On 20/04/2017 03:18, bob prohaska wrote:
> druck  wrote:
>>
>> Yes, if you install the Mate desktop, you'll get the Mate terminal. I've
>> never had the problems you describe with tabs, and it as a search within
>> the buffer option from the menu.
>>
>> The Mate desktop is slightly heavier on resources than LXDE, but can be
>> handled easily by the Pi 2 or 3. There are lots of other things that
>> make it far nicer to use than LXDE or the other extreme light weights.
>
> I didn't want to change the whole desktop (which works very well) but
> only the terminal emulator. However, Mate looks interesting and might
> be worth trying, at least.

Once you have installed another desktop, you can mix and match
components such as file managers. That's a small upside to the annoyance
of then having two of everything in the menus! You can of course either
edit the menus or un-install the old desktop.

---druck


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