Re: [OT] Ada bench : count words

[Tapio Kelloniemi <spam17@thack.org>]

"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote:
>On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:00:22 GMT, Tapio Kelloniemi wrote:
>> But if some GUI program has a feature you need, but it is unable to
>> share data (or otherwise co-operate) with other programs, it is useless.
>
>Even if "what I need" /= "share data with other programs"?

This is a bit poor example, but itshows what I mean.
I return to the office example. I have written a book using that
cool WYSIWYG application which has a very nice look and feel. But the
WYSIWYG application has bulit-in support for some print spoolers. My host
doesn't happen to run any of them. It also refuses to output raw postscript.
My friend is running the required print spooler on his host, so I copy
my book (10 MB) to his computer. Unfortunately I have just wasted bandwidth
since that cool WYSIWYG program refuses to start up without an X display
when I invoke it through SSH.

>> Also I haven't heard of wizard applications which automate using
>> GUI programs. I think it is much easier to write a bash script which
>> invokes those hard to remember commands rather than writing an application
>> which automates moving the mouse pointer to specified coordinates and then
>> simulates a click. And that clicker wizard is even not portable to other
>> screen resolutions...
>
>You seem to mix program and user interfaces of an OS. I don't argue against
>the former.

But GUIs cannot be automated (as command-line tools can be). GUI (or TUI)
is a must for some things (like text editing), but command-line is
much more powerful for many other things.

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Tapio