What is a TUI? I haven’t heard that term before.
I’ve seen your tool box. I’ve shared some that may be good additions to your shop ;)
I generally agree but it depends on the application and the computer purpose / input you will most use.
Like… it doesn’t make much sense to have a CLI/TUI for an image editor… if you start using things like sixel you are essentially building a GUI that runs in a terminal, not a TUI. The same happens with videogames, video players and related entertainment applications.
But like I said, I do generally agree. I’d even argue that when possible, GUIs should just be frontends that ultimately just call the corresponding CLI programs with the appropriate parameters, avoiding duplication.
well, actually nobody gives a shit, use whatever you fit best for the task.
For me to be able to use whatever I want, it needs to exist. Therefore it is a relevant discussion to have, since it might influence a developer to consider TUI instead of just going for GUI as the default.
Waiting for others to do something for you is the wrong approach. Get off your ass and be the developer. Creating an interface for a tool is no rocket science.
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BTWAlso, GUI always has feature creep. The story would be different, if they would keep to the do one thing well principle of cli.
Because there’s no convenient framework the user can just plop new functionality in, like shell is one.
Well, there is, kinda. But webbrowsers are the antithesis to do one thing well.
