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by jacquesm 5766 days ago
A command line is a poor mans gui.

A gui is a poor mans command line.

Whichever I'm using there are always aspects of the work that you could do better with the other.

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Give me an example of something that you could do better with a gui. Just curious.
Selecting a number of unrelated items from a list. Example: You have a folder with music files and want to select some to copy onto your portable music player. It's easier to click on the items to select them than typing all the names, even with file name completion.
- interactively increasing the contrast of an image

- browsing the web (sorry, lynx users)

- play games (not that I'm a gamer)

- desk-top publishing

- routing a PCB

- CAD

and so on...

But then, each of those has moments when you think to yourself 'Man, I wished I could script this' (well, maybe not the games).