From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 12 01:32:02 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F030106566C for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 01:32:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from cpoproxy2-pub.bluehost.com (cpoproxy2-pub.bluehost.com [67.222.39.38]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EBE698FC12 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2010 01:32:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 4950 invoked by uid 0); 12 Nov 2010 01:32:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy2.bluehost.com with SMTP; 12 Nov 2010 01:32:01 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=FRxE9EbDg8psf8KmGI9D/aaP7t5rTJqKn9qIyQwlWanko7lxh7t78V6JOLBfIkdLWbC5O6sQNcgT+A4FIFRuY3vm2nUzqonxucooOYRu38MTkBjd5d89HXr6CtLGSePu; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PGiUi-0005Z0-0V for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:32:01 -0700 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:25:51 -0700 Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:25:51 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20101112012551.GD35128@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <201011100009.oAA09mfG024502@mail.r-bonomi.com> <20101110175717.GB23184@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20101110180915.00005202@unknown> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="x4pBfXISqBoDm8sr" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101110180915.00005202@unknown> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: Re: Tips for installing windows and freeBSD both.. anyone?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 01:32:02 -0000 --x4pBfXISqBoDm8sr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 06:09:15PM +0000, Bruce Cran wrote: > On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:57:17 -0800 > Chip Camden wrote: >=20 > > However, for automating repeated tasks (as distinguished from running > > automated tests of the GUI itself), scripting a GUI is the wrong way > > to do it. It's layering on an entirely unnecessary layer of > > abstraction (the UI), and then working around it. >=20 > This is why at least on Windows there's often a C/COM/.NET API that > allows the same level of control that the GUI provides, so that > customers can automate tasks. It's too bad such APIs require so much more knowledge, and present so much more of a barrier to entry for automating tasks, than a simpler CLI filter's interface provides via something like the Unix pipeline. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --x4pBfXISqBoDm8sr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkzcl58ACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKUTHQCcC8T0B8HgZ8RCwgK2MR6PNTPT RSIAnjlznQlKpFO2cohvneEeQdAvmnMt =sF1w -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --x4pBfXISqBoDm8sr--