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No CLI app is being robbed of anything, this is a layer over the top. GUIs are very valuable because they can do things CLIs cannot, like show you at a glance
by lsh 7y ago
No CLI app is being robbed of anything, this is a layer over the top.
GUIs are very valuable because they can do things CLIs cannot, like show you at a glance what operations are available, promote the standard usecase of the CLI etc. Stuff that takes a bit of reading and clever typing with a CLI.
This tool allows you to quickly write a highly specific GUI that is using CLI app in the background.
- inimino 7y agoIf the textual interface is hidden, you at least lose scriptability, aka the (near) sufficiency of performative skill in a task to automate that task.
- thethirdone 7y ago> like show you at a glance what operations are available, promote the standard usecase of the CLI etc. I definitely agree with this. I think getting people up to speed on how to use a CLI tool would be a great use case for this. I would probably use more cli tools if there was a clear GUI introduction that shows how the options map to the commands.