Loading docs/FAQ +10 −6 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Updated: February 25, 2003 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html) Updated: May 9, 2003 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html) _ _ ____ _ ___| | | | _ \| | / __| | | | |_) | | Loading Loading @@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ FAQ We spell it cURL or just curl. We pronounce it with an initial k sound: [kurl]. NOTE: there are numerous sub-projects and related projects that also use the word curl in the project names in various combinations, but you should take notice that this FAQ is directed at the command-line tool named curl (and libcurl the library), and may therefore not be valid for other curl projects. 1.2 What is libcurl? libcurl is a reliable and portable library which provides you with an easy Loading Loading @@ -132,11 +138,9 @@ FAQ better. We do however believe in a few rules when it comes to the future of curl: * Curl is to remain a command line tool. If you want GUIs or fancy scripting capabilities, you're free to write another tool that uses libcurl and that offers this. There's no point in having a single tool that does every imaginable thing. That's also one of the great advantages of having the core of curl as a library. * Curl -- the command line tool -- is to remain a non-graphical command line tool. If you want GUIs or fancy scripting capabilities, you should look for another tool that uses libcurl. * We do not add things to curl that other small and available tools already do very fine at the side. Curl's output is fine to pipe into another Loading Loading
docs/FAQ +10 −6 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Updated: February 25, 2003 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html) Updated: May 9, 2003 (http://curl.haxx.se/docs/faq.html) _ _ ____ _ ___| | | | _ \| | / __| | | | |_) | | Loading Loading @@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ FAQ We spell it cURL or just curl. We pronounce it with an initial k sound: [kurl]. NOTE: there are numerous sub-projects and related projects that also use the word curl in the project names in various combinations, but you should take notice that this FAQ is directed at the command-line tool named curl (and libcurl the library), and may therefore not be valid for other curl projects. 1.2 What is libcurl? libcurl is a reliable and portable library which provides you with an easy Loading Loading @@ -132,11 +138,9 @@ FAQ better. We do however believe in a few rules when it comes to the future of curl: * Curl is to remain a command line tool. If you want GUIs or fancy scripting capabilities, you're free to write another tool that uses libcurl and that offers this. There's no point in having a single tool that does every imaginable thing. That's also one of the great advantages of having the core of curl as a library. * Curl -- the command line tool -- is to remain a non-graphical command line tool. If you want GUIs or fancy scripting capabilities, you should look for another tool that uses libcurl. * We do not add things to curl that other small and available tools already do very fine at the side. Curl's output is fine to pipe into another Loading