I am on the hunt for another terminal. I just switched from Xfce4 to Sakura, but what I really want in a terminal emulator is: As light as possible while still having a GUI color selector (Sakura has only pre-defined palettes, and no option to set starting size, it is always 80x24). Oh and GTK base…

Have you tried Alacritty? After Konsole, it is my favourite.

[image] What terminal emulator do you use? Lounge I normally use Terminator (window splits and broadcast groups, i.e. same command to multiple terminals). I use Alacritty for speeeeed.

I think alacritty is one of the heavier terminals so I am not sure it meets the lightweight requirement. Alternatively, even the heaviest of terminals is pretty lightweight so I am not sure it makes all that much difference.

The problem with alacritty is the lack of gui settings.

“As light as possible while still having a GUI color selector” Config files I have to edit by hand every time I change theme is a pain. Edit: Ok I bite… anyone have a good config file?

[image] Beardedgeek72: edit by hand every time I change theme There may be an easier way: [image] GitHub - dylanaraps/pywal: 🎨 Generate and change color-schemes on the fly. 🎨 Generate and change color-schemes on the fly. Contribute to dylanaraps/pywal development by creating an a…

Speaking of: Is there a generic command to launch a terminal or should I make an alias? Example: %terminal% to launch preferred terminal? Edit: I just created an alias called terminal that launches whatever terminal I edit it to.

Hmmm it does not seem to actually work with terminal based apps such as nnn or ranger, at least not in alacritty. Maybe it’s because i use fish? Even if I start ranger from within a terminal with a custom color scheme it reverts back to default until I quit ranger. Same with nnn.

what drawbacks made you switch away from xfce4-terminal? is it features? performance? does it also pull xfce?

@dalto - alacritty is not heavy! psmem | grep -i alacritty 19.5 MiB + 24.0 MiB = 43.5 MiB alacritty psmem | grep -i konsole 15.7 MiB + 27.2 MiB = 42.9 MiB konsole

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