somegeek@programming.dev to Linux@lemmy.ml · 5 days agoWhy I Prefer CLI and TUI over GUI - alavi.mealavi.meexternal-linkmessage-square56linkfedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down110file-textcross-posted to: linux@sh.itjust.workslinux@programming.dev
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minus-squareHiddenLayer555@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoIt’s significantly easier to make a third party GUI for a command line tool than to make a third party CLI for a GUI only tool because you’ll be working with an opaque binary that doesn’t have any public APIs.
It’s significantly easier to make a third party GUI for a command line tool than to make a third party CLI for a GUI only tool because you’ll be working with an opaque binary that doesn’t have any public APIs.