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Ditto for AutoCAD -- I loved seeing how the equivalent CLI command appeared in the log as I was using the GUI to draw.

I was thinking about this just a few days ago. This seems like a much better way of teaching people shortcuts than a 20-page cheat-sheet or even "hints" in various menus. No UI clutter, no effort. The program just tells you how to do the same thing in another way. The more you do the "thing", the more likely you are to notice those tips and try out the shortcuts.

I don't think Paint.NET or GIMP do quite what you've described though. They show a history of action, but they don't show commands.

Now I don't have lots of experience with Blender, but I do remember that Blender when hovering a button shows the Title of the interaction, but also a description, shortcut AND the equivalent python code you can run in the terminal to achieve that action. That's pretty awesome.

Here is a example: https://i.imgur.com/NNFruMx.jpg

Related: Emacs does that too. If you invoke a command through M-x that has a keyboard binding available, it will tell you about it in the minibuffer.

You also see this in chip design EDA tools, at least the good ones. Not only will they record the equivalent CLI command that affects the "data", but some will also record the commands that solely affect the GUI! (e.g. resize window)

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