[the-tomster]

The problem there is that every application needs to implement a macro recorder, and every application needs to implement history and undo. With small programs that all handle text the shell takes care of history and automation, while the other programs can focus on solving a new problem.

Why have macros and history reimplemented badly by every application when one application could do it well?

[vinodkd]

True, such a feature should really be system-wide - something like OSX's Automator, maybe.

That doesnt take away from the point, however, that GUI actions can be stored in history, composed, etc.

[a3n]

But right now, they aren't. :)

[akavel]

Hah, but here we come back to my question: which was specifically not about what we do have "right now", but why those things that we do have right now are worse than the things "we" had before??