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I use plain xterm as well. With 6x13 aka 'fixed' bitmap font. Clean, simple, fast. I don't want background images, or transparency, or beautifully rendered f
by __d 4y ago
I use plain xterm as well. With 6x13 aka 'fixed' bitmap font.
Clean, simple, fast. I don't want background images, or transparency, or beautifully rendered fonts: I want to be able to clearly distinguish characters with minimum mental/visual effort, and pack as many of them into the available screen real-estate as I can see.
I also turn off color highlighting, which I don't find useful (in a shell).
My prompt is a simple '> ': no directory, no git, no venv -- I don't need to have that in my face all day long.
Years ago, I also chose an unusual color scheme: yellow text and dark blue background. This is based on the observation that human visual acuity peaks in the yellow/orange, and troughs in the blue, and so yellow on blue takes the least effort to see.
- exikyut 4y agoNot sure if you'll see this, but what are the hex colors of the fg/bg? That sounds really interesting.
- nfhshy68 4y agoWith `pwd`, `gb` and `gs` why do I need prompt taking up horizontal space?
- nvllsvm 4y agozsh has a built-in feature which shows the cwd aligned to the right end of the prompt line. It even disappears if you happen to type far enough into the line.
- bediger4000 4y agoThis is an underappreciated zsh feature for sure.
- cycomanic 4y agoJust a note, but the sensitivity of human vision depends on the amount of light but generally peaks in the green/yellow, not the yellow/orange. This is actually the reason why some countries have changed the paint of emergency vehicles from red to greenish, they are much easier to see especially in the dark where we perceive red to be largely black. https://www.olympus-lifescience.com/en/microscope-resource/primer/lightandcolor/humanvisionintro/ https://www.olympus-lifescience.com/en/microscope-resource/p...