It's worth noting that Midnight Commander started as a clone of Norton Commander [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Commander
Which still is very useful in a DosBox.
I also remember M602 and Volkov Commander from those days.
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Which still is very useful in a DosBox.
I also remember M602 and Volkov Commander from those days.
There is also the Star Commander [1] which supports Commodore 64 disk images and physical drives using the X1541 interface [2]:
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#64I'm pretty new to heavy console-based Linux adminning - I just have a raspbian pi4 I'm using for a bunch of local services around my house, but I've gotten pretty comfy editing files and tweaking services and chmodding/chowning. However, I refuse to climb the learning cliff of Vi, but nano is... Okay at best? Is mcedit a good option? I'm still just doing everything from shell and nano.
If you're interested in becoming proficient text editing in the shell, I highly recommend just biting the bullet and learning the basics with vim. It's significantly less of a "cliff" than you'd expect. Just spend a few minutes running through the built-in tutorial (vimtutor), learn how to save and open files and move around the document, and set a few defaults in your config. Only about 30 minutes of effort will be…
There’s also https://vim-adventures.com/ which is a neat way of learning Vim by playing a game.
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#66Lately I switched from mc to vifm[1][2]. It's ncurses-based two-panel file manager with vi-like navigation. Quite recommend for those who use vim daily.
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If you're interested in becoming proficient text editing in the shell, I highly recommend just biting the bullet and learning the basics with vim. It's significantly less of a "cliff" than you'd expect. Just spend a few minutes running through the built-in tutorial (vimtutor), learn how to save and open files and move around the document, and set a few defaults in your config. Only about 30 minutes of effort will be…
Upvoting/seconding this. It doesn’t take as much effort/pain as you think it will. Don’t believe the FUD. That said, plain old vi on older Solaris systems is still a pain in the ass lol.
Vim is lovely, I always install Vim plugins in all editors. Pxtl, just be careful so you don't get stuck in Ex mode o.O
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#69Total commander is the one and only windows app I miss on a mac. I know there are “clones” but none of them comes close to TC.
I love Total Commander on windows as well - one of the first things I install.
Graphically, have you tried Double Commander? It's multi-platform Qt app; while I don't know how well is behaves on Mac OS, it's fantastic in Linux.
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#70How do I navigate to the same directory which is opened in the other panel or to a root of a particular device (a USB drive or a hard drive partition) quickly? These are the 2 things I use heavily in all the "commanders" but couldn't find in MC. Lack of these makes it useless for me as I hate manually crawling the global file system every time I want to switch a drive.
According to the "File" menu, the shortcut for "Quick cd" is `M-c` ( Alt and c). Works well, no tab-completion alas, but quick enough to get to /mnt or /media or where ever.