Re: Xterm vs Terminal.app
Re: Xterm vs Terminal.app
- Subject: Re: Xterm vs Terminal.app
- From: David Brown <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:50:25 -0800
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 08:29:43PM -0600, Albert Lunde wrote:
> I've had adequate results with xterms in the past, but I've seldom
> had a production environment in which to run them (with Macs on my
> desk since the SE/30). I'm just hopeful xterms will work better
> because they have had a larger user base, and a longer time time
> span to debug them against the applications I use.
When xterm was developed, most unix use was done through the terminal,
so it was very important to get the terminal emulation correct.
Correct emulation is often not as robust with more modern terminal
emulators. The Terminal.app is not bad, but does do a few things wrong.
It does leave garbage sometimes if you turn on anti-aliasing.
My biggest grip with the Terminal.app is that it is slow. Sometimes I
feel like I'm working over a slow modem, even when I'm talking to my
local machine.
Dave Brown
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