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In article <FOX.92Apr11090050@graphics.nyu.edu> fox@cs.nyu.edu (David Fox) writes:
>In article <SCOTT.92Apr11024138@nic.gac.edu> scott@nic.gac.edu (Scott Hess) writes:
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>   <A GUI is to a command-line as a TV is to a book>
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>Take this anti-NeXT propaganda to comp.editors.ed!  :)

Think about the line.  Would the world really be a better place
without _any_ televisions?  Doesn't television have a lot of
potential (whether that is realized isn't part of my point :-)?
Would anyone in their right mind suggest that since we've got
television we can just get rid of books?

People suggest all of the time that "we've got a GUI, let's get rid of
command lines".  I'd love to see those people find all of the files in
the current directory which contain the word "custom".  Sure, you
can whip up a quick GUI program to do it, no problem.  OK, now find the
words in a case insensitive manner - again, you could modify the
program.  Now exclude files ending with .o or that are executable.
Then take all of the files that end with .Z and run them through zcat
before searching.  If you've still kept up, apply the things
mentioned recursively to subdirectories.  OK, then add the
ability to do a regex search, put filenames and line numbers in
front of matching lines, and mail the result to a list of people.

GUI's let any old user do many things on a computer.  They also let a
very advanced user do the same things - but it doesn't give the
advanced user much more access than the novice!

Sorry if it sounds like I jumped on you.  I just chose to take your
reply seriously :-).

Later,
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scott hess <scott@gac.edu>   <A GUI is to a command-line as a TV is to a book>
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