Actually, a stripped-down version of Linux running in an optional
terminal widow (ala OSX) would be quite helpful for the following
activities:
1. Soup editing
2. Porting a *real* web browser
3. SSH
4. Better OSX/Linux/UNIX connectivity
5. If done well enough, could replace NIE, which everyone knows is
inadequate
In general, it would open up the Newton to a whole new venue of
compatible software and improve network functionality.
Admittedly a command line generally not a good idea on a pen-based
system, but I'm sure common commands like ls/cp/telnet/ftp and so on
could be reduced to single-line gestures by making some kind of
handwriting system modification like gesture launch, where a square
could start SSH and open a dialog box to select a place to connect to,
an upward stroke as an equivalent to the up-arrow to cycle through
previous commands and so on. It would take a while to memorize the
gestures (and admittedly there are way too many commands to each have a
gesture) but I think a slick pen-based command line interface is
possible.
Just my $.02
-Animal
On Thursday, November 14, 2002, at 04:34 PM, newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
wrote:
> No, you have it backwards. Personally I think the idea of Linux on
> Newton is silly. It's too large, and it is a command line system. It
> basically is NOT newton software. Although I can imagine a few nice
> uses like ssh and such in general I think such a project would be a
> waste of time.
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