--- David Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The reason I'm writing is a complaint I've had about
> GUI's in general
> since I started with linux around '99. They do too
> good of a job of
> hiding the command line. They are great in that the
> make the learning
> curve more gradual and give you an idea of what is
> possible. I think
> that they could go a step farther though and do a
> wonderful job of
> teaching the command line.
>
> So here's the feature request I'd like to file: The
> command line that
> is to be run should be visible to the user before it
> is run. For
> example if I burn a CD in GnomeBaker, I should see
> the `cdrecord
> dev=/dev/cdrom image.iso ...` line in a status bar
> underneath the
> "start" button when I initiate the burn.
Simple question: why?
If a user can burn a CD in GnomeBaker, why show them
some arcane and hard to remember command?
Every single time I find something that needs the
command line, I go looking for a GUI alternative. Why?
Because GUIs are easier to learn and remember. I want
to focus on the things I am doing, not remembering how
to apply a patch, how to get a diff out of CVS, or how
to burn a CD.
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