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im looking for a new terminal to make as my default, currently im still using xterm and would like something suitable for a low-resource computer as im running archlinux with fluxbox on my netbook, the aesthetically pleasing terminals seem to require more resources than the rest (how much resources do even the compositing ones use?... so anyway, what are some good options?
also, would it be possible to get a terminal emulator to people out from one of the edges of the screen when my mouse moves to that area, like how you can set up docks to auto-hide when the mouse is move away from them?... if so, id like something like that but the sliding terminal emulators all seem to be hotkey activated
I personally use rxvt on my netbook. I have a few tweaks in my ~/.Xresources file.
Code:
! Map Home key to line start for Rxvt
Rxvt*keysym.0xff50: ^a
! Map End key to line end for Rxvt
Rxvt*keysym.0xff57: ^e
! Increase scrollback buffer from default 64 lines for Rxvt
Rxvt*saveLines: 2048
! Set Rxvt scrollbar
Rxvt*scrollstyle: next
ive replaced xterm with rxvt as the "fallback" default terminal but im looking for something with a bit more features and customizability, but im on a netbook with an N270 CPU and 1 gig of RAM and im not sure how much the more graphical ones will take up.. though, im only running at most usually 2-3 terminal windows.. i am liking guake though for really quick access when i need to do a simple task and dont care to browse my menus for one
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