Beyond the Terminal: Is VTM the Revolutionary Text-Based Desktop In The Making?

The world of command-line interfaces is experiencing a renaissance. For years, the terminal remained a relatively static tool, a direct descendant of the…
A terminal emulator, or terminal application, is a computer program that emulates a video terminal within some other display architecture. Though typically synonymous with a shell or text terminal, the term terminal covers all remote terminals, including graphical interfaces. A terminal emulator inside a graphical user interface is often called a terminal window.
The world of command-line interfaces is experiencing a renaissance. For years, the terminal remained a relatively static tool, a direct descendant of the…