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I wish somebody built an emulator as fast as xterm and as configurable as something like kitty. Until then, xterm it is.
by nutrie 3y ago
I wish somebody built an emulator as fast as xterm and as configurable as something like kitty. Until then, xterm it is.
- aumerle 3y agoxterm has extremely poor throughput performance. kitty and most other well designed terminals are atleast 2x as fast as xterm. For example: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/performance/#throughput https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/performance/#throughput Of all tested terminals xterm is faster only than konsole.
- jstimpfle 3y agoXterm feels faster to me than all alternatives I've tried (not kitty). I suspect it's input to screen latency. Also, crisp bitmap fonts. Startup is instant too. It has comparatively very good "fidelity", giving usable screen outputs with most applications without tinkering. A factor of 2x in throughput is nothing to sweat about I think, given that xterm is fast enough. Haven't verified the benchmarks in your link, and not tried kitty, but I believe the bench did not test xterm with bitmap fonts which I believe are significantly faster. I'd also look at CPU rasterization performance. I often don't have graphics acceleration available (in a VM).
- aumerle 3y agoYou are of course welcome to use whatever terminal you like, just be aware that speed is not a reason to prefer xterm.
- pxeger1 3y agoKitty is fast enough for me. Why is speed such a concern for you?
- Xeamek 3y agoHave you tried 'wezTerm'?