17 Sep
1998
17 Sep
'98
1:55 a.m.
At 05:05 PM 9/16/98 PDT, Max Eskin wrote:
AutoCAD had a CLI up to the latest version,
not sure if they took it out. It was a Command-line drafting program,
usable very efficiently. Only now have they jumped on the Windows
buttons-pop-up-when-mouse-moves nonsense.
Bad example, really. AutoCAD has a slew of interfaces: menus, buttons,
command-line, scripting, and several APIs for programming. Autodesk
has been very stodgy about whether or not their products can use
parts of those interfaces that might obliquely compete with AutoCAD.
For example, I recall anecdotes regarding whether 3D Studio for DOS
was allowed to have certain numerical interfaces (the ruler?) lest
someone try to use it for CAD.
- John