Re:The IDEs we had 30 years ago ... and we lost
by eikenberry on Saturday October 18, 2025 @02:26PM
(#45629392)
TUIs are the best cross platform apps. They run on all the major and minor platforms in general use. GUIs cannot compete with browsers being the next closest thing. They can be integrated with the shell and also work perfectly well remotely w/o issues. TUIs are superior in many ways to GUIs and have a place in the ecosystem.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:The IDEs we had 30 years ago ... and we lost
by constantcrying on Saturday October 18, 2025 @04:10PM
(#45630040)
TUIs do not even run the same across terminal emulators.
It is a total joke to call something which depends on how the underlying terminal emulator interprets specific ANSI escape sequences "multi platform".
Re:The IDEs we had 30 years ago ... and we lost
by lproven on Sunday October 19, 2025 @12:26PM
(#45635473)
> TUIs are superior in many ways to GUIs and have a place in the ecosystem.
There's another reason you don't mention.
Consistent UI.
TUI apps can (and in the Windows world usually do) use the same keyboard controls, derived from IBM CUA, as their GUI equivalents do.
This is why I use Tilde in the Linux shell: the same commands work in it as in Pluma or Leafpad or Mousepad or whatever: Ctrl+O opens a file, Ctrl-X/C/V to cut/copy/paste, Ctrl+N for new, etc.