There is a long abandoned (but it still runs) project called eDEX-UI (https://github.com/GitSquared/edex-ui) which basically provides a working, useable terminal surrounded by all sorts of the crap visual appearance of hacker terminals in the movies. Pair that with a terminal editor and you've almost got a movie IDE!

It's kinda fun for a while although I'd be amazed if anyone actually used it as their main terminal emulator program. But you could.

[–] insomniac_lemon@kbin.social 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I could see it being a real thing. When you're making a game it gives you visualization for animations (both physics and visual-only) and shaders (maybe even a simplified stylized version). Random benchmark results/debug info. Drawing attention to syntax mistakes. An important email or video call pops up.

It would be cool and potentially useful, but completely un-asked for and likely distracting and a waste of space. Basically what if your computer was a non-cartoon clippy.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Or you can just, you know, timeshare it by interleaving running the code time with making code time, thus having maximal screen size for both.

(Source: I'm actually making a game right now ... or should if I wasn't making posts in Lemmy ;))

[–] dmmeyournudes@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

outside of the keyboard, you could defiantly make this into a viable terminal interface. just make sure all of the "widgets" are relevant information and its not a bad idea.

[–] SirFaffles@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

There's dif themes that get rid of the keyboard and add and remove things, plus I'm p sure you can write your own