When working on my Ubuntu box I sometimes performing actions in the GUI of which I would like to know the command line version. This will and cannot go for all actions however a lot of tasks, simply tasks have a one or two line command line equivalent.
For example, changing the permissions on a file from a GUI could have a button/tooltip/?? message of the chmod command that will do exactly the same.
Changing the IP of your NIC could have a button/tooltip/?? message of ifconfig.
You should be able to turn this a button/tooltip/?? globally on or off so that users completely not interested in the command line versions of actions are not bothered by this option.
The reason for this request being:
- There are a lot of users working in both GUI and command line environments and like to quickly lookup command line operations.
- Users can experience new ways of interacting with system in a quick and good manner, the system becomes the manual itself.
- Users will be able to copy the button/tooltip/?? message, edit it and run it the way they like it in a terminal.
Adoption of working with the command line will become more widely spread and command line operations will be considered less threatening by new users. Also knowledge about the system will grow for users who have the button/tooltip/?? option enabled, knowing how something works makes accepting it easier.
Just my thoughts on this subject.
Regards,
Johan Louwers.
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