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 My path to termit (OK, a crap name):
-* xterm in the eighties - it was what we had and life was good
+  * xterm in the eighties - it was what we had and life was good
+  * rxvt in the nineties - it was lighter when it really counted
-* rxvt in the nineties - it was lighter when it really counted
+  * urxvt/mrxvt in the noughties - it was cooler and I forget why else - it's prettier (no more bitmap fonts)
+  * konsole in the (what to call them?) teens - has tabs, menus, search, unlimited scrollback
-* urxvt/mrxvt in the noughties - it was cooler and I forget why else - it's prettier (no more bitmap fonts)
-* konsole in the (what to call them?) teens - has tabs, menus, search, unlimited scrollback
 So, why would I ever stray from konsole?
-* it bloats, often taking up 10% of CPU while dormant
+  * it bloats, often taking up 10% of CPU while dormant
+  * it gives up focus when Alt is pressed - and my thumb can't resist the Alt key
-* it gives up focus when Alt is pressed - and my thumb can't resist the Alt key
+  * it refuses to pass C-S-Left/Right to bash and I love to tie that to shell-forward-word to skip over long filenames
-* it refuses to pass C-S-Left/Right to bash and I love to tie that to shell-forward-word to skip over long filenames
 I started a discussion with the really cool guys at i3wm and a number of candidates came up including several that were new to me such as lilyterm and termit.