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0 pointsshpx1y ago0 comments

I uninstalled the app when I saw that Cmd+, opens an empty text file called config.

I'm not going to learn more configuration languages or type 30 characters (or paste them from the browser) to toggle a binary setting.

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matwood1y ago

Interesting take. Settings are typically something I setup once and move on. A GUI is nice (I'm sure there will be one), but not required in a v1. One of Ghostty's stated goals is sane defaults that mostly work out the box. I just checked my settings file and I changed 3 things. I think they did a pretty good job with defaults.

Finally, somewhere else in this thread someone linked a web tool that will generate the settings if you absolutely can't look up the couple you need to change.

rainbowjelly1y ago

A GUI for settings is planned so you can try again in the future.

computerfriend1y ago

Aren't plaintext configuration files standard? It's how I configure most applications (and how I like it, because it makes the configuration shareable).

As a DSL, it's key-value pairs. It doesn't get much simpler than that.

rplnt1y ago

It's a desktop/GUI application. It's definitely not a standard for those, no. I share the OPs frustation that I don't even know what I can configure and have to search web to be able to change something. And while the documentation is nice, it's not exactly great for this.

Also, having an explorable and searchable UI doesn't mean it's not saved in the same shareable and readable file.

Filligree1y ago

That could have been acceptable. The problem is it's empty; it should instead contain the default configuration.

rererereferred1y ago

You can see the default configuration by running `ghostty +show-config --default`

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wpm1y ago

The ultimate end format for the config stored on disc is completely irrelevant to how the config is created. Simple doesn’t mean easy to experiment with, simple to understand, fast to write and so on.

No one is confused as to how the ghostty config works. Key value pairs. Sure. A window full of GUI controls and system color pickers can create that config file, or I can manually by hand. I’d prefer the former.

agos1y ago

no, especially for an app that boasts to be "native"

homebrewer1y ago

kitty has a nicely formatted config which lists all settings along with their default values and a very detailed description of each one. It's pretty much the same as having a GUI. Maybe Ghostty can adopt this?

Houstan1y ago

Similarly documented config file can be generated on linux with:

  mkdir -p ~/.config/ghostty  
  ghostty +show-config --default --docs >> ~/.config/ghostty/config

OrangeMusic1y ago

Same here. I was curious, so I installed it. First thing I tried to do was to change the text color, and saw there was no settings UI. This is a bit baffling to be honest.

Uninstalled it right away, I'll keep using the default MacOS Terminal app.

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