In the Dark with Midnight Commander

[Merv Curley]

On December 24, 2003 01:40 pm, Justin Zygmont wrote:
> i'm suprised that you are using an xterm to run mc in, myself being a dos
> user, I use the virtual consoles.  I use mc everyday, and i'd be at a
> major loss without it.  

Well in an xterm one can run a much larger mc and see more of the bigger 
directories.  Why change to a virtual console when the xterm ones work so 
well.  Unless of course you don't run X and live in console mode.

The years I used OS/2 were made easier with Dircopy, a Norton clone.  But it 
wasn't cheap.  I went from an 8 bit computer to a 386 with OS/2 as my first 
O.S.  DOS and Win 3.10 were on the harddisk but I didn't like them since 
they were too restrictive after my years with OS-9 on the 8 biter, [ the 
real OS-9 not the Mac one ].  I never used Norton.

I forget what distro I bought years ago that didn't include mc and I had the 
devil of a time getting the source and some lib that it needed.  Everyone 
else before and after included it.  It is so easy to copy, move files, 
change permissions etc, that it is my basic tool.

Merry, merry

 
-- 
Merv Curley

Scarborough,  Ont

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