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On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 1:27 AM, Frank Peters <frank.peters@×××××××.net>wrote: |
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> It's not that I have some extreme irrational bias against graphical |
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> software, but, in the right hands, console based programs can still |
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> perform wonderful things in terms of basic output. Ncurses and s-lang |
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> are very capable development tools. But for some reason these things |
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> are not appreciated by the average user who, if given a choice, will |
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> usually gravitate to a graphical solution. |
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Forgive me for I beg to differ, curse is just a poor substitute for neither |
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command line nor GUI. You can't realistically pipe curse output to other |
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scripts and get something meaningful, nor can curse take advantage of your |
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screen's full display capability. While I appreciate the power of using |
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command line and the simplicity of GUI, I can't ever understand people who |
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uses curse-based newsreader/email clients. The only curse-based applications |
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that I could appreciate are text editors, e.g. vim/emacs, and it is because |
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they're convenient to use on an ssh. |
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So, yes, I think you do have an extreme irrational bias if you prefer a |
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text-based email or torrent clients over a GUI equivalent. |
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