Re: GUI vs: CLI (was: Shell command in VB6)

From: gswork (gswork_at_mailcity.com)
Date: 03/31/04 

Date: 31 Mar 2004 01:55:53 -0800

Richard Heathfield <dontmail@address.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message news:<c4clc8$f0r$7@titan.btinternet.com>...
> Programmer Dude wrote:
>
> > gswork wrote:
> >
> >> i use VB occasionally to 'wrap' a CLI app that takes lots of varied
> >> arguments - rather than try and remember them all, or generate loads
> >> of batch files, you can encode the choices in a VB form and choose
> >> from various controls then run the app.
> >
> > This *really* says something about GUI vs: CLI. (-:
>
> I think it says more about gswork's preferences than it does about GUI vs
> CLI

Indeed. I prefer to have the know-how of more complex / less oft used
CLI apps captured in something intuitively accessible, so if I don't
use it for some time, then return, i don't have to 'start over' so to
speak. It can also be a reminder for those arguments that are rarely
used, but occasionally useful, that I may simply not think of - and so
miss out on.

Like a simplified 'man' page i suppose, but with a lot less paging
down!

As i described elsethread, actually using the mouse is optional given
sensible tab ordering.

For most common CLI operations i don't feel the need to GUIise them,
however, it would be a bit odd to generate a GUI in order to issue
'ls' for instance, but might be handy if i wanted to take advantage of
it's many options without 'man ls'

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