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From: tuxic@××××××.de
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] In search of an truecolor-capable terminal emulator
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 02:38:43
Message-Id: 20170426023829.qh5nh5wh26xe23sn@solfire
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] In search of an truecolor-capable terminal emulator by Floyd Anderson
1 On 04/25 07:38, Floyd Anderson wrote:
2 > On Di, 25 Apr 17:47:22 +0200
3 > tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
4 > > Hi,
5 > >
6 > > currently I am using urxvt as my standard terminal
7 > > application, which is FAST and reliable.
8 > > But it only emulates 24bit colors if instructed so.
9 > > It maps 24bit rgb to 256 color using a fast but not
10 > > total correct formula to to do (which is no critism -
11 > > its just the way ot is implemented).
12 > >
13 > > I googled qyite a bit to find 24color terminal
14 > > emulators and the one, which came closer to
15 > > what I want is sakure.
16 > > But comparing the speed of sakura with urxvt
17 > > (catting a long log file twice while measureing the time
18 > > of the second cat) it shows that sakura needs
19 > > six times more time than urxvt.
20 > >
21 > > Combining this with the compile sessions, which
22 > > are one of the core features of Gentoo ;)))...
23 > >
24 > > What I want is the "fastest" possible (...)
25 > > terminal emulator supporting true color (24bit).
26 > > I dont need fancy configuring options (two exception:
27 > > TABS! and lightweighted) and I dont want KDE stuff (or
28 > > any other bloated thing with thousands of dependencies...)
29 > > I am simply using openbox.
30 > >
31 > > What are your experiences?
32 > >
33 > > Any hint is heartly welcome! Thanks !
34 > >
35 > > Cheers
36 > > Meino
37 > >
38 > > PS: The terminal emulator dont need to be part
39 > > of Gentoo necessarily...if it is compilable
40 > > by a human being withoyt super powers... ;)
41 > >
42 > I am using rxvt-unicode also as my main terminal emulator. Its true colour
43 > emulation bothers me also but just only a little bit.
44 >
45 > As a second one, xfce4-terminal runs here from time to time (seldom). A
46 > quick time/cat test with a gcc-5.4.0 log file (approximately 25 MiB) shows
47 > surprisingly that xfce4-terminal runs six time faster than rxvt-unicode.
48 > Maybe one reason is that urxvt looks for URLs and email addresses to
49 > colourising them.
50 >
51 > Maybe you can get a suggestion from [1].
52 >
53 >
54 > References:
55 > [1] <https://gist.github.com/XVilka/8346728>
56 >
57 > --
58 > Regards,
59 > floyd
60 >
61 >
62
63 Hi Floyd,
64
65 thanks for the informations! :)
66
67 A few minutes ago I emerged xfce4-terminal and tried the
68 cat-time-test of yesterday: 29 secondes with xfce-terminal
69 and 5 seconds with urxvt. Hmmmm...
70
71 You have got the reversed results compared with mine...
72
73 What the heck slows down the output of the terminals on my
74 Gentoo and only let urxvt shine?
75
76 Cheers
77 Meino
78
79 PS: I found XVilka before. That's why I asked for some experiences
80 of other users.... :)

Replies

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Re: [gentoo-user] In search of an truecolor-capable terminal emulator Fernando Rodriguez <cyklonite@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] In search of an truecolor-capable terminal emulator Floyd Anderson <f.a@××××.net>