Re: gmc & cursors

[Michael Hall <mhall riverside org>]

On Wed, Mar 31, 1999 at 08:18:32AM -0700, Michael Dennis wrote:

> >  Michael> Why did the implementors of the GNOME file manager choose
> >  Michael> the explorer type model? I much prefer the two paned
> >  Michael> approach that midnight commander has. I would at least like
> >  Michael> to be able to configure the directory pane into another file
> >  Michael> pane. Is this possible?
> >
> > You can drag the pane-delimiter all the way to the left, so that your
> > directory-pane is not visible at all. Subsequent windows will inherit
> > this setting. Then open another window. That's not exactly what you
> > wanted, but it comes close.
> 
> Thanks for the suggestions, but I will probably just use the text version of
> mc since it does what I want it to.  Personally I think having a directory
> tree pane is a nice option but not essential.  Having two file panes to copy
> between is however essential.  I don't even use Explorer on my windows
> system for that reason.  I use a mc like file manager for windows.
> 
> It's just that with a name like gmc I was expecting something more along the
> lines of mc instead of explorer.  I dunno maybe I'm the only one that
> dislikes the explorer like model for file management?

  I still find myself running 'mc' the majority of the time under GNOME
also. I've looked at and played with 'gmc' but keep finding myself going
back to 'mc'.
  In all I guess I'm not much of a GUI file-manager type and generally
use a 'term window' the majority of the time. About the only GUI file
manager I've really liked and use regularly is 'FM2' on my OS/2 box. Its
pretty much a 'everything but the kitchen sink' approach but has some
nice features. It has a drive tree pane, but you can open multiple file
panes (it just keeps resizing/redrawing itself so they fit) and you can
drag & drop copy, move, compare, etc. between any of them. If I was to
write a file manager (if I knew how :-) 'FM2' would be something I'd
definitely use as a model.

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Mike Hall <mhall@riverside.org>, (MH993)   -    http://www.riverside.org
System Administrator (*nix, Perl, CGI hacker, certified OS/2 Specialist)