Why text-only? (was Re: Leo + Python: the ultimate scripting tool: Conclusion)

[Kent Tenney]

I would welcome text mode Leo because I'm
interested recycling unwanted computers.

It was great to read; (http://lwn.net/Articles/53019/)
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William Lee Irwin recently tried the 2.6.0-test kernel on a system limited to 16MB of memory.
...
Andrew Morton says, "we should try to not suck in this situation." William's results indicate that 
some work is still required for 2.6 to perform adequately on low-end hardware.
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Text mode Leo would not suck in this situation

Thanks,
Kent

Aahz wrote:

> In article <vqsmdi8tub9c74 at corp.supernews.com>,
> Edward K. Ream <edreamleo at charter.net> wrote:
> 
>>It seems to me that simulating Leo on a character-cell display is
>>going to be all work and no gain.  I have no interest in designing a
>>dumbed-down model for Leo that would work in paleolithic environments.
>>Besides, Emacs probably has a curses mode.  Why would I want to compete
>>with that?
> 
> 
> That's fine, although for me you're competing with vi[m].  There are two
> reasons why I stick with my requirement for text-only systems:
> 
> * As I said earlier, I do much of my work from text consoles, and much of
> that is also remote.  I think trying to run GUIs over Net connections is
> poor use of bandwidth.  Not to mention the fact that until a month ago,
> my only Net access was still direct-dial shell (yes, vt100 emulator, no
> PPP).  Even now that I do have DSL, I still do much of my GUI browsing
> (when forced to use JavaScript) with images turned off.
> 
> * Requiring a text-only system is a reasonable proxy for requiring a
> keyboard-centric system, because text-only systems by definition have to
> work with a keyboard.  Too many GUI-based systems have at least one
> oddball corner that just doesn't work well with the keyboard, and it's
> invariably one of those corners that I need to be productive.
> 
> This is an old argument, of course.  I've been using the .sig I'm
> including below for more than five years.