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The terminal is valuable just because it has applications that are easy to do or even only possible in it. Specifically, a full-duplex interactivity at a low da
by lifthrasiir 2y ago
The terminal is valuable just because it has applications that are easy to do or even only possible in it. Specifically, a full-duplex interactivity at a low data rate. I don't think any current "modernization" proposals threatened that so far, the biggest contender would be any image support but it isn't meant to be used every time anyway.
- flohofwoe 2y agoTBH I would love a pixel framebuffer standard for terminals that's fast enough to run things like Doom, emulators, or simple UI applications in the terminal. The Sixels standard exists but has a too complicated pixel encoding.
- immibis 2y agoThat's every GUI system, though. /dev/fb0, or X11. We don't have to force it to fit into a character stream abstraction for some silly reason. Different abstractions are allowed to be different.