Good day all!

First I’d like to thank all the people who replied to my first post and provided so much valuable information! Since then I’ve been trying to force myself to get comfortable with using the terminal! To this end I’ve been running Sway as my Desktop Environment and printed out a cheat sheet to place next to my screen.

Now, a paragraph deep, for the question(s):

How do y’all customize your terminals? I’m not looking for tutorials, just your preferences. How long did it take for you to settle on your favourite? What did you prioritize when customizing? What customization are you fondest of?

Thanks in advance to any and all replies, hope to hear from you all soon!

  • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬English
    3•2 months ago

    How do y’all customize your terminals?

    I only use one terminal (Alacritty). I do nothing more than just setting size, font, and colors. I basically took the config with me when I migrated from kittie to Alacritty. My kittie config mainly came from when I initially setting up xterm and later urxvt.

    I love consistency and minimalism when it comes to setting up any kind of software. So my terminal configuration is basically the same since ca. 2007.

    [window]
dimensions = { columns = 120, lines = 32 }
resize_increments = true # gets ignored, though

[font]
size = 14
normal = { family = 'DejaVu Sans Mono', style = 'Regular' }

[colors.primary]
foreground = '#d3d7cf'
background = '#2e3436'

[colors.normal]
black   = '#2e2e34'
red     = '#cc0000'
green   = '#4e9a06'
yellow  = '#c4a000'
blue    = '#3465a4'
magenta = '#75507b'
cyan    = '#06989a'
white   = '#d3d7cf'

[colors.bright]
black    = '#555753'
red      = '#ef2929'
green    = '#8ae234'
yellow   = '#fce94f'
blue     = '#729fcf'
magenta  = '#ad7fa8'
cyan     = '#34e2e2'
white    = '#eeeeec'