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hasenj
on March 5, 2016
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In defense of Unix
I think command line tools (like say, git-config) manage one option at a time.
GUI tools tend to manage everything at once. Imagine the giant options box from MS Word 2003.
jimktrains2
on March 7, 2016
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It still has to read in the current config, mutate it, and write it out.
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GUI tools tend to manage everything at once. Imagine the giant options box from MS Word 2003.