gnome-terminal (based on libvte) will do frame dropping for rendering updates. Unfortunately that means you're stuck using a terminal with the most brain dead

gnome-terminal (based on libvte) will do frame dropping for rendering updates. Unfortunately that means you're stuck using a terminal with the most brain dead shortcut keys in the world. Invariably I sit down at a coworker's keyboard, hit alt-F, and instead of skipping forward a word, I open the File menu.