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Biggest issue I have with Ghostty is that on the mac with Nano.. you can't copy and paste multiple lines into the editor. It's something about how the terminal

by monksy 1y ago

Biggest issue I have with Ghostty is that on the mac with Nano.. you can't copy and paste multiple lines into the editor. It's something about how the terminal handles "bracketed pasting".. but yet this isn't an issue with iterm2 and term.

ha1zum 1y ago
This could be a valid bug that you can report
dewey 1y ago
I've used Ghostty as my default terminal since I set up my new computer a couple of months ago. The only issue I have is the missing search which I often reach for to look through output that I didn't pipe anywhere. Bit it's also the most mentioned issue: https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/issues/189 https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/issues/189
- scosman 1y ago
  Agreed. This is the only thing stopping it from being the undisputed best terminal for me. I’ve referred 2 people to it in the last few months, both like it but didn’t adopt it because of this.
qweiopqweiop 1y ago
No command f is the killer for me
Sammi 1y ago
I can't even open nano in ghostty when I've ssh'd to my ubuntu box: $ nano Error opening terminal: xterm-ghostty. Works fine in macos terminal and built in vs code terminal.
- biorach 1y ago
  Might be $TERM needs to be set or you need to add ghostty to terminfo
  - wenngle 1y ago
    This. See the ghostty documentation: https://ghostty.org/docs/help/terminfo#ssh https://ghostty.org/docs/help/terminfo#ssh
  - ur-whale 1y ago
    > Might be $TERM needs to be set or you need to add ghostty to terminfo Yeah, except that the specific terminfo needed for ghostty isn't installed anywhere on the boxes you ssh into ... you need to manually install it on every single one of them. That in and of itself makes it truly painful to switch to ghostty. And there are still a lot of other issues, like e.g. building the tip is a freaking nightmare of dependencies and weird issues (hard reliance on specific versions of the zig compiler and of something called "blueprint compiler", etc...) Not ready for prime time by a mile IMO.
    - biorach 1y ago
      > the specific terminfo needed for ghostty isn't installed anywhere on the boxes you ssh into ... you need to manually install it on every single one of them. Yeah this is going to be an issue with any of the newer terminal emulators. No big deal. Updating terminfo is easy. If you can't then just set TERM=xterm > Not ready for prime time by a mile IMO. Nah, the issue is your lack of experience and understanding of the basics is terminals.
      - ur-whale 1y ago
        > Updating terminfo is easy. lol. sure, very easy to do this on order of magnitude 1000 remote machines whose various OS's are entirely managed by automation.
        biorach 1y ago
- ilyagr 1y ago
  If you're like a quick fix, see https://ghostty.org/docs/help/terminfo#copy-ghostty's-terminfo-to-a-remote-machine https://ghostty.org/docs/help/terminfo#copy-ghostty's-termin.... If that doesn't work, perhaps one of the other suggestions on that page will.
don_searchcraft 1y ago
I love 99% of what Ghostty brings to the table as a terminal replacement but the copy / paste issues with it are incredibly frustrating and I run into them almost daily.
egorfine 1y ago
I spend like half of my time in the terminal and search is an absolute deal breaker for me. Guys have created an incredibly cool terminal and surely they use it a lot but they... just don't search? I have nothing but respect and admiration for the project, just wondering what their day to day terminal usage experience looks like if they don't need to look for things.

by monksy 1y ago

ha1zum 1y ago

This could be a valid bug that you can report

dewey 1y ago

I've used Ghostty as my default terminal since I set up my new computer a couple of months ago. The only issue I have is the missing search which I often reach for to look through output that I didn't pipe anywhere. Bit it's also the most mentioned issue: https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/issues/189 https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/issues/189

scosman 1y ago
Agreed. This is the only thing stopping it from being the undisputed best terminal for me. I’ve referred 2 people to it in the last few months, both like it but didn’t adopt it because of this.

qweiopqweiop 1y ago

No command f is the killer for me

Sammi 1y ago

I can't even open nano in ghostty when I've ssh'd to my ubuntu box: $ nano Error opening terminal: xterm-ghostty. Works fine in macos terminal and built in vs code terminal.

biorach 1y ago
Might be $TERM needs to be set or you need to add ghostty to terminfo
- wenngle 1y ago
  This. See the ghostty documentation: https://ghostty.org/docs/help/terminfo#ssh https://ghostty.org/docs/help/terminfo#ssh
- ur-whale 1y ago
  > Might be $TERM needs to be set or you need to add ghostty to terminfo Yeah, except that the specific terminfo needed for ghostty isn't installed anywhere on the boxes you ssh into ... you need to manually install it on every single one of them. That in and of itself makes it truly painful to switch to ghostty. And there are still a lot of other issues, like e.g. building the tip is a freaking nightmare of dependencies and weird issues (hard reliance on specific versions of the zig compiler and of something called "blueprint compiler", etc...) Not ready for prime time by a mile IMO.
  - biorach 1y ago
    > the specific terminfo needed for ghostty isn't installed anywhere on the boxes you ssh into ... you need to manually install it on every single one of them. Yeah this is going to be an issue with any of the newer terminal emulators. No big deal. Updating terminfo is easy. If you can't then just set TERM=xterm > Not ready for prime time by a mile IMO. Nah, the issue is your lack of experience and understanding of the basics is terminals.
    - ur-whale 1y ago
      > Updating terminfo is easy. lol. sure, very easy to do this on order of magnitude 1000 remote machines whose various OS's are entirely managed by automation.
      - biorach 1y ago
ilyagr 1y ago
If you're like a quick fix, see https://ghostty.org/docs/help/terminfo#copy-ghostty's-terminfo-to-a-remote-machine https://ghostty.org/docs/help/terminfo#copy-ghostty's-termin.... If that doesn't work, perhaps one of the other suggestions on that page will.

don_searchcraft 1y ago

I love 99% of what Ghostty brings to the table as a terminal replacement but the copy / paste issues with it are incredibly frustrating and I run into them almost daily.

egorfine 1y ago

I spend like half of my time in the terminal and search is an absolute deal breaker for me. Guys have created an incredibly cool terminal and surely they use it a lot but they... just don't search? I have nothing but respect and admiration for the project, just wondering what their day to day terminal usage experience looks like if they don't need to look for things.