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by leloctai 1894 days ago
I never get these libraries. If you want a GUI, why not just use a real GUI library? Are these simpler to use? Is there an example of TUI that shouldn't be replaced with proper GUI or normal CLI?

Edit: Now that I think about it, a good example of TUI would be htop.
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nvrspyx 1894 days ago
Remote SSH is one reason. Another reason is that TUIs are generally easier to create and maintain than GUIs, especially cross-platform.
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agumonkey 1894 days ago
also a good tui is hyper efficient
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Galanwe 1893 days ago
I feel like there's a _spectrum_ of pros/cons in running a GUI versus pure command line.

Command line is the most practical for me, since I spend 99.9% of my time there, and I rarely have an X session anyway on remote server.

Sometimes, I have a need for something more graphical say to look at a git graph. Spawning an X session and running a full blown GUI would be possible but it's too much hassle for that use case IMHO. TUI is a nice in-between.

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