All POSIX operating systems come with a powerful file manager for programmers: the POSIX shell and core utilities.
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Re: Show HN: fman – file manager for programmers
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Navigate, open, close, cut, copy, paste, rename, delete - what's missing?
All these things are possible via the keyboard in Finder/Explorer. But Finder/Explorer aren't as optimised for keyboard usage as dual-pane file managers (of which fman is an example). Eg. to copy a file in a dual pane file manager, you usually use some shortcut to jump to the source directory in the left pane, then some shortcut to jump to the destination directory in the right pane, then press F5 to copy from left t…
What's the difference between dual-pane and two windows?
I tend to start with spotlight rather than with a home finder pane.
Re: Show HN: fman – file manager for programmers
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I didn't know it was considered such a bad practice, sorry. I will either remove this or ask permission from the user BEFORE doing it [1]. [1]: https://trello.com/c/LZcZRM8a/153-linux-don-t-install-auto-u...
I would suggest just removing it. Debian/Linux have a system wide update mechanism for everything - the OS & apps - and it's very strongly preferred that you just use that. The UX of asking stuff during install is also pretty bad - and goes against the grain; it's vanishingly rare that Linux install packages ask questions. Even if you make it a startup/in-app/config option, it would also be a strange question to ask…
Done. fman 0.3.1 is out. Per your suggestion, it just removes the cron job. I wrote an apology [1].
Re: Show HN: fman – file manager for programmers
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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…
> This behaviour is described on the home page. This should be a big, fat warning with a clear description on how to install your package without the root cronjob. And that warning should appear right on the front site, not just some sub site. > Sorry it's not to your liking. This is not about personal taste. This is about violating well-established best practices that have very good reasons to exist. Running custom…
Per your (and other people's) suggestion, I just released fman version 0.3.1 that removes the cron job. Again, I apologise. I did not know it was considered such a bad practice. I also wrote a blog post [1] that explains how to make sure that the cron job really has been removed.
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Yes, McAffee complains as well [1]. I don't know why :( [1]: https://trello.com/c/dFLnJXLr/121-mcafee-complains-that-fman...
Because antivirus software tends to be a huge load of crap that will flag anything just slightly out of the ordinary with annoying popups to give moronic customers the impression their wasted money actually contributed to system security. Don't worry about it and tell users to remove that garbage from their systems. If more developers stopped putting up with it for fear of being associated with malware, this shit wou…
:/
Re: Show HN: fman – file manager for programmers
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Interesting (sorry, I'm new to Linux packaging). So would it be safe then to replace by http? (Not that I'd take this at face value, but I am interested in your opinion)
While we're at it, you absolutely need to remove that cronjob. No package should run their own update. That's the domain of the systems package manager.
I've removed it: https://fman.io/blog/an-apology-to-linux-users/