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Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

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On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 davidson wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Mar 2023 coreyh@free.fr wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Should CLI (command line interface) have a nice UI library?
>
> The teletype (whether virtualised or not) and shells which constitute
> that "CLI" are interfaces designed for a purpose.

Speaking of that purpose, at around the half-hour mark in this video,
Ken Thompson describes the genesis of the unix pipe mechanism:

   Ken Thompson interviewed by Brian Kernighan
   (at the Vintage Computer Federation in 2019)
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY6q5dv_B-o

You might notice how relatively animated he becomes, talking about it
over the course of 5 minutes:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY6q5dv_B-o&t=30m15s

>> today web dev has so many libraries that make web pages with
>> rich/colorful interactive views.
>
> The web browser is also an interface designed for a purpose.
>
> A different purpose.

A purpose which (in the case of firefox) apparently does not include
exporting the entire browser configuration to a plain text file so
that we can analyse and transform it with the full orchestra of
text-processing tools.

Personally, this baffles me.

>> But CLI is still in dull mode.
>
> No sweetie, it really isn't. Please get a clue.

To be more specific, composing processes is fun, which is the opposite
of dull.

>> That should be improved in these days.
>
> Even venerable tools have been, can be, and will be improved. My
> money's on those improvements coming predominantly from people who
> recognise what the tools are for.
>
> Good luck with your future projects, my friend.
>
> Choose them wisely.

Because life is short.

Also, in the meantime do play and have fun. For the same reason.

-- 
Hackers are free people. They are like artists. If they are in a good
mood, they get up in the morning and begin painting their pictures.
-- Vladimir Putin

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should CLI have a nice UI today? coreyh@free.fr - 2023-03-24 12:40 +0100
  Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2023-03-24 12:50 +0100
  Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2023-03-24 13:00 +0100
    Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? Tom <tom@virta.be> - 2023-03-24 17:00 +0100
      Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? Javier Barroso <javibarroso@gmail.com> - 2023-03-25 23:40 +0100
    Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? Tom <tom@virta.be> - 2023-03-24 17:10 +0100
  Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2023-03-24 16:20 +0100
  Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2023-03-24 21:40 +0100
    Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2023-03-25 00:20 +0100
  Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-03-24 22:30 +0100
    Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-03-24 22:50 +0100
    Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-03-25 07:40 +0100
  Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-03-25 11:10 +0100
    Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-03-29 16:00 +0200
      Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-03-29 16:10 +0200
        Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2023-03-29 16:30 +0200
          Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> - 2023-03-29 16:50 +0200
            Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2023-03-29 17:10 +0200
          Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2023-03-30 13:10 +0200
        Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2023-03-29 16:50 +0200
          Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2023-03-29 17:20 +0200
            Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2023-03-30 16:50 +0200
              Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2023-03-30 17:40 +0200
              Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2023-03-31 03:50 +0200
  Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org> - 2023-03-30 07:50 +0200
  Re: should CLI have a nice UI today? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2023-03-30 09:30 +0200

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