Argh, replied to a single person. Classic...
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Vitor Eiji Justus Sakaguti <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 10:15 PM Subject: Re: [off-topic] A good terminal emulator for tiling WMs? To: [email protected] On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Jörg Thalheim <[email protected]> wrote: > Which distribution you use? Was that question for me? I'm using Arch Linux now. On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Vitor Eiji Justus Sakaguti <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Renato Botelho <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Try eterm and let us know if it is an option for you. > > Thanks! I'm currently trying to configure this giant beast, will let > you know if it works. I gave up configuring it. It's too feature rich and I couldn't find enough docs, so maybe some other time... On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Zsolt Udvari <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe you can try termit [1]. I did, but I think the archlinux package is broken in some way... I'll try to fix it later. On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Nicolas Berthier <[email protected]> wrote: > I would recommend using GNU Emacs' multi-term [1] in this case. > Actually, I embed all my terminals in GNU Emacs, and group them by > using tabbar [2]. Yet this requires learning to use (and customize) > GNU Emacs; however… "no pain, no gain" (IMHO). In the end, GNU Emacs > stays fullscreen and performs tiling itself if needed. Sounds nice, but I'm a hardcore vim user :P But the whole idea of using a text editor as a terminal emulator seems a little bit awkward, I mean, isn't it supposed to be the other way around? Well, despite this strangeness, I'll probably give it a try someday... On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Michael Alan Dorman <[email protected]> wrote: > I use terminator [...]. I start a > single instance full-screen on one tag when I start up, and then use its > facilities to manage multiple tabs/panes/shells. > > It's not the slimmest terminal emulator ever, but I find it works very > well with my habits. YMMV. I'm trying it right now, seems promissing. Thanks everybody for your suggestions! I'll see if I write reviews and comparisons focusing on usage in tiling window managers and share it with the rest of the world. Thanks again! -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
