Re: [dev] [st] goals / non-goals for st?

From: Richard Pöttler <richard.poettler_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:15:37 +0200

Jacob Todd schrieb:
> Going through the st goals / non-goals thread I've compiled this list of:
>
> What st is going to do so far (Arg said so):
> - *good* xterm compliance
> - 256 colour support
> - filters that change colour and shit
> - server to save session in case you crash X
> - unlimited scroll back buffer
>
> and
>
> What people want added:
> - redirect the IO of the terminal to a file. (pancake)
> - st should keep a pointer to the beggining of the oldest line, because we would
> like to keep lines and not part of them. (pancake)
> - edit previous text in the terminal like in Plan 9 and 9term (me(jt_))
> - some more stuff

The things I want from a terminal is utf-8 support. Or is that only a
font problem?
For me also speed and the scrollback buffer are important.

What do you think about transparency? I think it might collide with the
suckless-goal and decrease speed.

bye
richi
Received on Wed Oct 07 2009 - 10:15:37 UTC

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