Re: [avrdude-dev] Avrdude Gui problem

[Dave N6NZ]

Weddington, Eric wrote:

> Yes, Windows users do care. There is a case to having *just* a
> programming tool without having to download all of AVR Studio to get it.
OK, makes sense.

>  
> > But, let me play the cranky old Luddite for a moment... beyond fuses, 
> > what's the point of a gui?  
>
> Don't look at it as mutually exclusive (CLI *xor* GUI). 
I don't.

> The point is
> there are needs for both CLI and GUI interfaces. CLI for makefile rules.
> GUI for human interactive programming. Just as there are beginning users
> and advanced users.
>
> Right now avrdude supports CLI. It needs to have the GUI interface as
> well.
You still haven't said why exactly.  Other than examining and tweaking 
fuse settings, programming a uCtlr just doesn't seem like a highly 
interactive process to me.  Describe this user and the problem a 
full-blown gui solves for him.  Is it simply the matter of finding the 
right command line options?

-dave