On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 10:47 AM, <tu...@posteo.de> wrote: > Hi, > > currently I am using urxvt as my standard terminal > application, which is FAST and reliable. > But it only emulates 24bit colors if instructed so. > It maps 24bit rgb to 256 color using a fast but not > total correct formula to to do (which is no critism - > its just the way ot is implemented). >
I suppose you have seen https://gist.github.com/XVilka/8346728, but if not, I will link it for you. Anyone following along who hasn't read it might be inclined to do so. > I googled qyite a bit to find 24color terminal > emulators and the one, which came closer to > what I want is sakure. > But comparing the speed of sakura with urxvt > (catting a long log file twice while measureing the time > of the second cat) it shows that sakura needs > six times more time than urxvt. > > Combining this with the compile sessions, which > are one of the core features of Gentoo ;)))... > I would suggest looking at: *) https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty *) https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty Both of which are OpenGL accelerated. Unfortunately I'm not entirely sure why sakura is slow. Finding out might be worthwhile. Alacritty is the shiniest, but unfortunately the rust build and setup process looks very insecure, similar to Haskell. Take into account that those languages are experimental. > What I want is the "fastest" possible (...) > terminal emulator supporting true color (24bit). > I dont need fancy configuring options (two exception: > TABS! and lightweighted) and I dont want KDE stuff (or > any other bloated thing with thousands of dependencies...) > I am simply using openbox. > Tabs are probably a stretch though I admit they are a useful feature. I would recommend that if you find a Desktop Environment that has a program you like you simply use it though the look may clash with your other programs. It's hard enough to find programs that do what you want on Linux. > What are your experiences? > Nothing really seems to do what I want, and that may translate into nothing really doing what you want. > Any hint is heartly welcome! Thanks ! > > Cheers > Meino > > PS: The terminal emulator dont need to be part > of Gentoo necessarily...if it is compilable > by a human being withoyt super powers... ;) > Check the list on that gist - may as well keep trying them until you find one that you like.
