← Back to context Comment by nine_k 13 hours ago A REPL like bash already is not a pure text stream, since readline is used. Zsh, even less so. 2 comments nine_k Reply _flux 12 hours ago But they are just convenience features, not in my opinion the defining property. They basically work just the same without them. nine_k 41 minutes ago Try running plain sh / ash interactively without readline, and notice how much pain it is.But I agree that having multiple windows, etc is a whole new step; it's just a limited GUI accessible easily via SSH. Could involve sixel graphics as well.
_flux 12 hours ago But they are just convenience features, not in my opinion the defining property. They basically work just the same without them. nine_k 41 minutes ago Try running plain sh / ash interactively without readline, and notice how much pain it is.But I agree that having multiple windows, etc is a whole new step; it's just a limited GUI accessible easily via SSH. Could involve sixel graphics as well.
nine_k 41 minutes ago Try running plain sh / ash interactively without readline, and notice how much pain it is.But I agree that having multiple windows, etc is a whole new step; it's just a limited GUI accessible easily via SSH. Could involve sixel graphics as well.
But they are just convenience features, not in my opinion the defining property. They basically work just the same without them.
Try running plain sh / ash interactively without readline, and notice how much pain it is.
But I agree that having multiple windows, etc is a whole new step; it's just a limited GUI accessible easily via SSH. Could involve sixel graphics as well.