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Hotwire: a combined terminal/GUI for GNU/Linux (Free Software Magazine)

Hotwire: a combined terminal/GUI for GNU/Linux (Free Software Magazine)

Posted Jun 25, 2008 17:56 UTC (Wed) by drag (subscriber, #31333)
In reply to: Hotwire: a combined terminal/GUI for GNU/Linux (Free Software Magazine) by nix
Parent article: Hotwire: a combined terminal/GUI for GNU/Linux (Free Software Magazine)

It depends on how you look at it.

With python you avoid the source --> compile --> linker cycle. You just edit the source code,
add your functions to a library or to a directory, and the compiling and that sort of thing is
done on the fly. 

With bash you'd have to get the source code and edit it to extend it, unless you use a plugin
or extension feature like you mentioned just now.

That being said, I like the idea of a script-based shell. It's very similar to Emacs.. the
major difference here is that hotwire isn't going to pretend its a editor to trick programmers
into trying it out. :)

After playing around with hotwire I've decided that I like the concept very much. If the
keybindings can be made to be theme-able then it should be simple to make my own screen-like,
vi-like bindings.

Any thoughts on a mode-based shell? :)


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Hotwire: a combined terminal/GUI for GNU/Linux (Free Software Magazine)

Posted Jun 26, 2008 12:34 UTC (Thu) by mish (guest, #52694) [Link]

> After playing around with hotwire I've decided that I like the concept very much. If the
> keybindings can be made to be theme-able then it should be simple to make my own
screen-like,
> vi-like bindings.
> 
> Any thoughts on a mode-based shell? :)

I've typed up some thoughts before in this thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/hotwire-shell/browse_threa...

I'm hacking on other stuff at the moment though, so don't hold your breath.  But new hackers
are welcome if you want to help move this forward :)

Hotwire: a combined terminal/GUI for GNU/Linux (Free Software Magazine)

Posted Jun 30, 2008 19:05 UTC (Mon) by massimiliano (subscriber, #3048) [Link]

There is work ongoing on making a free "posh", google for it...
It could be nice if the projects cooperated :-)

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