README.md

idleterm

I made idleterm to have something similar to unimatrix but made in C++ and a lot simpler, because I wanted an idle terminal screen running on very low-end devices. It currently is only tested on Linux, so feel free to make a windows version and talk to me if you want it to be on the main repo.

Dependencies

The libx11-dev headers and libxrandr-dev packages, as well as g++ and libg++ to compile the code.

Ubuntu:

sudo apt install libx11-dev libxrandr-dev g++ libg++

Arch: if you use X11 and have Xrandr installed, the libs should be there.

sudo pacman -Sy gcc xorg-server xorg-xrandr --needed

Installation

On any linux distro, just git clone the repo and run the install script (uses sudo to install it on the right folder)

  git clone https://github.com/augustopereiratx/idleterm
  cd idleterm
  ./install.sh

To run it, run idleterm. I recommend reading the help prompt by using the -h flag.

Screenshots