termite terminal

mrneilypops · 2017-08-12 18:22:34

Anyone using termite terminal?

the Ubuntu install instructions worked for me on Debian 9.1...

ask ubuntu wrote:

Install dependencies
sudo apt install -y g++ libgtk-3-dev gtk-doc-tools gnutls-bin valac intltool libpcre2-dev libglib3.0-cil-dev libgnutls28-dev libgirepository1.0-dev libxml2-utils gperf build-essential
Get and install vte-ng
git clone https://github.com/thestinger/vte-ng.git
echo export LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/include/gtk-3.0:$LIBRARY_PATH"
cd vte-ng && ./autogen.sh && make && sudo make install
cd ..
Get and install termite, and setup
git clone --recursive https://github.com/thestinger/termite.git
cd termite && make && sudo make install
sudo ldconfig
sudo mkdir -p /lib/terminfo/x
sudo ln -s /usr/local/share/terminfo/x/xterm-termite /lib/terminfo/x/xterm-termite

https://askubuntu.com/questions/739163/ … ll-termite

AzureX has a great video about termite;
https://youtu.be/rVOWPi43QLo

Give termite a try... I am impressed

Lightweight terminal
Improved fonts/symbols compared to urxvt
Easy/short config file
Clipboard as per VTE
Efficient with zsh/ohmyzsh...

[Void linux install termite]

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-08-12 18:41:29

Very interesting, thanks!

The author happens to be the maintainer for the Arch Linux hardened kernel package so it certainly has some good pedigree

empty@Xanadu:~ $ su -c 'ps_mem' | grep termite                                        
  8.7 MiB +   5.7 MiB =  14.4 MiB	termite
empty@Xanadu:~ $

Half the RAM usage of terminator, nice!

I *love* <Ctrl>+<plus>/<minus> for font sizing, that is genius.

mrneilypops · 2017-08-12 18:54:10

^Termite runs very smooth on my Debian 9.1 and Void installs.
Fonts/symbols look 'nice' in termite!
I am considering termite as my default terminal in my revamped dwmXS 'distrolette'...just from a 'linux desktop user/hobby user' perspective

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Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-08-12 19:07:50

mrneilypops wrote:

Fonts/symbols look 'nice' in termite!

+1

It actually renders the bars in `alsamixer` correctly:

EDIT: urxvt for comparison, note stippled effect for the bar (it should be solid):

GNOME's terminal renders the `alsamixer` bars OK but then craps out with the font spacing (shown at the edges of the colour blocks):

So termite's performance is _very_ impressive 8)

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2017-08-12 19:11:45)

damo · 2017-08-12 19:15:35

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

....
I *love* <Ctrl>+<plus>/<minus> for font sizing, that is genius.

You mean like with Terminator? (Except I have to use Shift+Ctrl+plus)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-08-12 19:16:59

damo wrote:

You mean like with Terminator?

I suppose, yes.

I've never had a problem with the features of terminator (they are all lovely, I do agree), my beef is with the bloat...

EDIT: termite.cc is only 1514 SLOC:

https://github.com/thestinger/termite/b … termite.cc

Wow, that's st territory, although the latter is in plain C rather than nasty old C++

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2017-08-12 19:25:08)

brontosaurusrex · 2017-08-12 19:41:43

Any tricks to define line spacing in termite? Found this
https://github.com/thestinger/termite/issues/232
which says no.

(Something similar like 'URxvt.lineSpace: 6' in urxvt terms).

Can't find anything like that for tilix either. edit: Actually for me that single thing is enough that urxvt wins every time.

Last edited by brontosaurusrex (2017-08-12 19:42:42)

mrneilypops · 2017-08-12 19:45:14

@Head_on_a_Stick
Thanks for the input - good example alsamixer

@brontosaurusrex
I 'think'(from what I read) that termite font rendering is so much improved that rxvt font fixes are not required.
Please don't shoot me down here...that is just my uderstanding of termite thus far as a desktop user...

stretchbang = = bookmarked

Last edited by mrneilypops (2017-08-12 19:58:12)

brontosaurusrex · 2017-08-12 19:58:49

Well, it's not really a font fix, just a user preferring more line-spacing than default.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-08-12 19:59:58

The man page is not clear but to change configuration use:

mkdir -p ~/.config/termite
cp /etc/xdg/termite/config ~/.config/termite
vim ~/.config/termite/config # edit to taste

hth

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-08-12 20:19:25

It even offers (true) transparency, I think I may be switching to this myself (Arch has vte3-ng in [community]).

geekosupremo · 2017-08-14 21:29:22

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

It even offers (true) transparency, I think I may be switching to this myself (Arch has vte3-ng in [community]).

It's also the default terminal emulator for ArchLabs. I found it quite pleasant while using it there.

damo · 2017-08-14 22:19:41

I'm liking it

It took a while how to figure out how to get a colored prompt though - I edited ".bashrc" and add it to the case statement...

# set a fancy prompt (non-color, unless we know we "want" color)
case "$TERM" in
    xterm-color|*-256color|xterm-termite) color_prompt=yes;;
esac

Or is there a better way?

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-08-15 06:12:12

damo wrote:

how to get a colored prompt

Do the usual colour escapes not work?

This should give a "Red Prompt:"

# ~/.bashrc                                                                                                                                 
PS1='\e[31mRed Prompt:\e[0m\$ '

damo · 2017-08-15 08:25:23

^ I had the PS1 colours set up already in .bashrc, but it wasn't picking up the new $TERM variable. So I added it manually to the case statement.

I see it is possible to do something via systemd, but I'll stick to editing my .bashrc

ohnonot · 2017-08-16 05:45:10

i don't think i've ever seen a non-color terminal, so i tend to simply take that case-esac out, if there's trouble getting colors.
and then i have a colored prompt again.
this ethod has never failed me.

are there any non-color terminals on "normal" linux machines?

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Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-08-16 06:33:58

^ I think it's some weirdness in the stock Debian ~/.bashrc, they have a lot of extra functions compared to upstream (this normal for Debian) — color_prompt() is probably defined earlier in the file.
From ~/.bashrc:

# uncomment for a colored prompt, if the terminal has the capability; turned
# off by default to not distract the user: the focus in a terminal window
# should be on the output of commands, not on the prompt
#force_color_prompt=yes

Line 46 8)

Looks like `tput setaf 1` failed for termite, for whatever reason.

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2017-08-16 06:40:39)

ohnonot · 2017-08-17 03:46:44

rant on:

Stock debian wrote:

turned off by default to not distract the user: the focus in a terminal window should be on the output of commands, not on the prompt

that's just wrong.
how many times have I blessed ditributions that color theit prompt by default; try entering 'dmesg' and scrolling back to where it starts without a colored prompt!
doesn't have to be fancy, but colors also convey information.

rant off.

johnraff · 2017-08-17 06:54:10

^good point! I've been resorting to hitting enter several times before running a command with long output, just to find the prompt. :8 Off to add a colour prompt in .bashrc...

mrneilypops · 2017-08-17 12:20:16

Is anyone able to get ranger+w3m image preview working in termite?
https://github.com/thestinger/termite/issues/501

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