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#1 2009-04-19 14:59:30

LiteHacker
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[SOLVED]Which terminal is right for me?

Please help me choose a good terminal. I have viewed a couple of posts, but haven't found what I have been looking for.
I'm looking for the following features in a terminal:
* Copy with CTRL+INSERT, paste with SHIFT-INSERT. (On my computer, I cannot middle click.) These keys are actually as standard as CTRL+C and CTRL+V - Unfortunately xterm doesn't support them.
* If you have the terminal open in Window 1, and you open a new terminal in Window 2, it should appear in Window 2. (LXTerminal opens in Window 1 like gedit.)
* When you press CTRL+Left and CTRL+Right, you skip through typed words left and right. Similar to vi's "w" and "b".... Almost all GUI programs have this feature. (rxvm terminal doesn't.)
* I would prefer not having a menu bar, as that takes up space.
* I do not care for transparency.. it actually gets in the way.
* I do not care for tabs.. I'm using a tiled window manager.
* I do not care for a scroll bar. (Just use SHIFT+PageUp, SHIFT+PageDown.)
* Speed is of importance... usually terminals are pretty fast though...

As you can see, my needs for a terminal are relatively simple.. I would expect the top three "features" that I ask for to be present in all standard GUI programs, but for some reason they are not.
Does anybody know of a terminal that can do what I noted?

Thank you,
LiteHacker

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#2 2009-04-19 15:29:03

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Re: [SOLVED]Which terminal is right for me?

LiteHacker wrote:

* Copy with CTRL+INSERT, paste with SHIFT-INSERT. (On my computer, I cannot middle click.) These keys are actually as standard as CTRL+C and CTRL+V - Unfortunately xterm doesn't support them.
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Huh ? I haven't used CTRL+INSERT but I'm pretty sure xterm "supports" SHIFT+INSERT...

Anyway, regarding your question, I'm pretty sure you'll get loads of urxvt recommendations, so I'm going to say..... urxvt tongue


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#3 2009-04-19 15:29:07

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Re: [SOLVED]Which terminal is right for me?


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#4 2009-04-19 15:34:16

Procyon
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Re: [SOLVED]Which terminal is right for me?

I don't know what you mean with Ctrl+insert either, in terminals the primary buffer should do fine: mark with the mouse to copy, shift+insert to paste.

Point two sounds like a WM issue.

Point three is for readline: man readline.

Your other requirements I think can be done by all terminals. So read up on the man pages.

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#5 2009-04-19 15:51:51

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Re: [SOLVED]Which terminal is right for me?

I'd try sakura.  it handles ctrl + ins for copying and shift + ins for pasting.  also does ctrl + left and ctrl + right as you described.

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#6 2009-04-19 15:59:27

LiteHacker
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Re: [SOLVED]Which terminal is right for me?

muaythaimaster74 wrote:

I'd try sakura.  it handles ctrl + ins for copying and shift + ins for pasting.  also does ctrl + left and ctrl + right as you described.

I tried out sakura. It works as described. Thank you. smile

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#7 2009-04-19 15:59:41

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Re: [SOLVED]Which terminal is right for me?

All of these, perhaps apart from copying on ctrl-insert, are present in Urxvt. I'm pretty sure that the default settings for moving between words is alt-left/right, though, so you'd have to change that in your ~/.inputrc.

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#8 2009-04-19 16:04:07

palobo
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Re: [SOLVED]Which terminal is right for me?

moljac024 wrote:

Anyway, regarding your question, I'm pretty sure you'll get loads of urxvt recommendations, so I'm going to say..... urxvt tongue

I'm sorry for hijacking this thread, but I really do see many users with urxvt.

Could some kind soul give me a clue as to why this is? What is so great about this terminal that has so many flock to it?

Cheers,
P.


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#9 2009-04-19 16:06:38

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Re: [SOLVED]Which terminal is right for me?

It supports pretty much all the features you'd need, it's lightweight, it's fast, and it can be extended in a moderately easy way. It can do some other neat things, as well, such as a client-server mode and transparency.

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#10 2009-04-19 16:14:26

palobo
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Re: [SOLVED]Which terminal is right for me?

Thanks for the quick reply. I'll install and test it out.

Cheers,
P.


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#11 2009-04-19 16:35:50

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Re: [SOLVED]Which terminal is right for me?

I'm a loser, I like LXTerminal.


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#12 2009-04-19 20:26:03

muaythaimaster74
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Re: [SOLVED]Which terminal is right for me?

LiteHacker wrote:
muaythaimaster74 wrote:

I'd try sakura.  it handles ctrl + ins for copying and shift + ins for pasting.  also does ctrl + left and ctrl + right as you described.

I tried out sakura. It works as described. Thank you. smile

No prob.  Sakura is my favorite terminal.  You can keep it simple, or even do transparency and tabbing with it as well.

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