Comment on Why I Prefer CLI and TUI over GUI - alavi.me
wabasso@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
This is not something I’d ask of developers, but I like having a GUI for initially learning all the options and flags. It’s nice having a visual of which parameters are allowed together, where order matters, which ones accept arguments, etc. This is partly how I learned Ffmpeg back when I was still using Windows.
Once I’ve got a high level understanding, then I’m headed for the terminal.
Realistically I have a text editor putting a script or complex command together with the man page open on another screen. Not as friendly but generally works.
I don’t see TUIs a lot. Usually they are very linear. Would be interesting to see one with more of a 2D array of options.
agentTeiko@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
I agree with this but I will say the tldr package is a life saver when GUI is not an option
wabasso@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Oh what’s tldr?
agentTeiko@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
https://linuxtldr.com/tldr-pages/
wabasso@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Oh man I’m installing this. Thank you!