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Re: Show HN: fman – file manager for programmers

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Post by pathsjs »

mherrmann wrote: post #154
dflock wrote: post #145

Glad I looked inside the .deb file before I installed this. It does the following things: - Adds `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/fman.list - Adds `/etc/cron.daily/fman`, which does this: #!/bin/sh update-fman The `/usr/bin/update-fman` script does this: #!/bin/sh set -e apt-get update -o Dir::Etc::sourcelist="/etc/apt/sources.list.d/fman.list" -o Dir::Etc::sourceparts="-" -o APT::Get::List-Cleanup="0" apt-get install --only…

This behaviour is described on the home page [1]. Sorry it's not to your liking. fman's features are prioritised according to the number of votes they receive on a public Trello board [2]. There's a card for making it possible to disable automatic updates [3]. The intention is obviously not for it to come back when you delete it. If you remove it in the same way you installed it (via the package manager), then the fi…

That is obviously not the home page. It is not even the first page when a user opens the documentation.

Also, you make it sound like disabling automatic updates is something that requires work, hence needs to be prioritized on a task board. In fact it is quite the opposite: work was needed to enable automatic updates in the first place!

Re: Show HN: fman – file manager for programmers

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Post by stevekemp »

mherrmann wrote: post #91
fernandotakai wrote: post #85

> don't be a free user! sure, going to buy it > i'm sorry, we're sold out :-( 100 licenses were made available on March 1, and all are gone. guess i will be a free user :/

I'm sorry :( 1) I didn't expect to be sold out 2) I want to provide paying users with an awesome experience but need to be able to focus my resources to do that. I promise more licenses will be made available soon.

How did you become "sold out"? Presumably you just need to generate keys and validate them. You should be able to generate an unlimited number of keys ..

Re: Show HN: fman – file manager for programmers

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Post by mherrmann »

throw_away wrote: post #180
minus7 wrote: post #161

> Don't be a free user. Now that's just rude. Not even the linked article [0] manages to convince otherwise. In fact, it even shows the opposite standpoint: > If your free software project suddenly gets popular, you gain resources: testers, developers and people willing to pitch in. If your free website takes off, you lose resources. If you don't want users to use it for free, don't offer it for free, but don't insul…

Especially when you make licenses scarce: https://fman.io/buy > I'm sorry, we're sold out :-( 100 licenses were made available on March 1, and all are gone. Please join the waiting list below to be notified when new licenses become available. Not sure I understand the intent here of keeping people from paying you.

This was rightly also pointed out by others. I'm sorry. I didn't expect to be sold out and am working on a solution. If you leave your email on the waiting list [1] then you'll know immediately when a solution is available.

[1]: https://fman.io/buy

Re: Show HN: fman – file manager for programmers

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Post by adrianN »

deathanatos wrote: post #179
Razengan wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can people even explain why they hate Finder, or is it just a fashionable bandwagon to jump on? While I do prefer Path Finder [1] for file-heavy workflows, Finder is perfectly usable with a few tweaks here and there: - Get TinkerTool [2] to show hidden and system files, pathname in the window title etc. - Tweak and create your own keyboard shortcuts for Finder in System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> App Sho…

> why they hate Finder I can never remember how to open a file ; it should be easy , like Enter (rename?!) or Space (open a window with the icon made huge?) or maybe even desperately Shift+Space (same as Space, but animate it much more slowly and don't let you kill it until it's done animating many rage-inducing seconds later!) (It's Cmd+O.) Navigate to? (I don't think it exists.) Copy works, but move doesn't. There'…

No offense, but you should RTFM. You can move and delete and go to folder. As with many Apple UIs these "advanced" features are not easily discovered.

Re: Show HN: fman – file manager for programmers

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Post by Belphemur »

adrianN wrote: post #184
deathanatos wrote: post #179

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> why they hate Finder I can never remember how to open a file ; it should be easy , like Enter (rename?!) or Space (open a window with the icon made huge?) or maybe even desperately Shift+Space (same as Space, but animate it much more slowly and don't let you kill it until it's done animating many rage-inducing seconds later!) (It's Cmd+O.) Navigate to? (I don't think it exists.) Copy works, but move doesn't. There'…

No offense, but you should RTFM. You can move and delete and go to folder. As with many Apple UIs these "advanced" features are not easily discovered.

I think his point are those aren't advanced feature but basic feature that should be intuitive.

Re: Show HN: fman – file manager for programmers

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Post by bitexploder »

orclev wrote: post #142
bitexploder wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Random question: why is the Windows distribution. 1MB and Lin/Mac 21MB?

The post you're responding to literally explain exactly that. The windows installer is a downloader, the others aren't.

It was late, but you are right :(

Re: Show HN: fman – file manager for programmers

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Post by dkersten »

adrianN wrote: post #184
deathanatos wrote: post #179

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> why they hate Finder I can never remember how to open a file ; it should be easy , like Enter (rename?!) or Space (open a window with the icon made huge?) or maybe even desperately Shift+Space (same as Space, but animate it much more slowly and don't let you kill it until it's done animating many rage-inducing seconds later!) (It's Cmd+O.) Navigate to? (I don't think it exists.) Copy works, but move doesn't. There'…

No offense, but you should RTFM. You can move and delete and go to folder. As with many Apple UIs these "advanced" features are not easily discovered.

I've used many file managers on Windows and Linux and Finder is the only one I still (after a couple of years of use) have trouble doing things I would consider basic. Usually I just give up and use the commandline instead.

Re: Show HN: fman – file manager for programmers

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Post by unixhero »

oneweekwonder wrote: post #36
unixhero wrote: post #31

DoubleCommamder is a really good clone of Total Commander. Recommended!

http://doublecmd.sourceforge.net/ is the url to "Double Commander" for those that googled for "DoubleCommamder" and could only find "DoubleCommand".

Typed it on my phone. I agree, the post was slightly lazy:).
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