i am usually to lazy to replace the default terminal. most of the time i did that i found some problem that gnome terminal didn't have. rarely i found features that i wanted in other terminals.
but occasionally i get curious, so lets try this:
1: ugh, the theme is dark. gnome-terminal also starts with a dark theme. i go into settings to change that. there doesn't seem to be a settings gui so let's look at the documentation. no mention of switching themes there. a search online reveals that i need to run "kitten themes". there are tons. the day theme looks good to start with.
2: font is to small. ctrl-shift-+ helps. i don't frequently open new terminals so this is good enough for now.
3: attach my already running tmux session. (sorry but i use tmux for the one thing that kitty doesn't support: persistence). works. no problem there.
4: next up: connect to a distrobox container where i do dev work. no support for xterm-kitty terminal type. reset $TERM to xterm-256color, phew. now it works.
5: open new tabs. manpage has a nice table of the necessary shortcuts. i like ctrl-tab because i can do it with one hand.
6: let's look at my email (sup-mua runs in a terminal). oh there is a problem with the colors. the status bar is hard to read. let's try another theme. adawaita shows the list white on white? huh? ok, CLRS seems reasonable. github theme looked better, but the fish terminal colors were to bright, especially the git commands. ironic.
i think that's it for now. hopefully i don't have to spend more time with configuration. i am not really a fan of having to fiddle around to much to get things working.
but occasionally i get curious, so lets try this:
1: ugh, the theme is dark. gnome-terminal also starts with a dark theme. i go into settings to change that. there doesn't seem to be a settings gui so let's look at the documentation. no mention of switching themes there. a search online reveals that i need to run "kitten themes". there are tons. the day theme looks good to start with.
2: font is to small. ctrl-shift-+ helps. i don't frequently open new terminals so this is good enough for now.
3: attach my already running tmux session. (sorry but i use tmux for the one thing that kitty doesn't support: persistence). works. no problem there.
4: next up: connect to a distrobox container where i do dev work. no support for xterm-kitty terminal type. reset $TERM to xterm-256color, phew. now it works.
5: open new tabs. manpage has a nice table of the necessary shortcuts. i like ctrl-tab because i can do it with one hand.
6: let's look at my email (sup-mua runs in a terminal). oh there is a problem with the colors. the status bar is hard to read. let's try another theme. adawaita shows the list white on white? huh? ok, CLRS seems reasonable. github theme looked better, but the fish terminal colors were to bright, especially the git commands. ironic.
7: faded tabs look ugly. tab_bar_style powerline looks better.
i think that's it for now. hopefully i don't have to spend more time with configuration. i am not really a fan of having to fiddle around to much to get things working.