On Jul 20, 2022, at 11:38, Ron Flory via users users@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
Also, I think you mean 'shell' instead of 'terminal'- a 'terminal' is an external piece of hardware that terminates a serial line, like an ADM-3A or TVI-912C, etc. We generally haven't used terminals since the 1980's.
“Terminal” is still the right term. Sure, you’re using a pseudo-terminal when running vi or nano, but that’s the interface it was written for. Modern terminals are just really fancy kernel interfaces. (There are some other kinds of terminals still in use but that’s another story)
Shells are *also* written to interact with a terminal. You don’t necessarily need a shell to launch vi or nano, but most users use those editors with a terminal.
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