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From: louie@sayshell.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos)
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Subject: Re: UI idea (<-- note: does not say "CLI bashing" :-)
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Date: 4 Jun 91 13:16:24 GMT
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I would just be happy with a version of Terminal that did correct
VT-100/ANSI terminal emulation.  Please don't dump more bells and
whistles into it before having fundamental bugs repaired (like the
scrolling bug you see in emacs).  I want a terminal emulator that I
can run the exact same shell in that I use on the other half-dozen
UNIX platforms that I use.

While these enhancement *sound* good, are they more *effective* and
effiecient than just typing the equivelent stuff at the keyboard?
Sure, I'm not talking about the "dumb-user" that want the whiz-bang
point-and-click, snarf-and-barf (cut and paste) iconic user interface;
I just want to get work done.

I agree with EPS, the NeXT I have gets used as a compatible UNIX
4.3BSD platform first, and a whiz-bang GUI flavored interface second.
It is didn't have a good base-level UNIX functionallity, it would just
be another macintosh.

louie