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by jodrellblank 17 days ago 

    ls | gvim -
or in PowerShell

    gci | ogv -PassThru
Programs which call GUI library functions can read stdin too... why wouldn't they be able to?
1 comments
dtj1123 17 days ago
Gvim is a TUI with a GUI taped on top, and whilst the PowerShell you've given there does call a GUI library function as described, I'm pretty sure the author is referring to non trivial examples of a GUI like sublime or VS Code.
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