It was Fri, 29 Jun 2001 12:58:00 -0700 when PENA FAMILY wrote:
>I wonder do those who prefer command line will ever move
>to a GUI or do they just stay in a command line enviroment within a UNIX
>platform since thats all they want?
Oh, I run a GUI. It's called XFCE. But when you're used to, for example,
moving files around from a prompt (mv -f <a> <b>) then it is usually much
faster than going through the motions with a mouse, dragging, dropping,
confirming that you want this'n'that indeed to happen etc.
Or in editting a file, having to rely on mouse movements each time you want
something done, instead of the fast things you can do in vi.
I often operate unix machines in a production environment. And for me, the
prompt is the fastest tool. Why? Because I learnt to use computers when they
were still dinosaurs, with punched tape, 11" pinfeed paper and keyboards,
without display screens. Before the existance of IBM compatible PC's.
Once I helped someone get his winders up again, and I had to edit an INI file
(yes, Winders 3.11). So I opened a "command.com". This guy got a shock:
"WHAT'S THAT???"
The command line got me out of trouble just as often as the GUI got me into
them. That's why the command line is important to me.
Paul
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