Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: Thandor
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 00:00

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Bill Gribble <grib@cs.utexas.edu> spake thusly:
>Actually, termcap and ncurses interfaces are the most horrible
>obstacle to tool interoperability that I can imagine.  At least X
>interfaces leave the tool's standard input and output doing something
>reasonable.
>
>I want to be able to run programs non-interactively from a shell
>script or from within another program.  Presuming that the "user" of
>your program is a human being who has access to the keyboard is
>generally a bad idea.

That greatly depends on the program. Some programs make no sense to be run
non-interactively. Why would I want to run a game non interactively for
example? (Just the first example off the top of my head, there are plenty
of others).

Not everything has to be able to be employed from a shell script. If a
program is designed for interactive use, then it's much better to give it
the best interactive front end you can rather than making sure it will be
easier to put in a shell script. 


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From: homer_j_simpson@my-dejanews.com (Thandor)
Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/09/27
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