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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: vtm: tiling window manager with drag and drop
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 21:00:03 -0000 (UTC)
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Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> wrote at 00:31 this Sunday (GMT):
> Has anyone ever tried this?
>
> --8<-------------------------------------------------------->8---
> It is a text-based application where the entire user interface is
> represented by a mosaic of text cells forming a TUI matrix. The
> resulting TUI matrix is ​​just rendered either into its own GUI window or
> into a compatible text console.
>
> It can wrap any console application and be nested indefinitely, forming
> a text-based desktop environment.
> --8<-------------------------------------------------------->8---
>
> Sources:
> https://github.com/directvt/vtm
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kofkoxGjFWQ


It's certainly a cool idea, but I don't see why you wouldn't just go
full terminal (tmux) or full ui (another wm). Maybe this would be useful
for SSH sessions, though?
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