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I think Emacs is an illuminating example, since its 'GUI' interfaces really outshine emacs being run in a terminal emulator. Text interfaces are great, but ter

I think Emacs is an illuminating example, since its 'GUI' interfaces really outshine emacs being run in a terminal emulator. Text interfaces are great, but terminal emulators in particular are very limiting. Inlining images always requires hacks and even with hacks a terminal emulator can't do nice things like have multiple font sizes in the same frame (discounting double height/width modes, since they're so limited I've never seen them used effectively.)

arminiusreturns 6y ago
It's not the case for me. I far prefer emacs in a terminal over the gui, and thats how I've used it for years. I can't run the gui on a gnu screen session on that server I've been working on, for example. I admit I'm probably the outlier on this though.
- throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
  Nothing wrong with being an outlier but if you can explain, I'd like to know why you prefer it (when you can, that is). I'm not mad on going mad with colours and effects, something that happens too much, but even some minimal visual feedback can be disproportionately helpful I feel.
  - arminiusreturns 6y ago
    I'm the kind of person who lives in the cli, so I love tui's, I use a tiling window manager and gnu screen heavily. For me, it just fits my workflow. I have slowly been transitioning away from using emacs for everything though. I use it as my text editor but I no longer use it for rss, irc, email, etc. I would probably change my tune if I went back to that.
- erikbye 6y ago
  > I can't run the gui on a gnu screen session on that server I've been working on, for example. Why not use Tramp Mode?
  - arminiusreturns 6y ago
    I do, frequently. From emacs-nox. Sometimes not though because some systems have weird things that break it. (security)
throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
That is a very interesting point, and I'm with you on the extra facilities (typefaces, colours, highlighting, sizes, effects etc) that are possible and useful. I'll chew this over tonight. It's a good point.

arminiusreturns 6y ago

It's not the case for me. I far prefer emacs in a terminal over the gui, and thats how I've used it for years. I can't run the gui on a gnu screen session on that server I've been working on, for example. I admit I'm probably the outlier on this though.

throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
Nothing wrong with being an outlier but if you can explain, I'd like to know why you prefer it (when you can, that is). I'm not mad on going mad with colours and effects, something that happens too much, but even some minimal visual feedback can be disproportionately helpful I feel.
- arminiusreturns 6y ago
  I'm the kind of person who lives in the cli, so I love tui's, I use a tiling window manager and gnu screen heavily. For me, it just fits my workflow. I have slowly been transitioning away from using emacs for everything though. I use it as my text editor but I no longer use it for rss, irc, email, etc. I would probably change my tune if I went back to that.
erikbye 6y ago
> I can't run the gui on a gnu screen session on that server I've been working on, for example. Why not use Tramp Mode?
- arminiusreturns 6y ago
  I do, frequently. From emacs-nox. Sometimes not though because some systems have weird things that break it. (security)

throwaway_pdp09 6y ago

That is a very interesting point, and I'm with you on the extra facilities (typefaces, colours, highlighting, sizes, effects etc) that are possible and useful. I'll chew this over tonight. It's a good point.