cowterm

What the hell is a cowmonk?

What is cowterm?

cowterm is a really simple terminal that is written in pure C, using Xorg Libraries. I don't recommend anyone seriously using this. If you wish to, then good luck I guess? Here are some features that are in cowterm:

• You can kill processes in it using Ctrl+C
  • Yes, this had to be manually implemented
• You can clear it using Ctrl+L
  • It won't clear if you type in "clear" It works now :)
• You can delete everything behind the cursor using Ctrl+U
  • Essentials amirite?
• It can be resized
  • So many Segfaults to get to this revolutionary moment
• It's hella lightweight
  • like seriously, it is only like 1.3k sloc so like no ram usage at all (maybe a bit of a lie, it uses 7.5mb because of wide character support)
• Unicode support (NEW)
  • It can now display unicode characters! (I think)

Here are some downsides upsides to using cowterm:

• no scrolling (working on it)
  • who needs it amirite? bloat booo
• boot it up like a chainsaw
  • (UPDATE) It works like a charm now!
• Fonts are hell to configure
• No wayland
  • Actually this might be the best "feature" yet
• Missing critical features for a terminal Removed lots of bloat

Building & Installation

Dependencies:

• C compiler (gcc or clang)
• C libraries
• Xorg Libs (xfont, xutil, and xlibs)

Compilation & Installation

The steps are very simple, nothing like you've never seen before:

git clone https://git.based.pt/cowmonk/cowterm.git
cd cowterm
# Recomended to check config.h and see if it's to your liking
# vim/nano config.h
# Also recommended to check config.mk (advanced pro-gamers only!)
make
doas/sudo make install

Enjoy your new awful great terminal

Credits

• Me (cowmonk)