> The point here is really to revive text-based UIs in a graphical > environment, but without the ESC sequences of terminal emulators > underneath. Nowadays I'd even go that far and question the need of "UI > widgets" at all -- something like a very basic concept of recantgles + > text might suffice (even for touch interfaces).
I like this idea with one qualification, when launched from a terminal the new program takes the place of that terminal. That's the main reason I stick with TUIs right now, so that I don't have a bunch of extra terminals floating^Wtiling around. I vaguely recall reading about this at some point, guess I'm off to google. -emg
