On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 2:18 PM, <h...@riseup.net> wrote: > Hello @misc, > > I am yet another interested in provided OpenBSD defaults. More > specifically the XTerm and GCC. Apparently there are better alternatives > like: > > URXVT > > * The code base is half the size of XTerm's > * Consumes 25% less memory > * Can be daemonized > * Much better handling of different fonts and unicode > * Supports all the fancy features XTerm does like > 256 colours/transparency/etc > > st > > * the code base is very small and clean, pure C > * thus it can be reviewed fast security-wise > * consumes 60% less memory (than XTerm) > * the license is BSD > * most of the important features are still here
both of which are more or less crappy xterm (not vt100, not vt220) emulators why not just settle for the real thing? do you want to import vte crap aswell?? > > On the other hand XTerm is an old code and memory hog that relies on X > toolkit and supports features you'll find nowhere thus will never need > (like Tektronix).
