From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Mar 18 15:09:00 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA10798 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 15:09:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (root@SLIP-BI-3.sarenet.es [193.148.39.82]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA10792 for ; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 15:08:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from arnor.sarenet.es (borjam@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id AAA00248 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 1996 00:08:28 +0100 Message-ID: <314DECE9.41C67EA6@we.lc.ehu.es> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 00:08:25 +0100 From: Borja Marcos X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GAS question References: <199603180032.LAA21469@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Michael Smith wrote: > > Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > > > > For crying out loud, wasn't it you, Terry, that was complaining about > > > not having an environment where you could click on a compiler error > > > and jump to the offending line of source? Emacs has been doing that > > > for as long as it's known what a mouse _is_. > > > > Now I need to complain that it's emacs... > > This legitimises me complaining that VC is a Windows tool, that it's a > Microsoft product, and that your socks are mismatched. > > It's a tool. It works. It does what is required. What more can you ask? > Political correctness? Sound samples on every keystroke? Sheesh. 8) Ahhhh, the GUI fever!!!!! You can write two identical programs, one in text mode and the other in a GUI with 3D look, etc. Both programs can be identical, and even the GUI version can be more cumbersome to use than the text-only version. (Something I see frequently, especially if you don't have a really excellent mouse and want to work fast). Most people will choose the graphical program. I have been helping a friend who is designing WWW pages and needed to change the decoration of 251 pages (TWO HUNDRED AND ONE). Do you know which Windows or Mac tool I used? NONE!!! I used sed and the shell. Try to do that with a GUI tool. I think there is simply a fashion towards GUIs. Surely my sed/shell scripts aren't terribly pretty, don't have a tridimensional look, but they change 250 pages in about 1 minute in a 386, and I relax while the machine works. As far as I can see... Unix commands have proven to be between the most useful programs written... I still find many uses for them for which no other program suits. Take the example I have mentioned. Borja. borjam@we.lc.ehu.es