Wave Terminal: A Modern New Terminal That You'll Love If You Hate Command Line
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Re: Wave Terminal: A Modern New Terminal That You'll Love If You Hate Command Line
#2Huh?!
"The perfect swimsuit for those who hate water?"
Re: Wave Terminal: A Modern New Terminal That You'll Love If You Hate Command Line
#3Spoiler:
> it is an Electron app
Saved you a download.
Re: Wave Terminal: A Modern New Terminal That You'll Love If You Hate Command Line
#4I wonder if the right way to sell this is really "CLI for CLI haters" -- if you really find the CLI scary/painful -- distinct from being frustrated with the typical Unix UI limitations -- this doesn't look any less scary.
Re: Wave Terminal: A Modern New Terminal That You'll Love If You Hate Command Line
#5Spoiler: > it is an Electron app Saved you a download.
> Saved you a download.
You did, thank you!
Re: Wave Terminal: A Modern New Terminal That You'll Love If You Hate Command Line
#6The next generation replacement for CLIs will be Raycast.com or similar. Seriously.
It's significantly more discoverable, faster to use, and provides a high quality interface out of the box.
Composability is currently lacking, but Launchbar shows how that could be done.
Most importantly, it's ridiculously easy to write extensions for. Chances are, if your shell script needs to handle interactive input, you can write a Raycast extension in fewer lines of code.
Developers who seek to advance the terminal should probably focus on building a FOSS equivalent to Raycast instead.
Re: Wave Terminal: A Modern New Terminal That You'll Love If You Hate Command Line
#7I love the command line, and I doubt I'll use this terminal, but "each command and its output is a separate box" is a way of using a terminal that I've long wished for. My day is full of `clear && bazel build`, not because I want to clear my history, but because I want to treat the build output as a single unit.
Re: Wave Terminal: A Modern New Terminal That You'll Love If You Hate Command Line
#8Spoiler: > it is an Electron app Saved you a download.
It's an electron app because there isn't a better alternative.
Re: Wave Terminal: A Modern New Terminal That You'll Love If You Hate Command Line
#9Spoiler: > it is an Electron app Saved you a download.
It's an electron app because there isn't a better alternative.
In what sense? There isn't a better alternative to package a web app as native, or there isn't a better alternative to writing Electron apps? I think many would argue native dev is a better alternative.
Re: Wave Terminal: A Modern New Terminal That You'll Love If You Hate Command Line
#10Spoiler: > it is an Electron app Saved you a download.
Spoilers II and III:
> There's telemetry (and)
> a terms of service to agree to