Marco Ciampa composed on 2014-10-31 20:49 (UTC+0100): > MC was a great help for me to understand Unix file system in 1997 when I > was doing my first steps with Linux.
I became an OFM user with Norton Commander v1.0, using v5.0 on DOS and FC/2 on OS/2 at the time I began my exposure to Linux. Switching my primary OS from OS/2 to Linux probably would have been delayed more than a decade were it not for MC. MC does have shortcomings I wish would go away: 1 https://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/273 2 shifted Fn keys with different meanings whether running in X or on vtty 3 lack of access to archives on sites with no FTP connectivity 4 single ESC doesn't quickly timeout as meta, dumping strings on cmdline when desired action is selected archive/directory entry/exit or typing a command Nevertheless it's virtually always the first command I run on a new installation, and rarely unopened unless the machine is powered down or booted to something other than Linux. I can't conceive of using any GUI file manager on a routine basis. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ _______________________________________________ mc-devel mailing list https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc-devel
