This post has aged like milk given the rollback. In the amount of time it's taken them to fix it, including lobbying xterm.js upstream and telling users "use a modern terminal emulator", you'd be hard-pressed to convince me they'd have burned more goodwill with paying customers than they already have if they'd quietly switched to alt-mode. It's a downright embarrassing bug for such a high-profile company.
Because making a decent GUI is harder than making a decent TUI. Also TUIs give you some nice things for free like working over SSH easily, but I suspect the lower dev effort is the big thing.
I considered a GUI for a small Python project of mine, but couldn't find anything quick, simple, and portable. I ended up opting for a TUI with a few ASCII art boxes.
This post has aged like milk given the rollback. In the amount of time it's taken them to fix it, including lobbying xterm.js upstream and telling users "use a modern terminal emulator", you'd be hard-pressed to convince me they'd have burned more goodwill with paying customers than they already have if they'd quietly switched to alt-mode. It's a downright embarrassing bug for such a high-profile company.
General rule: Don't write articles with uncommon acronyms ("TUI") without introducing their meaning upon first usage.
Why do TUI developers insist on doing such weird stuff when they could just make a GUI
Because making a decent GUI is harder than making a decent TUI. Also TUIs give you some nice things for free like working over SSH easily, but I suspect the lower dev effort is the big thing.
you think so? i think making a good TUI is a pain in the ass
I considered a GUI for a small Python project of mine, but couldn't find anything quick, simple, and portable. I ended up opting for a TUI with a few ASCII art boxes.