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Re: Use Midnight Commander like a pro (2015)

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Post by davikr » Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 10:12 AM UTC

On Windows, try Altap Salamander. It's free and open-source.

Re: Use Midnight Commander like a pro (2015)

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Post by pangey » Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 10:23 AM UTC

davikr wrote: post #21

On Windows, try Altap Salamander. It's free and open-source.

When I was on Windows, I paid for Total Commander. BTW, Altap Salamander is freeware, not open source. It is a decent alternative nonetheless.

Re: Use Midnight Commander like a pro (2015)

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Post by pangey » Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 10:28 AM UTC

If you prefer to watch video, I recommend this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJOkuaihAek

Re: Use Midnight Commander like a pro (2015)

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Post by davikr » Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 10:34 AM UTC

pangey wrote: post #22

davikr wrote: post #21

On Windows, try Altap Salamander. It's free and open-source.

When I was on Windows, I paid for Total Commander. BTW, Altap Salamander is freeware, not open source. It is a decent alternative nonetheless.

It's licensed GPL-2 and on GitHub now.

https://github.com/OpenSalamander/salamander

Re: Use Midnight Commander like a pro (2015)

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Post by hulitu » Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 10:36 AM UTC

mherrmann wrote: post #10

Shameless plug for my more modern, GUI alternative to Midnight Commander, https://fman.io .

Minus points: gray on gray, automatic updates, (custom build system ?). On mc you can configure colors.

Re: Use Midnight Commander like a pro (2015)

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Post by hulitu » Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 10:38 AM UTC

pangey wrote: post #16

shmerl wrote: post #5

The nice thing about Midnight Commander is that it has a hex viewer and editor.

It also can open/browse archive files without unpacking first.

It unpacks them in a temporary directory.

Re: Use Midnight Commander like a pro (2015)

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Post by prof-dr-ir » Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 10:40 AM UTC

neontomo wrote: post #20

janandonly wrote: post #18

I loved using Total Commander back when I used windows. There is nothing like this for the macOS as far as I know.

Give Marta a shot. It gives Total Commander a run for its money imo. Free. https://marta.sh/

I downloaded Marta and it looks and feels absolutely amazing.

But then I noticed that it is not open source, the sole developer has been on a break for at least a year, and the issue tracker mentions two bugs that may lead to data loss.

So I uninstalled it. I will look elsewhere for now.

Re: Use Midnight Commander like a pro (2015)

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Post by jmlucjav » Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 10:45 AM UTC

there is a newcomer into the terminal file managers arena that looks like it's going to be what I was looking for https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi (sort of ranger/vifm written in rust, lots of momentum)

Re: Use Midnight Commander like a pro (2015)

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Post by clemensnk » Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 10:49 AM UTC

I've been using Marta on the Mac (https://marta.sh) and I really enjoy having a dual-pane file manager with an integrated terminal where navigating the folder hierarchy is synchronised in both directions.

Marta doesn't seem to be actively developed anymore, so if anyone know of a good alternative I am all ears. fman (https:/fman.io) looks nice, but I don't think it has terminal integration.

Re: Use Midnight Commander like a pro (2015)

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Post by CTOSian » Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 10:59 AM UTC

some other shortcut: ALT+. -> hide/unhide dot files/directories

other dualpane -way faster file operations eg like copy/move than mc- is the Worker http://www.boomerangsworld.de/cms/worker/index.html (Amiga `directory opus` look like)