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Re:Show HN: A cross-platform terminal emulator written in Java by zerr on Friday July 04, 2025 @03:26PM (#44467185)
Why Swing instead of JavaFX?
Re:Show HN: A cross-platform terminal emulator written in Java by mdaniel on Friday July 04, 2025 @04:36PM (#44467683)
I believe OP's project is just doing some lightweight "make it executable" bits but the actual JediTerm that it is using for the "terminal" part is, itself, on Swing/AWT https://github.com/JetBrains/jediterm/blob/4cef2840aed5ec1d6...

Although, interestingly, while digging up that link I noticed the JediTermMain that for sure makes it plausibly executable so I dunno if OP's project is actually just "for funzies" or if there's otherwise something added https://github.com/JetBrains/jediterm/blob/4cef2840aed5ec1d6...

Re:Show HN: A cross-platform terminal emulator written in Java by sebkur on Friday July 04, 2025 @05:00PM (#44467855)
yeah, the jediterm library provides a Swing component (JediTermWidget extends JPanel) so it seemed natural to create an app around it that is also Swing based. I guess it's possible to integrate Swing components into JavaFX apps as well, so that should work too.

You're right, I'm not doing much except adding some build logic for creating executables really. I also added tabbing and light / dark mode. I guess we could also at least add more options that are readily available for the jediterm widget (https://github.com/JetBrains/jediterm/blob/4cef2840aed5ec1d6...)