GUI

[David Doolin]

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> The power of Excel (and MS Word come to that) vastly exceeds any
> peculiarities of the user interface. Your stubbornness and blind spot for
> Windows is not mirrored by the rest of the world.  In fact, you'll recall
> the time you brought your computer to a caving club meet, and most of the
> people present found it difficult or impossible to navigate around your
> OS. Its merely a case of what you're used to - and what you're prepared
> to learn!  For most of us, a skill in Windows GUI is required learning.

> (And for an example of how utterly crap a command-line driven system can
> be - try using MatLab).

uhh er oh...

Most of Matlab's command line problems would be solved if
they would link to a readline and history dll.  Well
written command line interfaces are as useful as well-written
guis.  

Octave does a pretty good job at what a Matlab command line
ought to be.

dave d

> 
> Umm. Sorry, this is rather off-topic.  Rant over.

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