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scarecrow

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From: Greece

Registered: 2004-11-18

Posts: 715

Re: Terminal and Text Editor recommendations

mrxvt does not support unicode, and this is a stopper for me.
urxvt-unicode is a fine VT (using the 256-color version from AUR)

Last edited by scarecrow (2008-05-28 10:00:12)

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fuscia

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Registered: 2008-04-21

Posts: 398

Re: Terminal and Text Editor recommendations

hey, doc, another +1 for all you need to do is make an .Xdefaults file and put xterm*faceName: Monospace:pixelsize-14 in it. you'd have the same problem with urxvt, except that i think it's default font is a bit bigger.

pluisje

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From: 127.0.0.1

Registered: 2008-05-20

Posts: 5

Re: Terminal and Text Editor recommendations

i use vim/gvim so i recommend it, im am specialy fond cheatsheets ^^ it makes learing much easier...
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pestilence

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From: Athens

Registered: 2008-03-16

Posts: 53

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Re: Terminal and Text Editor recommendations

Geanny for editor
Gnome-terminal as my terminal:
http://martin.ankerl.com/2007/09/01/com … omparison/

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foxbunny

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2006-10-31

Posts: 759

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Re: Terminal and Text Editor recommendations

Vim, urxvt, and also Terminus font, the best goddamn font I've ever seen.

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droog

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Registered: 2004-11-18

Posts: 877

Re: Terminal and Text Editor recommendations

Vim, urxvt, and also Terminus font, the best goddamn font I've ever seen.

I use the same but this guy needs sakura and leafpad. perfect for what he wants.

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+1 for terminus being the sexiest terminal font in the history of forever.

Last edited by droog (2008-05-28 13:22:45)

Mr.Elendig

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From: The intertubes

Registered: 2004-11-07

Posts: 4,092

Re: Terminal and Text Editor recommendations

I would go with urxvt, vim/emacs and a nice font. The problem you got with reading the small text in xterm is easily solved with just changing the font.
Here is what I use:
rxvt-unicode-256color + vim

Setting a bigger font is no prob, but imo size 12 terminus is perfect on my 20.1" ws.

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bavardage

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Registered: 2008-02-17

Posts: 160

Re: Terminal and Text Editor recommendations

medit is gtk deps only I believe as well.

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amokkk

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From: PL

Registered: 2008-04-18

Posts: 51

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Re: Terminal and Text Editor recommendations

I mostly use cli apps but recently have come across nice gtk2 based editor which is called tea-lite. It's basically tea, stripped down of gnome deps, and it's lighter than geany.

As for terminal I would suggest rxvt/urxvt along with terminus or monospace font

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moljac024

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-01-29

Posts: 2,676

Re: Terminal and Text Editor recommendations

what about ROXterm ?

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