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points by mixmastamyk 2 days ago | 0 comments

Funny, I won’t use a term emulator unless it has a good GUI config. Even SGI and Windows Command prompt had them in the 90s.

Also the konsole context menu and default toolbar are a mess.

[–] lucasoshiro 2 days ago

I also thought like that, but you only to set some defaults and you're ready to go. If you still prefer a GUI there are online generators. Nowdays you can also vibecode them, they are very simple and any LLM will do it right

[–] ChickeNES 2 days ago

If you have to see them, they aren’t defaults. It’s bad enough that Windows Terminal doesn’t expose its full configuration and forces you to edit the config by hand for more advanced stuff. Feels like a step backwards when something like iTerm 2 gives you access to all settings in a (admittedly kinda crappy) GUI. This also kinda begs the question why there’s not a /TUI/ configuration manager shipped…

[–] Geezus_42 1 day ago

Seriously, iTerm2's config GUI is so confusing and convoluted. I figured it out, but I always found it annoying trying to remember which menus to dig through to find that one setting I need.

[–] lucasoshiro 1 day ago

That's what I thought at first. But all the niceness of having a settings GUI didn't pay the unwanted bloat. My first try was to find a "debloated iTerm2", and then I found out that Ghostty's settings aren't the burden that I thought they would be

[–] mixmastamyk 2 days ago

There are mature emulators for decades now, why go backwards? I guess there are a few tiny features that might be useful, and am open to them. But a new project needs to be strictly better, not two steps forward, one step back.

Ghostty is getting there though, and today is a milestone, not complaining too loudly.

[–] Geezus_42 1 day ago

Because the old ones refuse to change or add New features. Which is fine, there are plenty of users who dislike chabge. However, it means you have to start a new project if you want to support most modern features.

[–] Analemma_ 2 days ago

The lack of a config GUI in ghostty used to bother me, but to be honest now I just describe to Claude what I want to change and it does it. It would still be nice to have one eventually but I can see the argument for deprioritizing it.