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a1369209993 on May 30, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: CLIs are reified UIs (2017)

> But note it's not "?<CR>", you don't need to press enter

"Responds to individual keypresses" vs "responds to complete lines" is pretty much the defining feature of TUI vs CLI.

> you type in commands.

KEY_SLASH+MOD_SHIFT is a UI event, not a command.

trasz on May 30, 2020 [–]

If that were true, bash wouldn’t be a CLI, due to <TAB>.

What I’m describing is definitely a CLI. You type in commands, such as “show version”. It’s just a bit smarter about command completion and context help.

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