Favorite Text Based Programs

aych · Guru Joined: 20 May 2004 Posts: 304

Hey guys. just looking for input around here. Post your favorite text based programs (non X) here!
please dont include stage 3 built in programs such as nano.

oh yeah, and im looking for a text based msn program?

thanks!

My very short list:

pciutils
wavemon
openssh

codergeek42 · Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 11:36 pm Post subject:

GNU Screen
mplayer (plays damn near everything I throw at it

)
Irssi (IRC)
CenteriCQ or Naim
GNU Nano (yeah I know you said not to, but I really like it so I'm including it anyway :p)
Lynx
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thorpe · Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 12:15 am Post subject:

msnlib - a great Python MSN messenger protocol library and client.
mocp - music on console.
vim
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Zepp · Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 12:29 am Post subject:

vim
screen
irssi
rtorrent
cdrecord
growisofs
maple

Sadako · Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 1:02 am Post subject:

ncmpc
giftcurs
alsamixer
hexedit
htop
unfoo
grep
less
lame

also fbi,fbv & `links -g` (with gpm) on a framebuffer console

And another couple of votes for screen, nano and mplayer.
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