Hotwire is intended to replace the interactive
command execution portion of a typical Unix shell.
It includes much of the functionality found in the
combination of a terminal emulator, a shell, and
core utilities like ls and grep. Most of the
commands are named the same, and do basically the
same thing. Where it makes sense, Hotwire improves
the commands to have better defaults and makes
things nicer by using the mouse, and so on. For
example, rm moves files to ~/.Trash on Unix and
Recycle Bin on Windows, cd automatically lists the
contents of the directory you change to, ls links
are clickable (view file or cd to directory),
filter (analogous to Unix grep) shows matching
text in bold, and the ps process list has
right-click menu for killing.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Changes:
Major UI rework was done. Many bugs were fixed.
Keybindings, globs, and command resolution were
added.