xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources ----------------------------------------
!xterm settings ---------------------------------------------------
xterm*font: -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--18-120-100-100-c-90-iso8859-1
xterm*background: black
xterm*foreground: white
xterm*VT100.geometry: 80x25
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debian@debian:~$ xrdb ~/.Xdefaults /home/debian/.Xdefaults:47:37: warning: backslash-newline at end of file
But it tells me nothingXTerm*VT100.Translations: #override \
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Not if there is a file at ~/.xinitrcbw123 wrote: All I use is a very simple ~.Xresources for a couple of things. This file is read by default by debian when X starts
@pawRoot, remove the line, perhaps?
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