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Re: HyperTerm – JS/HTML/CSS Terminal

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Post by mashlol »

parent5446 wrote: post #22

A while ago I wrote something similar to this as a school project, but instead of being a local terminal, it was for a remote server. There was a sort of virtual file system the user interacted with, with metadata stored in MySQL, as one does for school projects. The moral of the story is that I hated having a terminal in JavaScript for a remote server, so I have no idea why I would want one for my local computer.

I'm curious why you hated the fact that it was in JavaScript? Was it because it ran in the browser? Because this one probably can, but it runs natively by default as far as I can tell.

Re: HyperTerm – JS/HTML/CSS Terminal

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Post by nathancahill »

eridius wrote: post #12
Neetpeople wrote: post #3

Would you recommend this to a beginner? Hilariously I'm actually asking for a friend, I don't have a Mac.

OS X comes with a built-in terminal (that's actually pretty good). There's no reason for a beginner to reach for any third-party terminal software.

Besides iTerm2 maybe. Default config is very similar to the built-in OS X terminal.

Re: HyperTerm – JS/HTML/CSS Terminal

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Post by Tloewald »

This makes me want to re-implemented "commando" from AUX/MPW (I've never understood why this idea didn't take off).

If you don't know, when you typed an ellipsis after a command in AUX or MPW a dialog box would be displayed showing the most popular toggles and options for the command (and allowing graphical file-picking). When you clicked "ok" it would type the command for you, so it made the command line both easier to use and easier to learn.

(I just downloaded and tried it out and lost my enthusiasm. There's no attempt to provide a proper GUI.)

Re: HyperTerm – JS/HTML/CSS Terminal

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Post by castis »

Sir_Cmpwn wrote: post #13
codezero wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use two tools daily that are built on Electron and they are great. Not only that, but it's never obvious they run on Electron. I'm curious, what do you hate so much about it?

How about the fact that your computer now has three enormous copies of chromium on it for no good reason?

> no good reason.

Well thats subjective. I might not be as cool as you but I get my work done using these tools.

Re: HyperTerm – JS/HTML/CSS Terminal

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Post by mirekrusin »

posterboy wrote: post #11

the video is a bit silly in the end

It is outrageously silly but maybe that's the point - it carries a message that you can do whatever you want with it (and implies - without much effort, if you can do silly things like this).

There is unexplored area sitting just right there.

Imagine having easy access to ncurses replacement, jupyter kernels like output from any of your "console" tools - that would be awesome.

Re: HyperTerm – JS/HTML/CSS Terminal

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Post by beefman »

Sir_Cmpwn wrote: post #13
codezero wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use two tools daily that are built on Electron and they are great. Not only that, but it's never obvious they run on Electron. I'm curious, what do you hate so much about it?

How about the fact that your computer now has three enormous copies of chromium on it for no good reason?

How many copies of unix (partitions, vms, containers) do you have on your computer?

Re: HyperTerm – JS/HTML/CSS Terminal

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Post by Jtsummers »

sigzero wrote: post #27
dsl wrote: post #19

The folks who make HyperTerm might have something to say about your product naming... http://www.hilgraeve.com/hyperterminal/ Edit: I'm surprised more people in the HN crowd aren't familiar with HyperTerm (Yes that is the name and what everyone called it for many many years) It was bundled with Windows up to 7, and is still used heavily in industrial control areas.

That's "HyperTerminal" not "HyperTerm".

A very similar name for a product sitting in the same space (terminal emulator). That's generally an unwise decision as it can create confusion for both projects, and the one with the trademark (especially since this new one's name is a substring of the older project) is in a position to make a valid claim against the new project.

If someone created a new project called Steem to deliver video games to end users[, would you] be surprised if Valve took issue with their choice of name?

EDIT: Left out part of a sentence.

Re: HyperTerm – JS/HTML/CSS Terminal

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Post by ne0phyte »

suyash wrote: post #23
eridius wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

OS X comes with a built-in terminal (that's actually pretty good). There's no reason for a beginner to reach for any third-party terminal software.

Yes beginner should start with plain old bash IMO.

A terminal emulator is not a shell. Using bash has nothing to do with the decision whether you use the OS X Terminal or some third party terminal emulator.

Re: HyperTerm – JS/HTML/CSS Terminal

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Post by untog »

Sir_Cmpwn wrote: post #13
codezero wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use two tools daily that are built on Electron and they are great. Not only that, but it's never obvious they run on Electron. I'm curious, what do you hate so much about it?

How about the fact that your computer now has three enormous copies of chromium on it for no good reason?

My Visual Studio Code app is 138MB. On the grand scale of things, I'm not that worried about multiple copies of Chromium.
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