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Nice to update ~/.Xresources with a bit more sane config. I fixed my xterm background and some colors (background, cursor) in addition. However, it renders muc
by _y5hn 3y ago
Nice to update ~/.Xresources with a bit more sane config. I fixed my xterm background and some colors (background, cursor) in addition.
However, it renders much more slower than kitty in this simple test:
timeout 2 find /
Since that is likely a good use case or test for performance, I don't see further use trying to make xterm usable for me. It's a good terminal, but more modern takes are faster and have more features.
Rant: One annoying feature I always disable though are those cursed hyperlinks. Terminals don't need hyperlinks.
- okasaki 3y agoFor interactive use, latency is more important, and xterm wins by a lot: https://lwn.net/Articles/751763/ https://lwn.net/Articles/751763/
- mlichvar 3y agoWhen you are comparing performance to kitty, are they both scrolling line by line (xterm's default), or jumping as with the xterm jumpScroll or fastScroll option?
- _y5hn 3y agoGood point, and "jumping/cheating" did cross my mind, though was not meant to be a technical merit test. I didn't get any difference with jumpScroll, but fastScroll makes it go further with xterm, though not as far and consistently as kitty. So fastScroll option for xterm might improve the execution time.