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From: barry@pico.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman)
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Subject: Re: UI idea...comments, anyone?
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Date: 4 Jun 91 05:44:38 GMT
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In article <1991Jun4.035408.6986@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> mitroo@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Varun Mitroo) writes:

>Seems like there are a couple of ways of making the unix shell more integrated
>with the Workspace.  The first way would be to have the shell become part of
>the Workspace app and have a shell associated with every file viewer.
>
>The second way would be to make a new version of the Terminal app that has a
>mini browser associated with every shell window 

Both good ideas that would be good enough to make me happy. 

>I hope NeXT has something like this in mind for a future release.

But don't look to NeXT for these things---they didn't really even
make the Terminal App (its an adapaptation of Scott Hess' Stuart
VT100 emulator). And I doubt NeXT's highest priority is making life 
a bit easier for folks who know what "grep -i -v" does.

No, the person to target is clear: Scott Hess, get on it
and make Stuart 3.0 with the above features! :-) I've got
$30 waiting here for you when you get done.



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Barry Merriman
UCLA Dept. of Math
UCLA Inst. for Fusion and Plasma Research
barry@math.ucla.edu (Internet)   barry@arnold.math.ucla.edu (NeXTMail)