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That's exactly what the compatibility is for. Tools that work in the absence of anything advanced, with nothing but a few escape codes to "draw". Otherwise it
by arghwhat 5y ago
That's exactly what the compatibility is for. Tools that work in the absence of anything advanced, with nothing but a few escape codes to "draw".
Otherwise it wouldn't work on the kernel console (the only thing available without a GUI installed), over SSH, over serial links, even still on dedicated terminals and teletypes.
- _jal 5y agoTerminal is still a first-class UI mode, not some fallback. If some tooling doesn't work for us (which means over a terminal), then we don't consider it. If something doesn't expose functionality over a terminal, that functionality doesn't exist.
- arghwhat 5y agoSure, it's a first class UI mode from the 70's, which is extremely useful. Any development of it would be in direct conflict with its qualities. > If some tooling doesn't work for us (which means over a terminal), then we don't consider it. Who is "we"? Even the most die-hard TUI fan uses them through a GUI terminal emulator, making that argument fall entirely apart.