On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 at 20:43:19, Timothy Swenson wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
><command line vs GUI>
>Point-and-click is OK for some things, but I find I can get files
>copied faster with a shell than by using two GUI file browsers and
>dragging and dropping between them, esp. for mass copying.
You said it - _both_ have their merits.
I too prefer command lines - well the Linux style.
However there are advantages in a GUI too - where there is often a
commonality of shortcuts keys, and as you said, one can more easily find
and launch applications. The main advantage of the shell mentality is
that everything can be run form the command line - ie automated.
The worst thing about Windows environments is that programmers in the
main abandon command lines, and assume that there is always an educated
mouse to point and click. Maddening.
Interestingly a lot of the Windows commonalties are not imposed on
programmers, but there is still a great number of command shortcuts
(CTRL-S CTRL-P for instance).
We should not move into a Little-enders and Big-enders war - that, you
remember, caused two separate nation states. Mind you we could think of
Marcel as Gulliver here (8-)#
We need the both in one package with integration. This would then be
one better than Windows, where it is very hard to, for instance, copy
from GUI to DOS and back.
>Luckily I learned touch typing years back in High School and I use it
>every day. The only problem I have is typing "copy file_txt" instead of
>"cp file_txt" when I'm at work.
Yes - and remember to add the space after cp (8-)#
> I also find moving my right hand from the keyboard to the mouse, and
>back again, can slow things down.
That is what I like about the QL PE - the cursor keys/space/enter are a
complete substitute for a mouse. I very rarely use the physical mouse
with the QL. OK one needs a third button, but I have that as an ALT
key. _much_ less intuitive under Windows.
> I've seen a real good Win2K person doing everything to administer a
>server without touching the mouse.
... but it is very easy to make very dramatic irrecoverable errors.
rm -rf * from the wrong part of the tree (8-)#
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