Hi, On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 03:27:20PM +0100, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote: > Am Dienstag, 10. November 2009 17:27:13 schrieb > olafbuddenha...@gmx.net:
> find -print0 | shuf -z | xargs -0 mplayer > I can't control the mplayer from the shell now... Problem is that xargs doesn't reset stdin -- not only xargs, but also the actual program exectuted reads from the pipe... Which obviously doesn't work to well with interactive programs. (I stumbled over this a few times myself with vim.) I don't know how to work around this either :-( > > The idea is actually quite simple (I think I mentioned it somewhere > > already, perhaps in the mail on the netrik ML I linked): every > > command has both a command line, and a GUI representation; you can > > use either. Furthermore, they always reflect each other -- i.e. when > > you operate some GUI elements, the equivalent text command is > > displayed too; and vice versa. This way you can mix both methods in > > a sigle command for maximum efficiency; and it also faciliates > > learning. > > > > Perhaps I should just put these three sentences in a blog article > > and be done with it :-) > > Yes - It would be one of your shortest entries, I think, but it would > be perfectly to the point and easy to understand. Put another way: It > would be a great focus - for netrik, too. > > How can you best reach that goal? What goal exactly?... -antrik-