Life on the Command Line

[David Vincent]

Rosalind Mitchell wrote:
> Driven by a combination of curiosity, nostalgia (old enough to remember
> being shown VisiCalc and thinking it a wonder) and natural
> steampunkishness, I've been investigating ways of running everyday
> applications from the command line in text sessions.  Using
> Mutt/Fetchmail/Exim for email, slrn for Usenet, vim and emacs for
> development, sc for financial work, that sort of thing.
> 
> How far do others manage to get using text-based applications only?  Any
> real hidden gems I should be aware of?

rtorrent is worth looking at imho.

-d