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by forgotpwd16 214 days ago
The discussion is about the terminal as an interface rather the emulator/renderer specifically, or in this case the windowing system. So in Plan 9 you could've a GUI app overtake the root window but could you have graphics intertwined with text when working at the shell?
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> could you have graphics intertwined with text when working at the shell?

I don't know, but I assume so. Also I can't think of a use case for this but that's just my lack of imagination, I suspect.