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- From: mandel@litp.ibp.fr (Arnaldo MANDEL)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
- Subject: Re: What full-screen file managers are there?
- Message-ID: <MANDEL.92Nov17100041@litp4.ibp.fr>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 09:01:45 GMT
- References: <1e4mbcINN1kh@crcnis1.unl.edu> <1992Nov16.223340.15353@mccc.edu>
- Sender: news@jussieu.fr (Le Facteur)
- Organization: Chaos
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- In-Reply-To: pjh@mccc.edu's message of Mon, 16 Nov 1992 22:33:40 GMT
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- Full-Name: Arnaldo MANDEL
-
- In article <1992Nov16.223340.15353@mccc.edu> pjh@mccc.edu (Pete Holsberg) writes:
-
- > In article <1e4mbcINN1kh@crcnis1.unl.edu> pkramer@unlinfo.unl.edu (Paul Kramer) writes:
- > =Hello,
- > =
- > =I found while reading articles in this electronic conference, a
- > =reference to a public-domain program called utree. It is full-screen
- > =file manager which allows you to perform file functions with single
- > =keystrokes. For example, after I start the program I see a screen
- > =that lists the files on my account. If I want to delete one of those
- > =files I move the cursor on top of it, press a certain key. Boom it
- > =gone!
- > =
- > =Well I am wondering: Is there anything better than utree? I am aware
- > =of a program called 'maint' but it doesn't have the full functionality
- > =of 'utree'.
-
- > I prefer HDSCAN.
-
- Better go all the way and get emacs, with tree-dired. You not only get all
- funtions most file managers execute, but you can add some of your own. And
- then, this would be just the beginning of using emacs for almost everything,
- instead of hundreds of little frozen utilities.
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- Arnaldo Mandel --- am@ime.usp.br
- Temporarily: mandel@litp.ibp.fr
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