Use Midnight Commander like a pro (2015)
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Re: Use Midnight Commander like a pro (2015)
#2I just used mc to transfer some pictures from my Mac to my Linux nas for later backup with rclone. I haven’t found a better paradigm for dealing with files than the two way pane. Also enabling lynx like motion makes for really quick navigation.
Re: Use Midnight Commander like a pro (2015)
#3Or you can try FAR Manager. It kept me from switching from Windows to Linux for a long time, back in 2000-s.
It's now available on macOS and Linux.
Re: Use Midnight Commander like a pro (2015)
#4Or you can try FAR Manager. It kept me from switching from Windows to Linux for a long time, back in 2000-s. It's now available on macOS and Linux.
Interesting. I don't see Far Manager in Debian repos.
Re: Use Midnight Commander like a pro (2015)
#5The nice thing about Midnight Commander is that it has a hex viewer and editor.
Re: Use Midnight Commander like a pro (2015)
#6Or you can try FAR Manager. It kept me from switching from Windows to Linux for a long time, back in 2000-s. It's now available on macOS and Linux.
Interesting. I don't see Far Manager in Debian repos.
It is called far2l: https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=far2l&searchon=n...
Re: Use Midnight Commander like a pro (2015)
#7Related:
Use Midnight Commander like a pro - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27086555 - May 2021 (1 comment)
Use Midnight Commander like a pro - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9472409 - May 2015 (11 comments)
Re: Use Midnight Commander like a pro (2015)
#8The nice thing about Midnight Commander is that it has a hex viewer and editor.
Moreover, editor allows to switch to console via Ctrl-O, which turns it into an simple IDE for console programs: edit code, Ctrl-O, run program, Ctrl-C Ctrl-O, repeat.
Re: Use Midnight Commander like a pro (2015)
#9Re: Use Midnight Commander like a pro (2015)
#10Shameless plug for my more modern, GUI alternative to Midnight Commander, https://fman.io.