I want to do more than a terminal program does, I think, as I want to be able to navigate the file system, invoke the C compiler, use a basic text editor, run the compiled file and see it's output. Perhaps this is expecting too much when it is all to be driven from a terminal emulator on a netbook. In the olden days, computer users would do everything on a single screen (no windows or overlays) connected by serial cable to a mainframe.
I want to do the same but replace the cable with my USB BT link.
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