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Oh, do people call Vim and Emacs command-line editors? I thought command-line programs were ones that either were used exclusively from the shell's command-line
by omaranto 6y ago
Oh, do people call Vim and Emacs command-line editors? I thought command-line programs were ones that either were used exclusively from the shell's command-line (like sed) or that when run presented you with their own command-line (like ed or gnuplot). I thought programs like Vim and Emacs were called "full-screen editors" or said to be TUIs (textual user interfaces).
- 9935c101ab17a66 6y agoYah I think they are technically 'TUIs', but because they run in the shell, I think the parent comment was confused. Which is understandable IMO — I think most people lump things into either dedicated apps with a GUI, or programs without a full GUI that you run in the shell. But ultimately, you are correct.
- slightwinder 6y agoThough, they don't run in the shell, they run in the terminal.