Re: [rgui-dev] Re: Gutopia-dev Digest, Vol 1, Issue 44

[Massimiliano Mirra]

On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 10:50:08PM +0100, Thorsten Roggendorf wrote:
> sorry for criticizing the CLI. 

I realize your criticism is not as all emcompassing as it appeared to
be.

> And I think a meta-interface project should not focus on empowering
> people to develop the next bash, vimim or whatever. The real power
> of the command line lies in programmable interfaces. That is imho
> aimed too high for a first shot meta-interfaces.

That depends on how you want to approach the matter.  Whether low or
meta level, graphical interface design has mostly been thought of in
terms of widgets, callbacks, and so on, i.e. one describes one of the
communicators rather than the communication.

On the other hand, one could describe the messages that the user and
the application exchange.  Add a verbal syntax, and you've got a CLI
(or a scripting interface); add a visual syntax and you've got a GUI.
It's not aiming too high, it's aiming in a different direction.

Well, just my .02$ anyway.


Massimiliano