Hi,
I'd like to create a terminal emulator for Mac OS X. The problem is: I have no idea where to start. Can I just use a whole bunch of NSTasks? Or do I have to read through tons of source code for programs like xterm, urxvt, etc? I don't want a lot of customizability (= no config file parsing), nor complex features, and I'm only gonna use bash as the shell.
Thanks for answers!
-Mike
I'd check out Visor: http://code.google.com/p/blacktree-visor/ It's a Quake-style terminal that slides up and down from the edge of the screen.
iTerm (http://iterm.sourceforge.net/) would also be a good project to look at (perhaps even better than Visor).
As Dave said, iTerm is probably the best place to start.
As for others, xterm/urxvt might not be the easiest thing to read for this, since they'll be mapping between VT100 and Xlib, which is kind of low-level. An implementation that might be easier to read is VTE terminal, which GNOME uses, since it'll be mapping between VT100 and GLib/GTK+, which is probably a lot closer to what Mac OS X provides.
Good luck!