Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!rutgers!ucla-cs!cit-vax!elroy!ames!ptsfa!hoptoad!academ!uhnix1!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc Subject: Re: Icons, pipes, etc. Message-ID: <409@sugar.UUCP> Date: Sun, 19-Jul-87 00:58:13 EDT Article-I.D.: sugar.409 Posted: Sun Jul 19 00:58:13 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 20-Jul-87 00:37:29 EDT References: <8705190042.AA14664@cogsci.berkeley.edu> <9954@decwrl.DEC.COM> <66@laura.irb.informatik> Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX Lines: 28 Summary: You're misisng the point. In article <66@laura.irb.informatik>, hmm@unido.UUCP (Hans-Martin Mosner) writes: > In article <367@sugar.UUCP> peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter DaSilva) writes: > >For building pipelines, a better way would be: > > > >[fairly involved method described] > > Why do we have to use icons for everything ? We don't. Some people, however, do. There are people (believe it or not) who are not capable of dealing with anything more complex than a Macintosh. If UNIX is to become a popular operating system (something I find desirable: maybe you prefer everyone standardise on MS-DOS and the Mac), then there has to be some visible advantage that anyone can see. My assertion is that a graphical method for invoking pipelines would be something anyone can do. Also, you can describe some pipelines graphically that you would have a great deal of trouble expressing on a command line. (awk)_______ _(one set of lines) \__(sort both together)|(grep2)_/ (sort|grep)_/ \_(another set of lines) Every now and then I come across something wierd like this I want to do. I usually end up making temp files. Wasn't that the whole point of pipes in the first place? You would end up with an extremely powerful dataflow programming system. -- -- Peter da Silva `-_-' ...!seismo!soma!uhnix1!sugar!peter (I said, NO PHOTOS!)