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

> 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 :)