printf, data presentation

[Dave Hammond]

In article <9281 at smoke.BRL.MIL> Doug Gwyn writes (re curses-based interfaces):

>  It's an idea whose time has gone.

Are you saying that a (relatively) high-priced, ethernet-connected
graphical display should be installed for every office manager, production
assistant or data-entry operatory who performs simple data management
tasks?  Or perhaps that applications which don't require bitmap displays
and mice would not benefit from a standardized set of menu, window and form
management tools?

I realize this is not a popular concept, but there is a large segment of
the Unix population which is *not* involved with cutting-edge design and
engineering tasks, but merely doing their mundane, daily work on a Unix
machine.

[ perhaps we should reissue teletypes for such trailing-edge tasks :-) ]

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Dave Hammond
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