Re: Search from location bar

> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 10:43:44AM -0500, Benjamin Johnson wrote:
>Jorge wrote:
>
>>   ... and average users are afraid of an rc file (*sigh*), so
>> maybe it's not that bad having a GUI by default, which power users
>> can customize into a CLI with dillorc.
>>    The other approach is to have everything GUI, which adds size,
>> but proves quite handy sometimes (e.g. Tools menu).
>
>I don't see why anybody should have to edit an rc file *for a graphical  
>program* in 2011.  The Apple Macintosh had a GUI for all its preferences  
>nearly 30 years ago; do you really want to lag three decades behind the  
>times?
>
>(An rc file is fine for a text-mode program, and it's nice to have the  
>option in others, but in a *graphical program* it should not be the only  
>way to set preferences.  For crying out loud, even Lynx has a user  
>interface for its preferences!)

As long as there is still a rc/config file in place for users whom want to edit 
the config file by hand using VIM.

Personally, I'd rather use VIM rather then a GUI interface.  Using VIM, editing 
config options  much faster.  GUI can be much easier or the lackadaisical 
method.

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Roger
http://rogerx.freeshell.org/