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> nor do we type text on a character-cell terminal Yes we do. Command line interfaces are as popular as ever and all terminal emulators rely on a fixed-width f
by kanox 6y ago
> nor do we type text on a character-cell terminal
Yes we do. Command line interfaces are as popular as ever and all terminal emulators rely on a fixed-width fonts.
- Koshkin 6y agoWell, then, the question is, why on Earth we are still emulating ancient character-cell terminals? What purpose does this serve? (I think I just might know the answer: so we could run fixed-width font based text editors in them!)