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| From | Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: vtm: tiling window manager with drag and drop |
| Date | 2025-03-16 22:32 -0300 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <877c4ol9vl.fsf@example.com> (permalink) |
| References | <87ecz79h8k.fsf@example.com> <slrnvt6gre.1pt46.candycanearter07@candydeb.host.invalid> <87o6y3skoo.fsf@example.com> <slrnvt91mo.6d65.candycanearter07@candydeb.host.invalid> |
candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> writes: > Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> wrote at 15:20 this Friday (GMT): >> candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> >> writes: >> >>> Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> wrote at 00:31 this Sunday (GMT): >>>> Has anyone ever tried this? >>>> >>>> --8<-------------------------------------------------------->8--- >>>> It is a text-based application where the entire user interface is >>>> represented by a mosaic of text cells forming a TUI matrix. The >>>> resulting TUI matrix is just rendered either into its own GUI window or >>>> into a compatible text console. >>>> >>>> It can wrap any console application and be nested indefinitely, forming >>>> a text-based desktop environment. >>>> --8<-------------------------------------------------------->8--- >>>> >>>> Sources: >>>> https://github.com/directvt/vtm >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kofkoxGjFWQ >>> >>> >>> It's certainly a cool idea, but I don't see why you wouldn't just go >>> full terminal (tmux) or full ui (another wm). Maybe this would be useful >>> for SSH sessions, though? >> >> That's close to what I thought. I think we've reached a point where a >> lot of good stuff is already done and we don't really need more, even >> though people can do amazing stuff. > > Reinventing the wheel can be good for learning, but I definitely agree. Indeed. When studying something, reinventing the wheel is of primary importance. I tend to say ``you don't master until you build it''. (And, in fact, building once is usually far from enough.) >> I'm currently reading an article whose title is ``[t]he computer built >> to last 50 years'' by Ploum, dated 2021 February 4Th. (I should post it >> here.) The article has this tone---we don't need to replace computers >> all the time. Most of that ``need'' is actually just distraction. >> >> We suffer a lot from distraction. If we remove all distraction, what >> happens? We get distracted with what we have left---which is probably a >> pretty good deal. :) > > Productive distraction :D That's right. :D >> Even most of our conversations here on USENET would be classified as >> distraction. But I don't think we should kill conversation because >> thinking is important in work and I do think thinking is kind of a >> collective thing. >> >> I've had thoughts of working a lot in offline mode. I could get USENET >> messages every Monday, say, and then spend the rest of the week in >> USENET offline mode. Just that move is already a time saver because >> working in batch mode is /usually/ more efficient. > > I use slrnpull, but it's set up to sync every 10 minutes or so. Seeing a > ton of messages piled up makes me kinda nervous. Lol. How about syncing it daily?
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vtm: tiling window manager with drag and drop Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-08 21:31 -0300
Re: vtm: tiling window manager with drag and drop candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-03-13 21:00 +0000
Re: vtm: tiling window manager with drag and drop Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-14 12:20 -0300
Re: vtm: tiling window manager with drag and drop candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-03-14 19:50 +0000
Re: vtm: tiling window manager with drag and drop D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-15 22:57 +0100
Re: vtm: tiling window manager with drag and drop kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2025-03-16 11:32 -0400
Re: vtm: tiling window manager with drag and drop Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-19 23:53 +0000
Re: vtm: tiling window manager with drag and drop Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-16 22:32 -0300
Re: vtm: tiling window manager with drag and drop candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-03-21 18:50 +0000
Re: vtm: tiling window manager with drag and drop D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-15 23:00 +0100
Re: vtm: tiling window manager with drag and drop candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-03-21 18:40 +0000
Re: vtm: tiling window manager with drag and drop D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-21 22:13 +0100
Re: vtm: tiling window manager with drag and drop candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-03-23 14:20 +0000
Re: vtm: tiling window manager with drag and drop D <nospam@example.net> - 2025-03-23 22:21 +0100
Re: vtm: tiling window manager with drag and drop Ian <${send-direct-email-to-news1021-at-jusme-dot-com-if-you-must}@jusme.com> - 2025-03-16 08:52 +0000
Re: vtm: tiling window manager with drag and drop Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2025-03-17 14:27 -0300
Re: vtm: tiling window manager with drag and drop Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-19 06:54 +0000
Re: vtm: tiling window manager with drag and drop Ian <${send-direct-email-to-news1021-at-jusme-dot-com-if-you-must}@jusme.com> - 2025-04-19 08:20 +0000
Re: vtm: tiling window manager with drag and drop Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-24 00:20 +0000
Re: vtm: tiling window manager with drag and drop Ian <${send-direct-email-to-news1021-at-jusme-dot-com-if-you-must}@jusme.com> - 2025-04-24 11:04 +0000
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