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I have fond memories of SETEDIT: http://setedit.sourceforge.net/ http://setedit.sourceforge.net/ It was kind of a complete floating windows GUI in a TUI: http:

I have fond memories of SETEDIT: http://setedit.sourceforge.net/ http://setedit.sourceforge.net/ It was kind of a complete floating windows GUI in a TUI: http://setedit.sourceforge.net/se1.gif http://setedit.sourceforge.net/se1.gif

zozbot234 5y ago
PsychDOS is a very similar project: https://psychoslinux.gitlab.io/DOS/INDEX.HTM https://psychoslinux.gitlab.io/DOS/INDEX.HTM I wonder if it would be possible to extend a terminal multiplexer to the point of providing such an intuitive interface to existing TUI software on modern *ix systems. I'm sure the effort would be quite non-trivial, but it would help a number of workflows. Adding support for the additional features that are found in these TUI environments (consider e.g. menubars) could then be done via custom terminal extensions.
- DHowett 5y ago
  > I wonder if it would be possible ... Check out the VTM project[1]! It feels like that's the direction they're heading. No direct affiliation; they've filed some bugs on Windows Terminal, however. :) [1] https://github.com/netxs-group/VTM https://github.com/netxs-group/VTM
  - zozbot234 5y ago
    Well, that's a terminal multiplexer but not very TUI like. I don't think it would be directly usable over a low-bandwidth SSH connection, which is the kind of use case people often have in mind for TUI's.
lproven 5y ago
That was my preferred Linux text editor for a while, too. These days, I use Tilde, which is modern, maintained, and packaged for contemporary distros. https://os.ghalkes.nl/tilde/ https://os.ghalkes.nl/tilde/
- mysterydip 5y ago
  Thanks for the link! I had been struggling to find something that "felt right", from changing themes in Kate or using vim or nano. This looks perfect.
  - lproven 5y ago
    Oh, great! Happy to help. I've been using it for years now -- it's becoming a faithful friend, to the bafflement of my colleagues who are mostly Vi(m) or Emacs fans. The one thing it doesn't do for me is pick up Git commit templates, so for that I have to have my default set to `mc`. I don't know why that one thing doesn't function.

zozbot234 5y ago

PsychDOS is a very similar project: https://psychoslinux.gitlab.io/DOS/INDEX.HTM https://psychoslinux.gitlab.io/DOS/INDEX.HTM I wonder if it would be possible to extend a terminal multiplexer to the point of providing such an intuitive interface to existing TUI software on modern *ix systems. I'm sure the effort would be quite non-trivial, but it would help a number of workflows. Adding support for the additional features that are found in these TUI environments (consider e.g. menubars) could then be done via custom terminal extensions.

DHowett 5y ago
> I wonder if it would be possible ... Check out the VTM project[1]! It feels like that's the direction they're heading. No direct affiliation; they've filed some bugs on Windows Terminal, however. :) [1] https://github.com/netxs-group/VTM https://github.com/netxs-group/VTM
- zozbot234 5y ago
  Well, that's a terminal multiplexer but not very TUI like. I don't think it would be directly usable over a low-bandwidth SSH connection, which is the kind of use case people often have in mind for TUI's.

lproven 5y ago

That was my preferred Linux text editor for a while, too. These days, I use Tilde, which is modern, maintained, and packaged for contemporary distros. https://os.ghalkes.nl/tilde/ https://os.ghalkes.nl/tilde/

mysterydip 5y ago
Thanks for the link! I had been struggling to find something that "felt right", from changing themes in Kate or using vim or nano. This looks perfect.
- lproven 5y ago
  Oh, great! Happy to help. I've been using it for years now -- it's becoming a faithful friend, to the bafflement of my colleagues who are mostly Vi(m) or Emacs fans. The one thing it doesn't do for me is pick up Git commit templates, so for that I have to have my default set to `mc`. I don't know why that one thing doesn't function.