On 19 Dec 2001 22:23:26 -0500 Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This isn't a gui vs. console flame war. Many of us, myself included, > use the console quite a bit -- tex over wysiwyg for most written texts, > if you ask me. Lilypond over Finale for musical scores...
Well here you are clearly wrong. I have shown that it is inconsequent to expect a space in a filename to work without quoting. This is as true for Linux as for Windows as for any other environment. Tab completition is a weak argument, because the problem starts with multiple expansion, when you have to double or triple the quotes/escapes, Do you really think that anybody would use spaces or control characters in filenames if he/she actually would have to quote it frequently? So this _is_ about typing or clicking commands. > ..but to dismiss Gnome, StarOffice &c as the "idiot's tools for Unix" is > ridiculous, dated and immature. We all need a healthy dose of both, > whitespace or not. Maybe you need them, I don't. Gnome started out nicely, but is now a breaking bloated monster. And StarOffice seems to pretend to be MS Office on Linux, but fails badly to do so if I consider the reaction of Windows users using it on Linux or on Windows. (I have a very big number of experiences in this point: I manage a chain of cybercafés where people can `choose' Windows or Linux. There are some 500 sessions per net and day. I also have a company with 100+ windows -computers, which tried to replace MS Office by Staroffice, but had to revert that for resistance from users). Both break OS consistency and their own proposal. And well, Matt, some time ago, a neighbour told me that she thinks everybody should have therapeutic sessions on a regular base. I don't know where you are, but it seems that you are able to make psychiatric diagnostics from more than 10,000 miles away. I guess, I'll start my sessions with you, as obviously, you are an expert. Expect some private mail. -- Christoph Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- ^X^C q quit :q ^C end x exit ZZ ^D ? help .
