What are the prerequisites for installing on MacOS ?
Thanks.
Terminal.Gui: A Cross Platform Terminal UI Toolkit for .NET
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Re: Terminal.Gui: A Cross Platform Terminal UI Toolkit for .NET
#52On the C++ front, I've been using this and love it - https://github.com/ArthurSonzogni/FTXUI - it also has wasm target, so may target the web. I'm regular Far Commander on Windows, and Midnight Commander, also known as mc on Linux/OSX. In fact my "Command-Prompt" on Windows is always FAR (this comes with certain limitations, but I'm so used to it, I can't do my normal work without it). I could never get into the Expl…
Oh thanks for sharing! I wanted bad something modern like this!!!
Re: Terminal.Gui: A Cross Platform Terminal UI Toolkit for .NET
#53On the C++ front, I've been using this and love it - https://github.com/ArthurSonzogni/FTXUI - it also has wasm target, so may target the web. I'm regular Far Commander on Windows, and Midnight Commander, also known as mc on Linux/OSX. In fact my "Command-Prompt" on Windows is always FAR (this comes with certain limitations, but I'm so used to it, I can't do my normal work without it). I could never get into the Expl…
Relatedly, this exact C# library was started by and a lot of early contributions were from Miquel de Icaza who also started Midnight Commander.
Re: Terminal.Gui: A Cross Platform Terminal UI Toolkit for .NET
#54About four years ago I had a meeting with a distributor who had terminal app and wanted to move it to a web based app. Everyone had the keyboard shortcuts memorized and did a quick demo that the refresh rate of the monitor was not fast (only slightly joking here) enough to go through all the screens they did for each task they had to do in this system. Interesting that this could be a useful replacement for something…
I'm surprised keyboard shortcuts are not more normal in b2b web apps for this exact reason. There's no technical limitation. Bloomberg probably has the most profitable "terminal" UI, supports the same keyboard shortcuts it had a generation ago, and the whole thing was built on webkit last I heard.
Re: Terminal.Gui: A Cross Platform Terminal UI Toolkit for .NET
#55How fast does it stream a 10gb file though?
Why would a terminal stream a file ? RCE ?
Pretty sure this is a Casey Muratori reference. Doesn't really apply to the current project as it's a UI on top of the existing terminal rather than a whole new terminal.
More details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxM8QmyZXtg
Re: Terminal.Gui: A Cross Platform Terminal UI Toolkit for .NET
#56About four years ago I had a meeting with a distributor who had terminal app and wanted to move it to a web based app. Everyone had the keyboard shortcuts memorized and did a quick demo that the refresh rate of the monitor was not fast (only slightly joking here) enough to go through all the screens they did for each task they had to do in this system. Interesting that this could be a useful replacement for something…
In my country (Brazil) I sporadically meet people using TUI-based systems. Mostly COBOL but also a good amount of Clipper (or Harbour, maybe?).
I'm also aware of a couple of companies maintaining systems in Harbour and my parents use a web app written in Pascal -- I could tell by the error messages, which are extremely rare btw; the system is very stable, despite the frequent changes it goes through thanks to the tax-legislation mess we have here.
I started asking people about which type of system they prefer: those old dinosaurs or the good-looking, modern ones? 100% voted for the former. Why? "It's fast", they answer.
Some say it's because "they learned to work on those older systems and now are resisting to change". But this is simply false: even younger professionals, who grew using GUIs and web apps, prefer TUIs when it comes to get stuff done.
Such interfaces are also easier to develop. Then, I believe it would be a win-win if TUIs were widely readopted: happier users, systems cheaper to design, build and test.
But trends are so hard to change...
Re: Terminal.Gui: A Cross Platform Terminal UI Toolkit for .NET
#57Looking at the demo images, I must admit that I have some traumatic memories associated with that shade of blue on a console :) Mostly from fiddling with BIOS settings etc. My only experience with C# is in using the Unity 3D game engine. Now with a console apps ecosystem, cross-platform focus, GUI libraries, machine learning stuff, mobile apps. It's becoming an attractive prospect by the day.
And to me the opposite - Turbo/Borland Pascal/C++, or the E3 editor. Okay, turns out blue is not great color for you - but that was the "dark" theme at the time.
Re: Terminal.Gui: A Cross Platform Terminal UI Toolkit for .NET
#58About four years ago I had a meeting with a distributor who had terminal app and wanted to move it to a web based app. Everyone had the keyboard shortcuts memorized and did a quick demo that the refresh rate of the monitor was not fast (only slightly joking here) enough to go through all the screens they did for each task they had to do in this system. Interesting that this could be a useful replacement for something…
I've heard the same about some day-trading companies, or anyone dealing with customers/clients and has to lots to input/navigate - they still keep old terminals to good use.
Re: Terminal.Gui: A Cross Platform Terminal UI Toolkit for .NET
#59What are the prerequisites for installing on MacOS ? Thanks.
Just the latest .NET Core runtime.
Re: Terminal.Gui: A Cross Platform Terminal UI Toolkit for .NET
#60Looking at the demo images, I must admit that I have some traumatic memories associated with that shade of blue on a console :) Mostly from fiddling with BIOS settings etc. My only experience with C# is in using the Unity 3D game engine. Now with a console apps ecosystem, cross-platform focus, GUI libraries, machine learning stuff, mobile apps. It's becoming an attractive prospect by the day.
C# the language has always felt like "Java, but better".
Now with .NET Core embracing cross platform and maturing nicely, it feels like the whole ecosystem can be described as "Java, but better". On Windows, it's already been there for a decade or more, but the label never felt right when hosting on Linux meant using an alternative runtime like Mono.