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A Unix shell written in Google Go

91 points by jemeshsu 15y ago

benatkin 15y ago
Pretty interesting! I also happened upon this today: https://github.com/unconed/TermKit https://github.com/unconed/TermKit It's a new command-line GUI.
- keyle 15y ago
  That's even more interesting. However I fear it misses the point. Terminals have in fact evolved and are far more usable than they used to be. You can drag a folder in terminal to get the path for example (in OS X at least)... And they take pride in being fast. Text only is the way. no?
  - benatkin 15y ago
    I like the output mechanisms much better than I like the input mechanisms of TermKit. I don't think text only is the one true way. I'd like to view images and even interactive things, with the mouse, inline.
- wladimir 15y ago
  Interesting! It's like a shell but much richer, which does address the current limitations of text-only shells, especially with respect to interaction and copying in/out of data. I've seen a project like this before, can't remember the name, but it never came very far. I hope this one does. Personally I like shells very much, but in many cases I do need limited UI interaction which is not very suited to text-only (tables, mouse hover, etc). This is a very cool intermediary between a full window-based GUI and a shell app. I've thought about writing something like this but I'm happy to see it already exists.
  - jaen 15y ago
    A project similar to the one you described: http://code.google.com/p/hotwire-shell/ http://code.google.com/p/hotwire-shell/
riffraff 15y ago
I can't believe he missed the opportunity to call it "gosh"
- beza1e1 15y ago
  The first commit message reads "Oh is the shell formerly known as gosh. "
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winestock 15y ago
One can create objects from the command line using this shell. He says that he was inspired by Scheme, but it appears that he was also influenced by Windows Powershell.
agentultra 15y ago
When data is sent across a channel it is converted to text so that it can be sent to (or even through) external Unix programs. In a very loose sense of homoiconicity...

91 points by jemeshsu 15y ago

Pretty interesting! I also happened upon this today: https://github.com/unconed/TermKit https://github.com/unconed/TermKit It's a new command-line GUI.

keyle 15y ago
That's even more interesting. However I fear it misses the point. Terminals have in fact evolved and are far more usable than they used to be. You can drag a folder in terminal to get the path for example (in OS X at least)... And they take pride in being fast. Text only is the way. no?
- benatkin 15y ago
  I like the output mechanisms much better than I like the input mechanisms of TermKit. I don't think text only is the one true way. I'd like to view images and even interactive things, with the mouse, inline.
wladimir 15y ago
Interesting! It's like a shell but much richer, which does address the current limitations of text-only shells, especially with respect to interaction and copying in/out of data. I've seen a project like this before, can't remember the name, but it never came very far. I hope this one does. Personally I like shells very much, but in many cases I do need limited UI interaction which is not very suited to text-only (tables, mouse hover, etc). This is a very cool intermediary between a full window-based GUI and a shell app. I've thought about writing something like this but I'm happy to see it already exists.
- jaen 15y ago
  A project similar to the one you described: http://code.google.com/p/hotwire-shell/ http://code.google.com/p/hotwire-shell/

riffraff 15y ago

I can't believe he missed the opportunity to call it "gosh"

beza1e1 15y ago
The first commit message reads "Oh is the shell formerly known as gosh. "

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winestock 15y ago

One can create objects from the command line using this shell. He says that he was inspired by Scheme, but it appears that he was also influenced by Windows Powershell.

agentultra 15y ago

When data is sent across a channel it is converted to text so that it can be sent to (or even through) external Unix programs. In a very loose sense of homoiconicity...