Consider <copy list of files> to be an ATOMIC action. Else there's no end to the specification of HOW it's done: going down to the level of quantum-physics of the hardware.
BTW, it would add value, if F7/search's arg was saved, eg. as default, as you step a sequence of F3/F4. Perhaps a key-combination already exists? That's why continually adding features has it's disadvantages? On 5/18/14, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Send mc mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of mc digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Copy/move of folder contents, sending order (wwp) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 11:59:57 +0200 > From: wwp <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Copy/move of folder contents, sending order > Message-ID: <20140518115957.3a4b14c5@anthra> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello there, > > > it's not the first I realize that mc does copy a folder contents by > order of filesystem entries, not sorted according to how the mc panel > is sorted. If I understand the technicals behind this, I wonder if we > could not send files in a way they are sorted exactly like the way we > see them or the way a human would expect them. > > This can be disturbing when you start transferring a long list (or few > files but big ones, or over a slow network) and go on the other side > (remote..) and expect the 1st file to make use of it. Bad luck you're > not receiving the "first" expected files. > > This seem to only happen when you copy a folder, not when you select > several files then copy it (in that case, WYSIWYG). > > > Any thought? > > > Regards, > > -- > wwp > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: signature.asc > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 198 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: > <https://mail.gnome.org/archives/mc/attachments/20140518/4b2126af/attachment.sig> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > mc mailing list > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc > > > ------------------------------ > > End of mc Digest, Vol 120, Issue 4 > ********************************** > _______________________________________________ mc mailing list https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc
