Why Ctrl+V won't paste images in Claude Code on WSL, with a fix(rajveerbachkaniwala.com) |
Why Ctrl+V won't paste images in Claude Code on WSL, with a fix(rajveerbachkaniwala.com) |
Desktop apps are a second class citizen that do not get feature parity
Lot of actions on Claude Code seem much more suited for a thoughtfully designed GUI
Even the chat responses and links therein can benefit from judicious use of rich text and formatting and real hyperlinks to other parts of the UI or elsewhere
Favourite Skills can be toolbar buttons or menus if user so wishes.
Since it's a CLI app, I can wrap it in yoloAI for the sandbox protection, and also use VS Code's tunneling feature to reach that sandboxed workdir (with permissions safely bypassed) through my GUI.
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Started using computers when that was the only affordable way to use computers.
For some reason, some people really love to live in 1970's with their expensive HiDPI monitors.
I still use GUI apps too, and actually find claude code to be closer to a GUI app than a cli.
Being a power user, having used computers for more than 30 years, I usually prefer GUI because that's an evolution over CLI.
Going from the basic interpreter on ZX Spectrum to the command line in MS DOS had me mesmerized. Going from the DOS CLI to Windows 95 GUI, had me me mesmerized, too.
I think people in general consider themselves more pro and "hackers" if they use CLI and editors like Vi and Emacs.
There are bonus points for memorizing hundreds of different keyboard shortcuts and not using the mouse at all.
If they absolutely have to use GUI, they not use a desktop environment in Linux but a stacking window manager.
People prefer terminal apps because they run inside our terminal app environments (kitty, zellij, tmux), tend to be keyboard driven, tend to be more lightweight than GUIs, tend to be scriptable, and can be run remotely over a standard ssh session.
A conventional GUI is a nonstarter in comparison.
Personally, I much prefer the CLI. The CLI is a tool that has been refined for over 50 years to excel at text input and output. Once you learn it, it can feel like an extension of your brain.
Frankly, the idea of having to decipher what a picture is supposed to represent to use a skill fills me with horror.
(disclaimer: I work at MS, not on WSL)
I sure wish it didn't have to be a console app
I'd rather continue to be as productive as possible.
Terminals are not alternative web browsers/graphical application sandboxes.