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Acme is inherently graphical. Moving to a terminal application would be a regression, in this particular case. Then again, X11 is also a regression, in Acme's c

• tyingq 6y ago
  Watching the video, this "Edit" editor does look like could work in a terminal. The split screens that come up don't look much different than what you see with tmux, for example. Edit: He mentions it's been updated since the video to use multiple actual windows.
  • caslon 6y ago
    Acme doesn't work in a terminal. Acme is a window manager that can edit text, use multiple fonts simultaneously, revolves around the mouse and has near-perfect synchronicity with the underlying system. Edit's long-term goals list is more or less "become more like Acme."[1] It would be incredibly unfortunate to sacrifice the ability to become more like Acme by shooting yourself in the foot and making it terminal-based, and anyone really in the market for acme with vi characteristics or vice versa probably would realize why the paradigm doesn't work in a purely-TUI manner. [1] https://c9x.me/edit/ideas.txt https://c9x.me/edit/ideas.txt
• butterisgood 6y ago
  Acme uses devdraw for graphics, and devdraw, on macOS anyway, doesn't require X11.
  • caslon 6y ago
    This was the point, yes. Though Aqua/whatever Mac is calling their thing now is also a downgrade.