The recent releases of my terminal emulator have added networking and AI integration features. Because of the security implications, I'm looking for a new terminal emulator.
Unfortunately, two seemingly simple requirements (24-bit color, and copy-on-select) eliminate the most obvious options. I'm rather surprised that xterm seems the most viable option. The other contenders also have x11 dependencies, which is problematic due to dependency build size and other reasons.
For encodings, I generally use ascii (for code and config data), but there are times where utf-8 would be helpful (editing json data for example). Any comments or suggestions to restrict cli to ascii, yet enable editing utf-8 files?
Are there any non-x11 terminals in pkgsrc? I am not seeing any.
primary requirements:
24 bit color
copy on select (mouse/trackpad)
ascii
minimal, security first design (no built in networking)
Mac compatible
second priority:
separate font for utf-8
no x11 dependency
nice to have:
tab management
support x11 config
Thanks,
-George