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|    Lawrence D'Oliveiro to Stefan Ram    |
|    Re: Anyone still use only use the Termin    |
|    26 Apr 25 23:07:04    |
      From: ldo@nz.invalid              On 26 Apr 2025 12:49:06 GMT, Stefan Ram wrote:              > On Windows one also can access the screen programmatically with code       > that goes somewhat like, "If there is a dialog of this class on the       > screen, then press its [OK] button. Wait one second. Wait until a       > Window with 'editor' in its title comes up. Then press [Ctrl]-[F]."              This idea has been tried with every GUI. Think of it as the worst of both       worlds: the complexity of learning how to write code combined with the       slowness and fragility of trying to automate something that was never       designed to be automated.              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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