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		pessimizer on April 29, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cakebrew: The Mac App for Homebrew A Curses GUI is still a GUI. Midnight Commander is a GUI interface to the file system that I only install when my mother has to shell into my server (it is definitely a good GUI, though.)

dragonwriter on April 29, 2014 [–]

> A Curses GUI is still a GUI.

No, a curses-based UI is a text-based UI, not a graphical UI; it is distinct both from GUIs and from CLIs. It does share some characteristics with GUIs, sure.

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