Comment by fragmede

You're taking the Stockholm syndrome thing way too seriously. I wasn’t trying to imply terminal users are irrational or trapped, I'm just pointing out that some default behaviors are genuinely non-obvious to newcomers and feel rough around the edges at first. That’s more about historical ergonomics than user psychology.

Terminals optimize for keyboard-centric workflows and composability. Once that mental model clicks, a lot of the tradeoffs make sense. But the first-contact confusion is real and pretty universal, which is what I wanted to highlight.

I agree it’s not useful to escalate into meta arguments about tone. Different tools, different workflows, different preferences. The interesting part is how we lower the initial friction without losing the power that keeps people using them decades later.

Which, Ghostty added cl=line support in e06742b36ec9, so we're getting there!