On 09/26/2018 04:52 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
I'm setting up a new machine and copying files from the old machine's
home directory. At the same time I'm creating a new directory structure
to better match how I work.
I found it expedient to have at least three instances of the file
manager
Gnome-Commander (packaged in Debian) could be of interest for you: GUI
but two-panel mc-like, several color themes, color set-up, advanced
search and rename tools, etc...
https://gcmd.github.io/shots.html
Richard Owlett composed on 2018-09-26 06:47 (UTC-0500):
> On my laptop the default font size is unsuitably small.
My .Xresources makes Xterm fonts nice size:
xterm*faceName: Droid Sans Mono:antialias=true
xterm*faceSize: 11
xterm*vt100.geometry: 120x43
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On 09/26/2018 07:42 PM, Dominic Knight wrote:
On Wed, 2018-09-26 at 06:47 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
On 09/26/2018 06:24 AM, Dan Purgert wrote:
Richard Owlett wrote:
[...]
Also your phraseology joggled my thought process. Perhaps "file
manager"
hints at much more power than I need. I only
On Wed, 2018-09-26 at 06:47 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 09/26/2018 06:24 AM, Dan Purgert wrote:
> > Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > Also your phraseology joggled my thought process. Perhaps "file
> > > manager"
> > > hints at much more power than I need. I only wish to _move_
> > >
Richard Owlett composed on 2018-09-26 06:47 (UTC-0500):
> On my laptop the default font size is unsuitably small.
> A quick web search revealed that is not a mc parameter.
> It is a function of the terminal emulator used. I have a MATE desktop.
> How do I determine what terminal emulator is in
Richard Owlett wrote:
> [...]
>
> On my laptop the default font size is unsuitably small.
> A quick web search revealed that is not a mc parameter.
> It is a function of the terminal emulator used. I have a MATE desktop.
> How do I determine what terminal emulator is in use?
I think it's
On 2018-09-26 12:58, mick crane wrote:
On 2018-09-26 10:52, Richard Owlett wrote:
I'm setting up a new machine and copying files from the old machine's
home directory. At the same time I'm creating a new directory
structure to better match how I work.
I found it expedient to have at least
On 2018-09-26 10:52, Richard Owlett wrote:
I'm setting up a new machine and copying files from the old machine's
home directory. At the same time I'm creating a new directory
structure to better match how I work.
I found it expedient to have at least three instances of the file
manager open -
On 09/26/2018 06:24 AM, Dan Purgert wrote:
Richard Owlett wrote:
[...]
Also your phraseology joggled my thought process. Perhaps "file manager"
hints at much more power than I need. I only wish to _move_ files.
Which got me thinking that Tcl/Tk may be appropriate. I'll experiment
with mc
On 2018-09-26 11:52, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I'm setting up a new machine and copying files from the old machine's home
> directory. At the same time I'm creating a new directory structure to better
> match how I work.
>
> I found it expedient to have at least three instances of the file manager
Richard Owlett wrote:
> [...]
> Also your phraseology joggled my thought process. Perhaps "file manager"
> hints at much more power than I need. I only wish to _move_ files.
> Which got me thinking that Tcl/Tk may be appropriate. I'll experiment
> with mc first.
Or perhaps just bash?
On 09/26/2018 05:26 AM, Dan Purgert wrote:
Richard Owlett wrote:
[...]
Suggestions?
Is it even possible?
Never seen that myself. Wouldn't know where to start, honestly --
perhaps skipping the GUI would be a better option -- maybe something
like mc or one of the other terminal-based managers
Richard Owlett wrote:
> [...]
> Suggestions?
> Is it even possible?
Never seen that myself. Wouldn't know where to start, honestly --
perhaps skipping the GUI would be a better option -- maybe something
like mc or one of the other terminal-based managers would be more what
you're looking for?
I
I'm setting up a new machine and copying files from the old machine's
home directory. At the same time I'm creating a new directory structure
to better match how I work.
I found it expedient to have at least three instances of the file
manager open - [one for source directory and at least two
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