On 04/26 11:17, Fernando Rodriguez wrote: > On 04/25/2017 10:38 PM, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > On 04/25 07:38, Floyd Anderson wrote: > > > On Di, 25 Apr 17:47:22 +0200 > > > 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 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 ;)))... > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > What are your experiences? > > > > > > > > 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... ;) > > > > > > > I am using rxvt-unicode also as my main terminal emulator. Its true colour > > > emulation bothers me also but just only a little bit. > > > > > > As a second one, xfce4-terminal runs here from time to time (seldom). A > > > quick time/cat test with a gcc-5.4.0 log file (approximately 25 MiB) shows > > > surprisingly that xfce4-terminal runs six time faster than rxvt-unicode. > > > Maybe one reason is that urxvt looks for URLs and email addresses to > > > colourising them. > > > > > > Maybe you can get a suggestion from [1]. > > > > > > > > > References: > > > [1] <https://gist.github.com/XVilka/8346728> > > > > > > -- > > > Regards, > > > floyd > > > > > > > > > > Hi Floyd, > > > > thanks for the informations! :) > > > > A few minutes ago I emerged xfce4-terminal and tried the > > cat-time-test of yesterday: 29 secondes with xfce-terminal > > and 5 seconds with urxvt. Hmmmm... > > > > You have got the reversed results compared with mine... > > > > What the heck slows down the output of the terminals on my > > Gentoo and only let urxvt shine? > > Possibly your use flags and/or openbox (if not using a GL compositor). Try > enabling all GL related flags for the terminal emulator and it's > dependencies and use a GL compositor like kwin or compiz. Modern graphics > cards are designed with modern software in mind. Many don't even have a 2D > engine anymore. > > > > > > > Cheers > > Meino > > > > PS: I found XVilka before. That's why I asked for some experiences > > of other users.... :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Fernando Rodriguez >
Hi Fernando, thanks for the informations! :) I am not using compiz or such.... Openbox is installed as follows: [I] x11-wm/openbox Available versions: (3) 3.5.2-r1 (~)3.6 3.6.1 **9999 {branding debug imlib nls session startup-notification static-libs svg xdg PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7"} Installed versions: 3.6.1(3)(11:01:40 AM 02/18/2017)(nls session -branding -debug -imlib -startup-notification -static-libs -svg -xdg PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7") Homepage: http://openbox.org/ Description: A standards compliant, fast, light-weight, extensible window manager My USE_FLAGS (make.conf) are: USE="nvidia X lua sdl mp3 flac jack alsa gtk cairo sndfile qt3support kpathsea gif tga jpeg png jpeg2k mad dvb dvdr encode lzo bzip2 ogg sox v4l v4l2 vorbis x264 x265 zsh-completion -hal -lirc" Wpuld you suggest to change a flag? Thanks a lot for any help in advance! Cheers Meino