Editing Text-based user interface (section)

{{short description|Type of interface based on outputting to or controlling a text display}}
{{distinguish|Command-line interface}}
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[[File:Midnight Commander (2005) en.png|thumb|300px|Some [[file manager]]s implement a TUI (''here: [[Midnight Commander]]'')]]
[[File:Vim-%28logiciel%29-console.png|thumb|300px|[[Vim (text editor)|Vim]] is a very widely used TUI text editor]]

In [[computing]], '''text-based user interfaces''' ('''TUI''') (alternately '''terminal user interfaces''', to reflect a dependence upon the properties of [[computer terminal]]s and not just text), is a [[retronym]] describing a type of [[user interface]] (UI) common as an early form of [[human–computer interaction]], before the advent of bitmapped displays and modern conventional [[graphical user interface]]s (GUIs). Like modern GUIs, they can use the entire [[Electronic visual display|screen]] area and may accept [[computer mouse|mouse]] and other inputs. They may also use color and often structure the display using [[box-drawing character]]s such as ┌ and ╣. The modern context of use is usually a [[terminal emulator]].
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