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I use ghostty daily now. Switched recently. In macOS I can re-map now caps lock to be cmd and it works for cmd+c. Everything else is great, sensible defaults an

by zenlot 1y ago

I use ghostty daily now. Switched recently. In macOS I can re-map now caps lock to be cmd and it works for cmd+c. Everything else is great, sensible defaults and what's not easily customizable. Gruvbox light theme looks great too. The fact it's written in Zig is awesome too, if you ever question if Zig is ready, ghostty is your answer to that. Not seeing myself going back. It's great experience. Tip: if you combine your ghostty flow with aerospace, it's nearly perfect setup for your keyboard only experience on mac.

epolanski 1y ago
Other huge projects are Clickhouse and Bun.
- nasretdinov 1y ago
  ClickHouse is written in C++ (un)fortunately. Although I do think that Zig would fit it quite well too
  - sdairs 1y ago
    Yeah ClickHouse is written in C++, though rust is also possible https://clickhouse.com/blog/rust https://clickhouse.com/blog/rust - would be cool to see zig!
- ordinaryradical 1y ago
  I think you’re thinking of TigerBeetle, not Clickhouse, which is a quite performant db with a fascinating simulation-tested story and proof of performance / safety.
doctoboggan 1y ago
Can you tell my why I should consider ghostty? (as a daily Terminal.app user)
- PyWoody 1y ago
  It's fast. Like, faster than your brain expects it to be. I live in vim and after about 30 seconds of checking ghostty out I switched from iTerm2 to ghostty for good. No regerts.
  - loeg 1y ago
    I use terminology today, which is also "fast." The major issue I run into with ghostty vs terminology is that ssh in ghostty is broken due to the terminfo thing. I don't fully understand why ghostty can't pretend to be a different terminal that remotes know about (for now), but I assume there's some reason.
    - PyWoody 1y ago
      Have you tried the suggestions in https://ghostty.org/docs/help/terminfo#ssh https://ghostty.org/docs/help/terminfo#ssh? I don't know what issue you may be experiencing but this solved my issue with using htop in an ssh session.
      - robenkleene 1y ago
        For another approach, personally I found just doing `TERM=xterm-256color ssh <server>` more practical than the solutions at https://ghostty.org/docs/help/terminfo#ssh https://ghostty.org/docs/help/terminfo#ssh
        loeg 1y ago
        That is essentially the 2nd solution recommended. I think ghostty could do this itself as a hack. If the target binary is ssh (heuristic, but, ok), inject TERM=xterm-256color into env of the child process at launch. I guess it isn't a huge deal to have every user to modify their ssh_config instead, but it's an ergonomic pain point for many new users.
      - loeg 1y ago
        Copying terminfo around is more inconvenient than I want to put up with for now. Overriding TERM is fine, I guess. Mostly terminology is just a fairly good terminal, so I have little incentive to switch. :)

by zenlot 1y ago

epolanski 1y ago

Other huge projects are Clickhouse and Bun.

nasretdinov 1y ago
ClickHouse is written in C++ (un)fortunately. Although I do think that Zig would fit it quite well too
- sdairs 1y ago
  Yeah ClickHouse is written in C++, though rust is also possible https://clickhouse.com/blog/rust https://clickhouse.com/blog/rust - would be cool to see zig!
ordinaryradical 1y ago
I think you’re thinking of TigerBeetle, not Clickhouse, which is a quite performant db with a fascinating simulation-tested story and proof of performance / safety.

doctoboggan 1y ago

Can you tell my why I should consider ghostty? (as a daily Terminal.app user)

PyWoody 1y ago
It's fast. Like, faster than your brain expects it to be. I live in vim and after about 30 seconds of checking ghostty out I switched from iTerm2 to ghostty for good. No regerts.
- loeg 1y ago
  I use terminology today, which is also "fast." The major issue I run into with ghostty vs terminology is that ssh in ghostty is broken due to the terminfo thing. I don't fully understand why ghostty can't pretend to be a different terminal that remotes know about (for now), but I assume there's some reason.
  - PyWoody 1y ago
    Have you tried the suggestions in https://ghostty.org/docs/help/terminfo#ssh https://ghostty.org/docs/help/terminfo#ssh? I don't know what issue you may be experiencing but this solved my issue with using htop in an ssh session.
    - robenkleene 1y ago
      For another approach, personally I found just doing `TERM=xterm-256color ssh <server>` more practical than the solutions at https://ghostty.org/docs/help/terminfo#ssh https://ghostty.org/docs/help/terminfo#ssh
      - loeg 1y ago
        That is essentially the 2nd solution recommended. I think ghostty could do this itself as a hack. If the target binary is ssh (heuristic, but, ok), inject TERM=xterm-256color into env of the child process at launch. I guess it isn't a huge deal to have every user to modify their ssh_config instead, but it's an ergonomic pain point for many new users.
    - loeg 1y ago
      Copying terminfo around is more inconvenient than I want to put up with for now. Overriding TERM is fine, I guess. Mostly terminology is just a fairly good terminal, so I have little incentive to switch. :)