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The WIMP UI really doesn't mesh with an e-Ink display, which is why you'll never see this on consumer desktops. Touch displays have changed everything though & people are more willing to experiment these days, so perhaps something could be done.

I'd love to try one out for programming. Text interfaces (emacs / vim) and a large e-ink display could be a perfect match.

I still want an LCD monitor too, but I have a 17 inch monitor for general stuff and a 22" (I think) widescreen monitor vertical for programming. It's the vertical one I'd like to replace.

You won't be able to scroll properly in an e-ink display. Either you will code page by page or it will refresh every time you try to scroll

Vim running on an e-ink display: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdmX52SCpG0

Reasonable.

BTW, don't use "test" as the name for your throwaways. test(1) is a thing.

  $man -k test
  ...
  test (1)             - check file types and compare values
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