On Saturday 24 February 2001 06:47, Chad C. Walstrom wrote: > I admit it. I'm a UNIX elitist. I know not all people will not Me too ;-)
> realize the philosophies of the UNIX operating system, the > small-tools approach, but if I can influence just one person into It's the greatest thing. > What does mc(1) do? It taps into the libc libraries and cuts off > some of the most powerful and flexible features of our system. The > pipe is the bread and butter of UNIX. Why else do you think system I'm afraid you haven't seen mc for a while. It has some bugs in newer versions, but is still my everyday tool. It helps me keep an overview of all the small tools. And to a newcomer it opens up the view on her filesystem. Imagine, you're sitting in the dark (empty shell prompt) and type 'mc<enter>'. Suddenly the FHS in all its beauty shines in front of you, browsable with your fingertips (if you set Lynx-like-motion on). When i was new to all this Linux stuff (not unix) i had trouble to find docs, buried to usr/doc/package and usr/doc/package and man and info and ... you see - mc was THE way for me to get in control. I'm not going into a discussion about that topic. I simply repeat: unix is small tools and pipes, and ... that's what makes it good; a newbie gains an overview using mc! I understand your point of view and personally like it, but ... as above. greetings, martin -- Cross Building nano HOW-TO V 0.2 http://eisdoc.debox.de
