Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 12:20:48 +0000 From: dev.null@funbox.demon.co.uk (do not reply to this address) To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GUIs are flawed Message-ID: <38942CA0.2D5C@funbox.demon.co.uk>
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"naddy" wrote: > Now add a simple > language with basic flow controls and text substitution (sh) and > a dependency evaluator (make). Presto you have a very powerful > toolchest to *automate* tasks. I would include 'expect' in the toolchest; it makes possible some tasks which otherwise would not be worth contemplating. (Or 'expectk', if you want to wrap it all up in a GUI... :-) -- Tim Jackson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ please reply to: t i m . j @ f u n b o x . d e m o n . c o . u k ======================================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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