The Command Line Challenge.
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The Command Line Challenge.
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Re: The Command Line Challenge.
#2Short answer: No.
Lynx/links/elinks are not acceptable substitutes for a modern browser.
The command line is a powerful tool, and it has its place, like any other tool. This just reeks of "all I have is a hammer..." syndrome.
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#3Short answer: No. Lynx/links/elinks are not acceptable substitutes for a modern browser. The command line is a powerful tool, and it has its place, like any other tool. This just reeks of "all I have is a hammer..." syndrome.
It's not intended as a full replacement. It's about reducing your technology for a few days in order to get proficient in the console. The browsers are just because we all need google or hacker news sooner or later.
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#4Short answer: No. Lynx/links/elinks are not acceptable substitutes for a modern browser. The command line is a powerful tool, and it has its place, like any other tool. This just reeks of "all I have is a hammer..." syndrome.
I think you've misinterpreted the article somewhat.
The best way to rid yourself of "I have this hammer..." syndrome is to get rid of the hammer temporarily, and force yourself to use the alternatives for a while. That way you get to know them, and can recognize when they're a better choice than a hammer. After that you start using the hammer again, but now you can put it aside when you need to.
That's why the author suggests giving up your GUI-based tools for a short time.
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#5On image viewing:
You can use the (terribly named.) libcaca. Or you can use fbi as root and take advantage of having a display that isn't a physical teletype.
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#6More like "the terminal challenge." Curses-based programs (like vim, mutt and lynx) still have graphical user interfaces, they just have really shitty graphics. (And that's not a criticism of those programs.)
Try spending a week using just ed, mail, and curl. Those are actual command-line programs, not just terminal-based programs. The litmus test is whether they would work with a real paper teletype.
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#7Short answer: No. Lynx/links/elinks are not acceptable substitutes for a modern browser. The command line is a powerful tool, and it has its place, like any other tool. This just reeks of "all I have is a hammer..." syndrome.
It's not intended as a full replacement. It's about reducing your technology for a few days in order to get proficient in the console. The browsers are just because we all need google or hacker news sooner or later.
With respect: "larval mode makes you learn things" is obvious even without a blog post.
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#8I suppose now we have a new generation of developers who have never had nothing but a DOS prompt to stare at. I have no desire to relive the days before high resolution displays, mice, and the most amazing software that has ever existed.
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#9I suppose now we have a new generation of developers who have never had nothing but a DOS prompt to stare at. I have no desire to relive the days before high resolution displays, mice, and the most amazing software that has ever existed.
Have to agree. I mean, I probably count as the tail end of that generation, at least in terms of actual programming (though I sort-of-fondly remember the joys of SUBSTing drive letters for games in DOS when I was five or six...), but I do definitely remember 80x25-and-that's-all-you-get (heck--QBasic, anybody?). I have been to the land of stone knives and bearskins, and I am so very grateful we don't still live there.
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#10On image viewing: You can use the (terribly named.) libcaca. Or you can use fbi as root and take advantage of having a display that isn't a physical teletype.
If you let 'console' include 'xterm' (in Ratpoison, perhaps) then w3m displays images in an xterm just fine.