Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Gnome 49 Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 09:38:48 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 16 Message-ID: <20251002093848.00006e7b@gmail.com> References: <10bejip$35i1j$7@dont-email.me> <10bg818$3ielt$6@dont-email.me> <10bggft$3lj5k$3@dont-email.me> <10bhdi8$3ts5o$1@dont-email.me> <8pqtqlx55l.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10bhj25$3v8sp$3@dont-email.me> <10bio75$7g8d$3@dont-email.me> <10bj2q5$alf2$1@dont-email.me> <10bjl97$fqn5$1@dont-email.me> <2k40rlxp76.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <20251001104859.00004fce@gmail.com> <10bjr55$hfmk$1@dont-email.me> <10blj8s$tng3$1@dont-email.me> <20251002074617.000014c3@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:38:53 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="87130fb5fa2452e5e79d88b8b4993b85"; logging-data="1179482"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19iI7NS1rteyGpc9bu3Rx/gg93lnFiajk0=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:fKJigpqV4Lqk/9JKVt8OmhJOEMc= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:75614 On Thu, 2 Oct 2025 16:12:59 -0000 (UTC) Jim Jackson wrote: > > Terminal-land doesn't seem to be afflicted with many Design Divas in > > the first place. > > Maybe, but the writers of terminal emulator software seem very > prolific to no generally good purpose. But then I'm an xterm user. There seem to be three categories of terminal emulator: ones written to suit one particular weirdo's specific use case/preference, ones written because every single DE is bound by law to have its own branded spin on the generic functionality provided by a common library, and xterm. (rxvt spinoffs are practically a whole sub-branch under category A.)