Apologies for those who don't care about my epic terminal journey. I hope this will be the last update ... it probably won't be. Having discovered that `st` doesn't support scrollback, I've decided it's not for me. Apparently the Suckless Tools programmers think you should use a terminal multiplexer (`screen` or `tmux` usually) inside your terminal if you want scrollback. Seriously? That's a lot of overhead, both for memory usage and mental modeling. No thanks. There are also software patches, but again: not interested in building my own if I can avoid it. I've added `foot` to https://www.gilesorr.com/blog/linux-terminal-memory-usage.html . It only runs under Wayland, but fulfills most of my expectations and is surprisingly light on memory. _And_ it supports pixel-perfect images with `timg`, joining the small group of terms that do that. For the near future, it looks like I'll be using `lxterminal` on X11 and `foot` on Wayland. Evan: if Debian packages ghostty, I'd add it to the stats. :-) Although I'll also add that you can do terminal splitting with any terminal using `tmux`. Not saying that's better or worse, but might offer more choice. On Wed, 6 May 2026 at 23:32, Ron via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org> wrote:
Giles Orr via Talk wrote on 2026-05-06 19:48:
Here's the whole thing as a blog post, with the Konsole info added.
https://www.gilesorr.com/blog/linux-terminal-memory-usage.html
Thanks.
I had to try this `timg` since it works inside konsole, and "wow" it's really nifty. I had no idea this was possible, but sure is handy. ------------------------------------ Description: GTALUG Talk Unsubscribe via Talk-unsubscribe@lists.gtalug.org Start a new thread: talk@lists.gtalug.org This message archived at https://lists.gtalug.org/archives/list/talk@lists.gtalug.org/message/XVUF4DT...
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