On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Jeffry Smith wrote:
> Some basic tools that would enable them to make simple choices, AND SHOW
> THEM THE COMMAND LINE EQUIVILENT (i.e. learn by example) would be
> extremely useful.
Maybe I'm just a cynical bastard (okay, no "maybe" about it), but every time
I've seen such a front-end for anything, I see two groups of people: Those who
do not want to learn the underlying tool and just want the GUI, and those who
know that you cannot program a computer by clicking a mouse. (You can layout
UI forms, but you cannot write code.) The former group inevitably comes
complaining to the latter group when their front-end fails to be sufficiently
flexible.
sed and awk text-processing languages. Note the word "text". Now note the
lack of the word "text" in the term "graphical user interface". See the
problem?
I might buy a graphic CBT (Computer Based Training) system for sed and awk,
but a GUI front-end?
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