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		ori_b on April 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: You Don't Need a GUI Of course vi is graphical. Vi is literally short for 'visual': it was created as a graphical extension of ex. The mark of a command line is a stream of commands and responses, not whether it does ascii art to emulate graphics.

alexvoda on April 9, 2021 [–]

I understand your point and your definition of GUI is much more inclusive. I however disagree with your definition and I consider it is not that commonly accepted.

I do agree with your definition of a command line interface as a stream of commands and responses.

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