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CLUI: Building a graphical command line

Tags: ui, cli

5 comments

  1. Eabryt
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    This looks interesting, but to me the whole point of the command line is that it's generally faster and way less resource intensive, and the point of a GUI is that it's easy to look at and...

    This looks interesting, but to me the whole point of the command line is that it's generally faster and way less resource intensive, and the point of a GUI is that it's easy to look at and understand and figure out.

    This seems to combine the worst of both worlds.

    3 votes
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    Rocket_Man
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    This looks good. This type of development needs to happen to push CLIs further. They are at the moment pretty awful to use. Please note I did not say they aren't powerful.

    This looks good. This type of development needs to happen to push CLIs further. They are at the moment pretty awful to use. Please note I did not say they aren't powerful.

    3 votes
    1. unknown user
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      I've grown to appreciate the power of behemoth applications such as Photoshop. Yeah, it has a lot of options: it can do a lot of stuff. Generally speaking, they're alright to use. I figure there's...

      I've grown to appreciate the power of behemoth applications such as Photoshop. Yeah, it has a lot of options: it can do a lot of stuff. Generally speaking, they're alright to use. I figure there's going to be some trade-off in usability for opportunity and ability.

      The appearance of these new types of interfaces goes to show that there may be a way to reduce the complexity without reducing the ability.

      1 vote
  3. xxzozaxx
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    TBH, I don't know how this is different from what REALLY unix (better say plan9, cuz it's unix more than unix) pipe is. take a look at z3bra setup. he use alot of GUI features via shell commands....

    TBH, I don't know how this is different from what REALLY unix (better say plan9, cuz it's unix more than unix) pipe is.

    take a look at z3bra setup. he use alot of GUI features via shell commands.

    Also, u may want to see more about plan9, specifically acme and it's mail client, they do a LOT with mouse and GUIs. just via shell PIPE & 9P

    2 votes
  4. unknown user
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    Related: Kui, a "hybrid command-line/UI development experience for cloud-native development" from IBM.

    Related: Kui, a "hybrid command-line/UI development experience for cloud-native development" from IBM.

    1 vote