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Wiki and shell Shell script/command is a bit like a wiki plugin. A console with history is a bit like a long web page. A wiki page could be a sequence of command, output. Or each command output goes in separate page and a session history shows the N latest subpages. Command line output has markup: return, tab, colors. A regular VT is needed to use VI or other fullscreen programs. I need more markup otherwise it's not worth the overhead of the webpage/wiki. Possibilities:

• recognise certain data forms, add markup (e.g. http, mailto, date)
• recognize command or wrap command with dedicated filter that adds markup
• allow new commands to add markup in their output

Ideas for markup: * makes table a table * add links to documentation * add links that execute a command in the current shell) * add image (e.g. Gnuplot output) * add menu of contextual actions * add anchors that can be used to reuse output into new shell commands. Scenarios: * click on prompt showing path, choose ls * type lsof, output is decorated, pids show a menu of actions (pargs, stack, pwdx...) * file prettifier annotates documentation with doc links etc. * script displays information with local links and certain information as popups, linked pages Bad scenarios: * How to handle tail? * ls -l on big directory is useless, big, pollutes search results, how to get rid of it? * vi and other interactive programs don't mix well