From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On 26 Nov 2024 03:18:45 -0400, Mike Spencer wrote:   
      
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro  writes:   
   >   
   >> Also, running a command line through a GUI terminal emulator lets you   
   >> take advantage of cut/copy/paste between windows, which is a feature   
   >> not available on a pure-command-line system.   
   >   
   > The command line is like language.  The GUI is like shopping.   
      
   Did you learn in Comp Sci about the concept of “abstract machines”? To   
   program a computer, you start with the bare hardware, and add layers of   
   software on top of that, each creating a new “abstract machine” that is   
   easier to use for narrower and narrower classes of problems, albeit less   
   flexible than the machine layer below.   
      
   The command line is itself such an abstract machine, and you can create   
   additional layers on top of that by writing shell scripts.   
      
   GUIs, on the other hand, are not suited to having any additional layers   
   built on top of them. They are designed to be used by humans, and that’s   
   that. Attempts to automate GUI operations tend not to work very well.   
      
   > Took one look at KDE (shopping) and found twm.   
      
   KDE Konsole is probably the most versatile of all the GUI terminal   
   emulators.   
      
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