Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: Peter Seebach
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 00:00

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In article <slrn70r3p4.hdk.homer_j_simpson@donut.dhis.org>,
Thandor <homer_j_simpson@my-dejanews.com> wrote:
>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).

Well, maybe I want to script it and watch it without having to focus on
using the mouse.

>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. 

I've never seen a task I would *never* want to automate, but I've been
bitten hundreds of times by tasks which *should* have been possible to
automate.

-s
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From: seebs@plethora.net (Peter Seebach)
Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/09/27
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