Comments on: I want a new terminal http://www.masivp.com/wordpress/2008/03/13/i-want-a-new-terminal/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:34:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Patrick http://www.masivp.com/wordpress/2008/03/13/i-want-a-new-terminal/#comment-390 Patrick Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:56:29 +0000 http://www.masivp.com/wordpress/2008/03/13/i-want-a-new-terminal/#comment-390 hmm - so I think I may have just found part of the problem. I wonder if gnome-terminal has improved in the *6 years* since the 2.2.2 version that came stock on my dev box? Ugh. hmm - so I think I may have just found part of the problem. I wonder if gnome-terminal has improved in the *6 years* since the 2.2.2 version that came stock on my dev box? Ugh.

]]> By: Adam http://www.masivp.com/wordpress/2008/03/13/i-want-a-new-terminal/#comment-389 Adam Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:40:23 +0000 http://www.masivp.com/wordpress/2008/03/13/i-want-a-new-terminal/#comment-389 I use and prefer gnome-terminal. Sometimes gnome-terminal grabs keystrokes; if this is happening visit Edit -> Keyboard Shortcuts and try checking "Disable all menu access keys (such as Alt-f to open File menu)" and "Disable menu shortcut key (F10 by default)". This means you have to use the mouse to access the menu, but I find I don't need to visit the menu often. The keybindings you're referring to are part of Bash, I believe. Bash uses "GNU readline" for all the awesome keybinding/interactivey stuff. It has a ton of options that can be set in ~/.inputrc. I've not customized it much, but <a href="http://dotfiles.org/~meonkeys/.inputrc" rel="nofollow">here's my .inputrc</a> in case you're curious. The plethora of options are documented in gory detail in the manpages for bash and readline. I'm not sure what you mean by "frequently get confused" and "don’t update the display to accurately reflect whatever's in the buffer". Is it a speed issue? Resizing the window? I use and prefer gnome-terminal.

Sometimes gnome-terminal grabs keystrokes; if this is happening visit Edit -> Keyboard Shortcuts and try checking “Disable all menu access keys (such as Alt-f to open File menu)” and “Disable menu shortcut key (F10 by default)”. This means you have to use the mouse to access the menu, but I find I don’t need to visit the menu often.

The keybindings you’re referring to are part of Bash, I believe. Bash uses “GNU readline” for all the awesome keybinding/interactivey stuff. It has a ton of options that can be set in ~/.inputrc. I’ve not customized it much, but here’s my .inputrc in case you’re curious. The plethora of options are documented in gory detail in the manpages for bash and readline.

I’m not sure what you mean by “frequently get confused” and “don’t update the display to accurately reflect whatever’s in the buffer”. Is it a speed issue? Resizing the window?

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