I'm still not using GUIs in 2019: A guide to the terminal

Re:I'm still not using GUIs in 2019: A guide to the terminal by wayneftw on Saturday March 09, 2019 @11:46AM (#19346966)

This is the same way I feel about CLI only tools. Too much fiddling around with hidden switches and config files for my taste. I'd much rather use a straightforward GUI like VSCode instead of some monstrosity like VI/VIM/Emacs/whatever.

Rote memorization of commands is a ridiculous way to interface with computers in 2019 IMO. I consider it a failure of modern computing every time I have to use a CLI.

Mostly, I blame the automation zealots who have thrown out the discoverability baby with the GUI bathwater. Yes, CLIs are easy to automate. Yay! Why not automate them with a GUI then?

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Re:I'm still not using GUIs in 2019: A guide to the terminal by greenhatman on Saturday March 09, 2019 @07:01PM (#19349357)

I can't think of a reason why discoverability necessarily needs to be hard in CLI apps. I think all apps, including CLI apps, should have a fuzzy search for all commands.

ZSH takes some steps in the right direction with this, with how it handles tab completion.

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