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Is there a terminal emulator which works well in an Ubuntu desktop and provides the following features which Mac OS X's Terminal application has?
clear does not) and does not clear the cursor's line (typically containing a prompt).
Kevin Reid
Posted 2011-03-05T17:30:45.250
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Have you tried Terminator? It's cross-platform I used it under OS X for a good while before switching to iTerm and remember reflowing.
The standard answer to 'what is a better terminal' under X11 is rxvt-unicode (available via sudo aptitude install rxvt-unicode) aka urxvt. However, rxvt-unicode doesn't have a GUI for configuration or anything –– it's definitely slanted to the power user.
Another solution might be to run screen inside your current terminal.
Just Jake
Posted 2011-03-05T17:30:45.250
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I'm making great progress in implementing rewrapping in VTE (gnome-terminal etc.). Please see the upstream bug at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336238 , feel free to try my patch if you're a hacker kind. In case of any technical feedback, please comment in that upstream bug, thanks! Hopefully my work will soon end up in mainstream VTE.
egmont
Posted 2011-03-05T17:30:45.250
Reputation: 11
“Sadly, we don't have the resources to support two implementations, so reflowing is no longer an option; it's gone from the code.” — Terminator's site. rxvt-unicode seems to be destructive on resize — do you know an option? I find that screen does rewrap, surprisingly. I will look into whether I can tweak it into doing what I want. – Kevin Reid – 2011-03-29T22:09:42.673