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[jwantz at hpcc2.hpcc.noaa.gov]

Hi Charlie,
Well, I personally like those cryptic commands--each one does a single 
task well.  I hate tabbing through a long list of checkboxes and radio 
buttons (oops, which radio button in the last 15 did I check?)  As for 
quickness Jim, there are a few tasks in that unmentionable series of 
operating systems that are achievable very quickly--but I find most 
tasks very cumbersome on those graphical OS's.  Of course having worked 
on UNIX systems for about 8 years might have somethingto do with my 
attitude.

     Jim Wantz WB0TFK
On Mon, 13 May 2002, Janina Sajka wrote:

> Charlie:
> 
> Well, there's absolutely nothing stopping someone from writing
> such a menuing system! 
> 
> hint hint hint
> 
> Getting people to use it instead of the command line? Well,
> that's another story.
> 
> Here's what I think will happen. Some peopl will chose it because
> it seems to make life simple. Then they'll want to do something
> the menus don't support. Then the author gets mail saying "why
> doesn't your menu ..." Then were are you?
> 
> Back at the command line?
> 
> Hopefully. Because the alternative, a fully capable menuing
> system, is far worse.
> 
> Just goes to say there's no substitute for learning.
> 
> On Mon, 13 May 2002, Charles Crawford wrote:
> 
> > Jim,
> > 
> >          There is access not far off.  I would like to see a menuing system 
> > for Linix text mode that would reduce the criptic command line having to 
> > remember all those commands and switches.
> > 
> > -- charlie Crawford.
> > At 10:12 PM 05/12/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Do you think we will ever have access to the gui?
> > >
> > >I find that I can access things faster in windows then in Linux text 
> > >mode.  I will admit that linux works much better then windows or the winxp.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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