Shell, not a terminal

yodawg · n00b Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 3

I dont want a slow bulky terminal. I need a basic plain shell like xterm that supports tabs.

nixnut · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:22 pm Post subject:

x11-terms/multi-aterm
x11-terms/mrxvt

I think there are others as well
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tarpman · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 7:26 pm Post subject:

I wouldn't call xterm 'plain' or 'basic'... it's got an incredible amount of support for old or specialized devices.
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thatdude · n00b Joined: 13 Mar 2005 Posts: 14

Rather than answer your question :twisted:

, I'm going to pick on your terminology a bit....

A shell is a program like bash, ksh, zsh, sh, or csh, that is run from/on/in a terminal (obsolete hardware device) or a terminal emulator (xterm, rxvt, aterm, konsole, putty, etc.).

So what you want is a basic plain *terminal emulator* like xterm that supports tabs.

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i92guboj · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:35 pm Post subject:

Or use any terminal emulator that you want + GNU Screen.