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		groos on July 8, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Entering text in the terminal is complicated Wirth showed us decades ago how to do UIs using text in a modern way yet we remain firmly tied to digital analogues of teletype terminals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberon_(operating_system)

emmelaich on July 9, 2024 [–]

From which, plan9/sam/acme got it's inspiration afaik.

The downside is being required to use the mouse often plus some dexterity.

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