On Fri, 4 Sep 2020 at 20:17, John Dammeyer <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm not going to turn this into a rant about Linux command lines but when you > think about it much of working with LinuxCNC is essentially still 'command > line' oriented. Actually, it isn't. But it looks that way from email lists, forums and IRC because it is _much_ easier to tell someone the text-based way to do something on a text-based medium than it is to describe the GUI approach. Advanced HAL involves text editing, despite a few attempts at a GUI. But bear in mind that the HAL is typically set up once and used unchanged for years. A fancy GUI might not be a worthwhile time investment, and no matter how good is likely to miss some features that can be hand-coded. LinuxCNC configuration is graphical, with pncconf and stepconf. There are (several) conversational interfaces for simple operations. Some more finished and workable than others. What is needed there is a bit more integration between the GUIs and the CAM. (I am thinking particularly of NativeCAM here, which does clever stuff with block-delete to show the stock in the preview, but it would be nicer if that was something that the GUI knew how to do. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
