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|    candycanearter07 to Lawrence D'Oliveiro    |
|    Re: Anyone still use only use the Termin    |
|    27 Apr 25 06:00:05    |
   
   From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote at 23:07 this Saturday (GMT):   
   > 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.   
      
      
   Automating something that wasn't designed for it is the worst.   
   --   
   user is generated from /dev/urandom   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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