yes, it's really plug-and-play. and the standard to which every feature was held from the start inspires confidence in its future; as opposed to alacritty with its "just use another terminal then, we're not considering this", and wezterm, whose kitty keyboard protocol implementation had more bugs than not (can't hold it against them - the protocol is nice but the document called its "spec" is just ghastly). They're still great, of course.

and Mitchell is pleasant and very approachable, as opposed to Kovid.

I've been using it for almost a year now and I just never noticed it at all, it's been seamless. A great example of Zuhandenheit.

Agreed. Ghostty has become my goto Zig reference.

Pretty much exactly what I was going to say, except I have long ago dropped kitty (went back to alacritty).

I have found composing simple tools into a toolset is way better in the long term than shopping for the 'one tool to rule them all'.

Mitchell has always seemed like a principled, rooted developer who produces quality product. He also does his homework (he made me aware of wezterm due to it being prior art he referenced).

Finally, I am one who is interested in Zig, graphics, and a terminal junkie. When I found out Mitchell wrote a tty, I had to try it, and was not disappointed.