I have coined the phrase terminal transformer for a class of programs
like tmux, dvtm, tcvt, and splitvt. Perhaps there is already a phrase.
A terminal transformer runs on top of a terminal emulator and acts as
a terminal emulator itself, with an application like nano running on
top of it. In oth
On Sat Jan 7, 2023 at 9:30 PM EST, Greg Reagle wrote:
> I have coined the phrase terminal transformer for a class of programs
> like tmux, dvtm, tcvt, and splitvt. Perhaps there is already a phrase.
"multiplexer" seems to be the term commonly used:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_multiple
[other] Greg,
sorry, this is maybe too philosophical. but, reading your thoughts,
what strikes me is, from the 1980s/90s (by [another] Greg[or] Kiczales)
a model of things (software modules, say, or programs, or computing
systems), where each "thing" has two sorts of interfaces: a *using*
interfa
