On Sunday 28 December 2014 1:51:22 am you wrote: > On Sunday 28 December 2014 10:33:47 Felmon Davis wrote: > > On Sun, 28 Dec 2014, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Sunday 28 December 2014 09:39:22 Tony Wolfs wrote: > > >> ........if I know the pictures, why use words ? > > >> grin grin > > > > > > Why do GUI users always feel the need to brow-beat, cajole or otherwise > > > push everyone into using the GUI? ;-) Each to his own! > > > > > > Lisi > > > > Tony is just joking. I'm sure that at tea time he doesn't pull out a > > picture book! > > No, I know. And it wasn't aimed just at Tony. In fact, it wasn't aimed > primarily at Tony. > > But I was making a serious point too. Sometimes the CLI is faster and more > efficient. Sometimes it is just different. But I will concede there are > times when the GUI is much safer. Here is a good example of what I mean: > something that is very fast and (too) easy on the CLI - and much safer on > the GUI! > > # rm -r /* > > Lisi my example is drag n drop file management in a gui , I usually do not do this, I have 'accidently' dropped a file and it takes to long find it :-) ' krusader et al are compelling though. -- Peace, Greg