I gave it a try and while I haven't noticed any obvious issue, the fact that it offers multiplexing, serial port and builtin ssh support is a bit of a red flag for me. Oh and apparently it embeds lua scripting? Soon it'll have a built-in email client!
In particular I really struggle to understand the point of the ssh interface given that ssh already supports multiplexing built-in with ControlMaster.
What happened to "do one thing and do it well"? Make me an ultra-fast minimalist terminal, then I'll use tmux, ssh and kermit if I need them. Focus on handling all the many, many corner cases that you need to implement for accurate terminal emulation.
Well, I guess I'm turning into a bit of a hater here, I guess I'm just frustrated that it's not the project for me. Hardware accelerated Rust terminal hyped me a little too much I suppose.
ssh support is present because Windows' pty story, while better than 5 years ago, isn't great. The integrated ssh support allows bypassing that layer when running wezterm on Windows and connecting to a real unix system.
serial port support is present because I do a lot of embedded work on multiple systems and want a consistent environment.
Multiplexing is there because that is actually what you're building when you add multiple tabs, windows and panes.
You can, of course, not use any of those features and still potentially enjoy using the ones that you do need/want. Or just not use it; I don't mind!
In particular I really struggle to understand the point of the ssh interface given that ssh already supports multiplexing built-in with ControlMaster.
What happened to "do one thing and do it well"? Make me an ultra-fast minimalist terminal, then I'll use tmux, ssh and kermit if I need them. Focus on handling all the many, many corner cases that you need to implement for accurate terminal emulation.
Well, I guess I'm turning into a bit of a hater here, I guess I'm just frustrated that it's not the project for me. Hardware accelerated Rust terminal hyped me a little too much I suppose.