Lol, young padawan, check up those weird old programs that were called "VisiCalc" and "Lotus 1-2-3".
replyWhich were before GUI of any complexity were possible. There was no alternative at the time.
replyRelated, see the insane success and excitement from the early GUI based operating systems.
> I think spreadsheets are a greater example of something that require the subtleties of an actual GUI
replyI've been wondering about this too. I think a great TUI could get it done though, but it remains to be seen how it could really stack up. If I didn't have so many projects already, I'd give this a shot because I would really love a "vim" for spreadsheets
The first spreadsheets I remember were TUI (pccalc, Lotus 123)
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