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What's the point of screenshotting CLI tools? I'd much rather have an example command line that I can copy/paste than some image of a terminal...
by __david__ 8y ago
What's the point of screenshotting CLI tools? I'd much rather have an example command line that I can copy/paste than some image of a terminal...
- moepstar 8y agoI, for one, have been helped much by some project providing screenshots or even animated gifs of input and possible output by a tool...
- pvorb 8y agohttps://asciinema.org https://asciinema.org is a great alternative to providing animated gifs.
- romwell 8y agoAnd, for everyone's benefit, LICEcap[1] is a FOSS tool to make just that (animated GIFs showcasing your software) from the guy responsible for Winamp and Reaper DAW (the GIF's on the Reaper page are made using this tool). [1]https://www.cockos.com/licecap/ https://www.cockos.com/licecap/
- DogLover_ 8y agoFor me it is about seeing how a tool can be used and if it is worth installing. I am not going to bother install a tool and then try a command to see if it is worthwhile to have on my computer. I try to keep my computer junk-free so I only install something if I believe if its any worth for me.
- __david__ 8y agoSure, I'm not saying you shouldn't see example command lines and their outputs. I'm just saying putting that in image form seems really stupid—I don't understand the desire/need. Anything that's in a gif should just be inline in the page as real text that you can copy and paste.