Re:You Don't Need a GUI
by alexvoda on Friday April 09, 2021 @09:44AM
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Actually even this two axis classification is imprecise.
CLI programs like the coreutils are actually sort of missing a user interface. They are just programs that receive arguments on launch.
How should we classify the following?
- Programs like coreutils that receive arguments and return a result
- Programs that start a menu or wizard in text mode
- Programs that start a interactive command line like various database CLI interfaces, shells
- Programs like Vim that have a TUI and are command line driven.
- Programs like Tilda that have a WIMP TUI
I think the last four have graphical equivalents (eg. Windows installers, Jupyter, VSCode, Notepad++ respectively) and what is missing is a graphical interface for passing arguments to programs.
How should we classify the following?
- Programs like coreutils that receive arguments and return a result
- Programs that start a menu or wizard in text mode
- Programs that start a interactive command line like various database CLI interfaces, shells
- Programs like Vim that have a TUI and are command line driven.
- Programs like Tilda that have a WIMP TUI
I think the last four have graphical equivalents (eg. Windows installers, Jupyter, VSCode, Notepad++ respectively) and what is missing is a graphical interface for passing arguments to programs.