On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Calvin Morrison <mutanttur...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 29 March 2013 14:31, Nick <suckless-...@njw.me.uk> wrote: >> […] > > While I find many of those features useless, some of them are plain > cool, and are innovative. Why are we stuck with a text terminal when > we aren't using a tty most of the time? Sure simple text modes should > always be supported but additional features are cool. I'd love to be > able do an easy ls and be able to see my picture previews, why not? > It' s not terribly complicated and it sure is useful.
I also like the idea of not having a pure-text interaction with the computer, but Terminology is definitely pushing things too far. It's hard to have a good middle ground. Alternatively, you could set up plumber and have your terminal be as smart as acme: left-click on a .jpg/png/gif/whatever opens an image viewer. It separates the two concept (ls and preview) and is dead simple. Bonus points: because the two concepts are separate, you can have the plumbing rules independent of your terminal so you can set up different dispatching easily. -- ______________ Raphaël Proust
