My ideal modern terminal would be pretty much a reimplementation of Symbolics' Listener: https://youtu.be/o4-YnLpLgtk?t=1m46s https://youtu.be/o4-YnLpLgtk?t=1m4

My ideal modern terminal would be pretty much a reimplementation of Symbolics' Listener: https://youtu.be/o4-YnLpLgtk?t=1m46s https://youtu.be/o4-YnLpLgtk?t=1m46s - A presentation-based UI, where every on-screen element is always linked to the data it represents: https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/6946 https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/6946 - A powerful autocomplete that knows about possible keywords and arguments, and can list them in a graphical fashion (e.g. a drop-down menu). - An ability to use any previously displayed data as input to a new command just by clicking on it, with the UI highlighting only the things than can be used as valid input to the current command. - Embedding of images and arbitrary UI widgets. - Sensible names for commands and their arguments, i.e. "Delete File" instead of "rm", and ":Output Destination File /home/erikj/log" instead of "> /home/erikj/log". This makes a lot more sense with the enhanced autocompletion facility than the current 70s style cryptic Unix two-letter commands that were employed because of the hardware limitations. It would be easier to learn and less prone to errors.