Raphaël Proust <raphla...@gmail.com> writes: > 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.
How does the plumber get hold of the current directory? -- Christian Neukirchen <chneukirc...@gmail.com> http://chneukirchen.org