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0 pointsdavman7y ago0 comments

Thanks, I think I'd seen this one in the past but had ruled it out due to no Windows support (at the time).

Edit: Ah, also "doesn't have features such as tabs" ruled it out for me.

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calcifer7y ago· 5 in thread

> doesn't have features such as tabs

The lack of tabs is a feature for some of us. After all, why have tabs when you can have tmux? :)

drb917y ago

If you’re asking seriously... tmux has a unique interface which is probably not worth learning merely for the purpose of managing multiple active sessions. You also can’t wire it to accept proper GUI commands with the mac command key. Tabs make sense.

Personally I recommend Terminal.app :)

davmanOP7y ago

I'm not saying you have to have tabs, if you want to paint your terminal pink with yellow fonts and render it upside down then go for it, but I'd like tabs :)

data_scientist7y ago

I needs to connects to multiple servers at the same time, and tmux sessions shouldn't be stacked. How can I do that without tabs?

jrowley7y ago

If you have 2 tmux servers with different hotkeys you can totally nest them safely. I have a different hotkey prefix for my machine and then leave the default for servers. Works great!

calcifer7y ago

Use multiple panes and/or windows? It's a terminal multiplexer, each panes is a separate terminal, just like tabs.

StavrosK7y ago· 4 in thread

Alacritty isn't actually super fast, the author just opened three other emulators and decided to call Alacritty "the fastest terminal emulator on earth".

Kitty is much more full-featured and super fast. I've switched to it and love it to bits.

EDIT: Ah, it's not available for Windows, too bad. It's the best.

ethelward7y ago

He did a bit more than that[0], and he comapred it to Kitty.

[0] https://jwilm.io/blog/alacritty-lands-scrollback/

StavrosK7y ago

Oh that's good, thanks for the heads up. Pretty recent post.

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chupasaurus7y ago

> It's the best.

Heard of Konsole? It doesn't need GPU to achieve the same speed.

StavrosK7y ago

I like Kitty because of the built-in layouts, the speed is a bonus for me.

b3n7y ago· 1 in thread

You can get a tab-like experience using tmux. This also gives you features like scrollback which Alacritty doesn't support out of the box.

aetimmes7y ago

Funny you should mention that - alacritty just merged their scrollback feature branch into master a couple of days ago.

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13 comments · 3 top-level

calcifer7y ago· 5 in thread

> doesn't have features such as tabs

The lack of tabs is a feature for some of us. After all, why have tabs when you can have tmux? :)

drb917y ago

Personally I recommend Terminal.app :)

davmanOP7y ago

I'm not saying you have to have tabs, if you want to paint your terminal pink with yellow fonts and render it upside down then go for it, but I'd like tabs :)

data_scientist7y ago

I needs to connects to multiple servers at the same time, and tmux sessions shouldn't be stacked. How can I do that without tabs?

jrowley7y ago

If you have 2 tmux servers with different hotkeys you can totally nest them safely. I have a different hotkey prefix for my machine and then leave the default for servers. Works great!

calcifer7y ago

Use multiple panes and/or windows? It's a terminal multiplexer, each panes is a separate terminal, just like tabs.

StavrosK7y ago· 4 in thread

Alacritty isn't actually super fast, the author just opened three other emulators and decided to call Alacritty "the fastest terminal emulator on earth".

Kitty is much more full-featured and super fast. I've switched to it and love it to bits.

EDIT: Ah, it's not available for Windows, too bad. It's the best.

ethelward7y ago

He did a bit more than that[0], and he comapred it to Kitty.

[0] https://jwilm.io/blog/alacritty-lands-scrollback/

StavrosK7y ago

Oh that's good, thanks for the heads up. Pretty recent post.

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chupasaurus7y ago

> It's the best.

Heard of Konsole? It doesn't need GPU to achieve the same speed.

StavrosK7y ago

I like Kitty because of the built-in layouts, the speed is a bonus for me.

b3n7y ago· 1 in thread

You can get a tab-like experience using tmux. This also gives you features like scrollback which Alacritty doesn't support out of the box.

aetimmes7y ago

Funny you should mention that - alacritty just merged their scrollback feature branch into master a couple of days ago.

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