[PD] gui [ot]

[Kjetil S. Matheussen]

On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, Chris McCormick wrote:

> On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 12:00:24 +0200 (MET DST)
> "Kjetil S. Matheussen" <k.s.matheussen at notam02.no> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, Chris McCormick wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, 15 Sep 2002 10:21:17 +0200 (MET DST)
> > > "Kjetil S. Matheussen" <k.s.matheussen at notam02.no> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sun, 15 Sep 2002, marius schebella wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > hi everybody,
> > > > > sorry for such a newbie question, but large parts of linux are still a mystery
> > > > > to me me...
> > > >
> > > > Linux is a different way to think than windows and mac. You should really
> > > > do everything in the console. It is faster and more powerfull.
> > >
> > > To me that's ridiculous. There's the right time for console, and the right time for a gui.
> > >
> > > Well, whatever floats your boat, i guess.
> >
> > No, please. I want to know when its the right time for using a gui.
>
> You don't think Pd is a gui?
>

Well, I thought of typical file-operations then.


> Also, what about if you have a directory full of 100s of mp3s and you
> want to selectively go through the list only deleting certain ones. For
> me it's quicker to use a graphical filebrowser and select the ones you
> want to delete using the mouse - far less keystrokes than typing rm
> filename.mp3 each time. Other operations i find it quicker to use the
> command line.
>

I use midnight commander (mc) for that. But you have a good point.


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