Z.lua – A new cd command that navigates faster by learning your habits

Re:Z.lua – A new cd command that navigates faster by learnin... by IAmLiterallyAB on Monday February 04, 2019 @03:29PM (#19080323)

I remember there being this shell/terminal hybrid that was a really advanced TUI. The best way I can describe it is, it was a blackboard/whiteboard you could run commands on. So you could have multiple commands running, and see their outputs scattered across the board (you could move things around with the mouse). Also had features like exploring filesystem trees, and inline images (I think). Can't remember what it was called and Google isn't helping :(

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Re:Z.lua – A new cd command that navigates faster by learnin... by floren on Monday February 04, 2019 @03:54PM (#19080530)

The Acme editor is sort of like that. Text frames you can drag around and organize with the mouse. You can run commands that get their own frame for output, you can launch a shell in a frame and interact that way, you can browse directory structures, and of course you can edit files. I don't think it's what you're thinking of (Oberon, maybe?) but you might find it interesting: https://research.swtch.com/acme

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Re:Z.lua – A new cd command that navigates faster by learnin... by sametmax on Monday February 04, 2019 @03:44PM (#19080437)

There have been several attempts at merge GUI and TUI, but I can't remember any that looks like the one you describes appart from the inline images and fs tree exploring.

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