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I would really like an e-ink monitor for reading articles and programming.

• pja 14y ago
  The WIMP UI really doesn't mesh with an e-Ink display, which is why you'll never see this on consumer desktops. Touch displays have changed everything though & people are more willing to experiment these days, so perhaps something could be done. I'd love to try one out for programming. Text interfaces (emacs / vim) and a large e-ink display could be a perfect match.
  • alexchamberlain 14y ago
    I still want an LCD monitor too, but I have a 17 inch monitor for general stuff and a 22" (I think) widescreen monitor vertical for programming. It's the vertical one I'd like to replace.
    • kunil 14y ago
      You won't be able to scroll properly in an e-ink display. Either you will code page by page or it will refresh every time you try to scroll
  • nfg 14y ago
    Vim running on an e-ink display: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdmX52SCpG0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdmX52SCpG0
    • antidoh 14y ago
      Reasonable. BTW, don't use "test" as the name for your throwaways. test(1) is a thing. $man -k test ... test (1) - check file types and compare values