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- From: tom@uts.cc.wayne.edu (Thomas Richard Stevenson)
- Subject: Re: What full-screen file managers are there?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.233549.12347@uts.cc.wayne.edu>
- Organization: Wayne State Univ.
- References: <1e4mbcINN1kh@crcnis1.unl.edu> <1992Nov16.223340.15353@mccc.edu> <MANDEL.92Nov17100041@litp4.ibp.fr>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 23:35:49 GMT
- Lines: 37
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- mandel@litp.ibp.fr (Arnaldo MANDEL) writes:
-
- >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.
- >--
- >............................................................
- >Arnaldo Mandel --- am@ime.usp.br
- >Temporarily: mandel@litp.ibp.fr
-
- If you are going to install emacs and you have X-terminals, also think
- about epoch. I just installed it today, and it's great!
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