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[Charles Crawford]

Janina,

         Well, I kind of agree and disagree.  One reason why Windows is so 
popular is the lack of heavy learning of command line commands.  DOS was 
criptic, but Linux is even more so.  Hence, if we want to get the command 
line to be supported by many more people than currently using it, then we 
need to come up with a menuing system that eliminates alot of the criptic 
stuff.  If i can launch a program in linux from a menu and then the program 
gives me option like Pine, then it would work well.  I am talking about all 
the system stuff that is so exacting and with all due respect to the 
programmers, not very intuitive or descritive.

-- charlie.
At 11:09 AM 5/13/02 -0400, you 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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