> What would you say are the merits of the terminal that a TUI encapsulates?
GUI scripting is still not a thing today. That's the biggest issue with GUIs.
Plus the mouse is genuinely bad for ergonomics.
Plus if you type _fast_ then TUIs are a great starting point.
Plus what's the equivalent of scrollback for a bunch of mouse clicks?
Plus TUIs are much more I/O efficient, which means running them over ssh/mosh/whatever is a great option.
Plus the shell is a programming language -- the GUI isn't just hard to macro-record/script: it doesn't even have a programming language you'd use for that.
GUI scripting is still not a thing today. That's the biggest issue with GUIs.
Plus the mouse is genuinely bad for ergonomics.
Plus if you type _fast_ then TUIs are a great starting point.
Plus what's the equivalent of scrollback for a bunch of mouse clicks?
Plus TUIs are much more I/O efficient, which means running them over ssh/mosh/whatever is a great option.
Plus the shell is a programming language -- the GUI isn't just hard to macro-record/script: it doesn't even have a programming language you'd use for that.