On 09/03/2014 12:00 AM, mr wzrd wrote:
Was thinking about the fact that some GUI's are wrappers around an
existing command-line utility. On linux, brasero and cdrecord are
one example.
Then was thinking about man pages and the fact that some have been
converted from their original text format to html.
Maybe there is a next step for man pages?
What if we created a sort of interactive man page that included each
different argument, with its description, and a textbox to enter a value.
Each command would have a list arguments, and a submit button at the
end that outputs a functional command, and possibly executes it.
Then, with a web-browser, there would be a graphical front-end for
every terminal command on a linux system, even without installing any
rich-client-type GUI's.
Was also thinking about the different front-ends that are available for
doing encryption. Mailvelope, for example, integrates with the browser
and is very easy to use. The main problem with Mailvelope is that it
requires the user to paste his private key into a browser window.
https://github.com/toberndo/mailvelope/issues/45
Also, after using Mailvelope, one realizes that the operations of key
management, encrypting/decrypting, and transferring of ascii armored
text, are the same operations that would be used with gpg and copy/paste
from the terminal.
If gpg is more secure, then it makes sense to use it.
Perhaps a simple html front-end to gpg would suffice. It could include
buttons for common flags, and text-boxes for file-names and user-names.
Then again, once one has got gpg working, with the commands saved in the
terminal history, it is easier just to hit the up arrow a few times,
recall the last working command, and hit enter, than it is to write some
type of GUI.
Was wondering if anyone has chosen to use the listener for encryption,
rather than the terminal.
- mrw
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