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Unlike the IDE and Web Editor, Arduino CLI is intended to be used directly only by advanced users. However, all types of users are likely to visit the repository and documentation website. Some of these readers will not be familiar with the meaning of the acronym "CLI". The previous documentation introduces Arduino CLI as: > an all-in-one solution that provides [...] to use any Arduino compatible board and platform Which sounds like something any Arduino user would be interested in. Those readers might therefore get the impression this is some sort of GUI application like the IDE and be frustrated after spending time to install and run the program, only to find that it doesn't apparently do anything when they run the executable (because they did it from a file browser or shortcut). It is a bit difficult to describe Arduino CLI's interface in a short introduction because, despite the "CLI" in the name, command line is only one of the interfaces provided by Arduino CLI (the others being the gRPC and Go API). I added the term "machine" to cover the others.
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Unlike the IDE and Web Editor, Arduino CLI is intended to be used directly only by advanced users. However, all types of
users are likely to visit the repository and documentation website. Some of these readers will not be familiar with the
meaning of the acronym "CLI".
The previous documentation introduces Arduino CLI as:
Which sounds like something every Arduino user would be interested in.
Those readers might therefore get the impression this is some sort of GUI application like the IDE and be frustrated and confused after spending time to install and run the program, only to find that it doesn't apparently do anything when they run the executable (because they did it from a file browser or shortcut).
The introduction in the repository readme and documentation website home page mentions that Arduino CLI's capabilities are provided via command line and machine interfaces.
It is a bit difficult to describe Arduino CLI's interface in a short introduction because, despite the "CLI" in the name,
command line is only one of the interfaces provided by Arduino CLI (the others being the gRPC and Go API). I added the
term "machine" to cover the others.
titled accordingly?
No breaking change.
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