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The terminal of the future

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299 points miguelraz | 4 comments | 11 Nov 25 20:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.667s | source
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shellkr ◴[11 Nov 25 22:02 UTC] No.45893496[source]▶
This I am afraid does not feel as the right thing to do. I think the KISS-principle is a good standard to follow and while terminals have to do more than one thing, it should not do everything. Complexity leads to instability. Terminals has to be nimble and not clumsy behemoths like web browsers.
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1. Etheryte ◴[11 Nov 25 22:26 UTC] No.45893736[source]▶
Terminals are far from simple, that's the whole problem. We carry the weight of decades of technical constraints and arbitrary decisions on our shoulders every time we fire up a terminal emulator.
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2. shellkr ◴[11 Nov 25 23:03 UTC] No.45894117[source]▶
I am all for removing old junk but not that it should be replaced with newer junk.
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3. eviks ◴[12 Nov 25 05:50 UTC] No.45896767[source]▶
Let's replace it with something useful then, junk isn't the only option
4. silon42 ◴[12 Nov 25 08:31 UTC] No.45897727[source]▶
Yeah... I have no wish to use a terminal with graphics modes.