Re:Ask HN: What do you love/hate about terminals? Would you ...
by otron on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @03:23PM
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> - What do you hate about terminals?
Having to use the mouse to select/highlight/copy output I didn't know I was interested in until after it'd been outputted. Being able to export/open the currently visible history/output to an editor would be great.
> - What do you love about terminals?
Unless I'm suddenly interested in the output of a previously run command that can't be reproduced, I can interface with them without using the mouse at all.
Having to use the mouse to select/highlight/copy output I didn't know I was interested in until after it'd been outputted. Being able to export/open the currently visible history/output to an editor would be great.
> - What do you love about terminals?
Unless I'm suddenly interested in the output of a previously run command that can't be reproduced, I can interface with them without using the mouse at all.