Re: File manager for creating relative symbolic links

On Wed, 2006-07-19 at 15:09 +0100, Tony Terlecki wrote: > Can anyone suggest a file manager where I can create links that are > relative symbolic links? With konqueror I can drag and drop files but > when I specify 'link' as the drop option it creates absolute symbolic > links. > > Alternatively i

Re: anything like NextStep? - Re: File Manager Suggestions?

--- Jason Wojciechowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Charles, > > On Oct 4, Charles Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > | Pardon my ignorance, but there doesn't seem to be > much > | documentation on the gworkspace site. What is the > | purpose of gworkspace say in conjunction with >

Re: anything like NextStep? - Re: File Manager Suggestions?

Hello Charles, On Oct 4, Charles Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Pardon my ignorance, but there doesn't seem to be much | documentation on the gworkspace site. What is the | purpose of gworkspace say in conjunction with | WindowMaker...what would I get that I don't have by | using fsviewer,

Re: anything like NextStep? - Re: File Manager Suggestions?

--- Jason Wojciechowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ben wrote: > > | thanks jason. apt crapped out on the first try. i > needed to update. > | gworkspace is a bit of a resource hog, though. it > totally claimed > | my fluxbox workspace, obliterating everything > else that was running > | t

Re: anything like NextStep? - Re: File Manager Suggestions?

ben wrote: | thanks jason. apt crapped out on the first try. i needed to update. | gworkspace is a bit of a resource hog, though. it totally claimed | my fluxbox workspace, obliterating everything else that was running | there before. oh well, it's a new toy to play with, just in time | for

Re: anything like NextStep? - Re: File Manager Suggestions?

On Friday 04 October 2002 05:46 am, Richard Weil wrote: > A note about getting gworkspace running ... I'm > running testing, but I got the gnustep and gworkspace > debs from unstable, since it looked like there had > been several changes. With that said, I couldn't start > any GNUstep apps, includ

Re: anything like NextStep? - Re: File Manager Suggestions?

A note about getting gworkspace running ... I'm running testing, but I got the gnustep and gworkspace debs from unstable, since it looked like there had been several changes. With that said, I couldn't start any GNUstep apps, including gworkspace, until I added the following to my .bash_profile:

RE: anything like NextStep? - Re: File Manager Suggestions?

On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 20:57, Michael Olds wrote: > If you check out sourceforge under desktop file managers, I saw a few like > this while I was checking out different possibilities. Already having deleted the original post, I'm attaching here. Don't know if it is still alive, but I've long used

Re: anything like NextStep? - Re: File Manager Suggestions?

On Thursday 03 October 2002 07:35 pm, Jason Wojciechowski wrote: > Hello ben, > > On Oct 3, ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | what's the sources.list line for the gworkspace deb? > > I got mine from a standard mirror. Perhaps it's only in unstable, though. thanks jason. apt crapped out on the

Re: anything like NextStep? - Re: File Manager Suggestions?

Hello ben, On Oct 3, ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | what's the sources.list line for the gworkspace deb? I got mine from a standard mirror. Perhaps it's only in unstable, though. -- Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wonka.hampshire.edu/~jason GPG key - 0EFB1DFE What you don't know won't hel

Re: anything like NextStep? - Re: File Manager Suggestions?

On Thursday 03 October 2002 11:43 am, Richard Weil wrote: > I don't use Mac OSX, but you might want to take a look > at gworkspace ... its a GNUstep app that sounds > similar to what you're looking for. I just installed > the GNUstep libraries, gworkspace and gnumail the > other day and have been

RE: anything like NextStep? - Re: File Manager Suggestions?

--- Michael Olds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you check out sourceforge under desktop file > managers, I saw a few like > this while I was checking out different > possibilities. > > Best Wishes! > Mike Olds www.buddhadust.org FSViewer: http://freshmeat.net/projects/fsviewer/?topic_id=860 {

RE: anything like NextStep? - Re: File Manager Suggestions?

'Shaleh' Perry Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: anything like NextStep? - Re: File Manager Suggestions? hey there, concerning file managers -- the one thing I really miss about Macos X is the NextStep-style file manager -- hierarchies of windowws that expand more or less indefiitely --

Re: anything like NextStep? - Re: File Manager Suggestions?

I don't use Mac OSX, but you might want to take a look at gworkspace ... its a GNUstep app that sounds similar to what you're looking for. I just installed the GNUstep libraries, gworkspace and gnumail the other day and have been trying them out. The gworkspace project homepage is linked from gnus

anything like NextStep? - Re: File Manager Suggestions?

hey there, concerning file managers -- the one thing I really miss about Macos X is the NextStep-style file manager -- hierarchies of windowws that expand more or less indefiitely -- so not jus two frames, but four or five. I really love that way of getting around, but I haven't seen anything lik

Re: File Manager Suggestions?

I like Nautilus, but you have to install GNOME (and Galeon, including Mozilla?) to use it. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] I-Con's Science and Technology Programming -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Re: File Manager Suggestions?

On Thursday 03 October 2002 08:18, Michael Olds wrote: > Something that works like Windows Explorer, with full details in the right > hand window (permissions/users/groups). Actually Gentoo looks very good, if > I can get the thing installed. > gentoo is packaged, just apt-get it. -- To UNSUBS

RE: File Manager Suggestions?

PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 7:12 AM To: Debian-User@Lists. Debian. Org Subject: Re: File Manager Suggestions? You're looking for a Windows Explorer replacement, right? The closest I have found is: http://www.amuletexplorer.com/ >From the author's FAQ: "What rele

Re: File Manager Suggestions?

You're looking for a Windows Explorer replacement, right? The closest I have found is: http://www.amuletexplorer.com/ >From the author's FAQ: "What releases are available? Currently there is only a binary release for Linux and it's an early Beta." So it's not 'ready' yet, but it does look

RE: File Manager Suggestions?

i have an additional question (and forgive me b/c I didnt read about gentoo, just looked at the screen shots) - can you drag and drop files from one dir to the other? Gentoo looks a lot like "worker" http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/worker.html or http://www.boomerangsworld.de/worker Shaw

RE: File Manager Suggestions?

jeff, Gentoo looks interesting, one question: If you double click a directory on the left hand side does it show the contents on the right? The screenshots don't make it clear if this can be done. Best Wishes! Mike Olds www.buddhadust.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sub

Re: File Manager Suggestions?

On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 13:52:45 -0700, Michael Olds wrote: > Any suggestions? ROX-Filer: http://rox.sourceforge.net/ -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: - 100% validated (X)HTML - Acorn Risc PC, Yellow Pig 17, Championnat International des Jeux Mathématiques

Re: File Manager Suggestions?

> Hello, > > I have tried Konquoror: I don't need, like a browser there and would rather > not waste the space, but I like the two-window setup with tree view on one > side and full details on the other side. > > I have tried Krusader: it freezes a couple of times a day when I work too > fast and

Re: File Manager

#include Arnout Bruinsma wrote on Thu Dec 06, 2001 um 10:58:23PM: > L.S. > I'm looking for a file manager for use under Window Maker. > In SuSe I used xfm but I can't find an xfm Debian package. > I hope somebody has a suggestion In Woody, try gentoo and emelfm. Gruss/Regards, Eduard. -- Am 8.

Re: Nautilus/autofs (was Re: [quickly veering OT] Re: File Manager)

Mental <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That would be nice, but it would mean another process running inthe > background polling the mount point. Yes, but then you don't need the autofs process (which BTW uses to usurpate all my removable drives regardless of which of them are in the config files -

Nautilus/autofs (was Re: [quickly veering OT] Re: File Manager)

On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 01:33:43PM +0100, Joachim Trinkwitz wrote: > This would indeed be the best way to handle floppies in my opinion, > but last time I looked at Nautilus i found that it ideally should work > so, but really doesn't. Maybe sometimes in the future this will become > reality ... >

Re: File Manager

Arnout Bruinsma, 2001-Dec-06 22:58 +0100: > L.S. > I'm looking for a file manager for use under Window Maker. > In SuSe I used xfm but I can't find an xfm Debian package. > I hope somebody has a suggestion > > Groetjes,Arnout Check out filerunner. It's light and really fast, has ftp capabilities

Re: File Manager

On Friday, 07. Dec. 2001 at 10:50:40, Romuald DELAVERGNE wrote: > > My personal favorites are: > > > > /bin/bash in a xterm|rxvt|aterm|konsole|Eterm|wterm > > > > or M-x eshell or dired in emacs. > > > > I probably left out a few hundred alternatives... > > > > Agree with you. You need to know

Re: [quickly veering OT] Re: File Manager

Andrew Sione Taumoefolau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Nautilus tends in most cases towards the Mac way of doing things, which, > different though it may be, is usually more usable than the Windows way. > Nautilus ideally should create a floppy icon on the desktop when a user > inserts a disk (and

Re: File Manager

Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Joachim Trinkwitz wrote: > > > > Both suffer from the same inability to deal with floppy drives in a > > sane way, wrt mounting/umounting (Nautilus most, cause there isn't > > even a default floppy icon on the desktop). > > I thought there is an automo

Re: File Manager

Joachim Trinkwitz wrote: > > Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > "Karsten M. Self" wrote: > > > > > > gmc isn't terribly visually bletcherous, and doesn't suffer the bloat of > > > Nautilus. > > Both suffer from the same inability to deal with floppy drives in a > sane way, wrt mountin

[quickly veering OT] Re: File Manager

On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 11:57:29AM +0100, Joachim Trinkwitz wrote: > Both suffer from the same inability to deal with floppy drives in a > sane way, wrt mounting/umounting (Nautilus most, cause there isn't > even a default floppy icon on the desktop). > > Sorry all you Unix Wizards, but I'm dealin

Re: File Manager

Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Karsten M. Self" wrote: > > > > gmc isn't terribly visually bletcherous, and doesn't suffer the bloat of > > Nautilus. Both suffer from the same inability to deal with floppy drives in a sane way, wrt mounting/umounting (Nautilus most, cause there isn't

Re: File Manager

"Karsten M. Self" wrote: > > on Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 10:58:23PM +0100, Arnout Bruinsma ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > L.S. > > I'm looking for a file manager for use under Window Maker. > > In SuSe I used xfm but I can't find an xfm Debian package. > > I hope somebody has a suggestion > > gmc

Re: File Manager

> My personal favorites are: > > /bin/bash in a xterm|rxvt|aterm|konsole|Eterm|wterm > > or M-x eshell or dired in emacs. > > I probably left out a few hundred alternatives... > Agree with you. You need to know a minimum of things but then, with the filename completion you work faster.

Re: File Manager

on Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 12:35:05AM -0800, Brian Nelson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Arnout Bruinsma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'm looking for a file manager for use under Window Maker. > My personal favorites are: > > /bin/bash in a xterm|rxvt|aterm|konsole|Eterm|wterm ...in general, I h

Re: File Manager

Arnout Bruinsma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > L.S. > I'm looking for a file manager for use under Window Maker. > In SuSe I used xfm but I can't find an xfm Debian package. > I hope somebody has a suggestion Sure, there's a few file managers. For one with a wmaker/NeXT look, there's fsviewer. Y

Re: File Manager

on Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 10:58:23PM +0100, Arnout Bruinsma ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > L.S. > I'm looking for a file manager for use under Window Maker. > In SuSe I used xfm but I can't find an xfm Debian package. > I hope somebody has a suggestion gmc isn't terribly visually bletcherous, and doe

Re: File Manager

>> I'm looking for a file manager for use under Window Maker. >> In SuSe I used xfm but I can't find an xfm Debian package. >> I hope somebody has a suggestion > >If you can spare the memory, try Nautilus :). Or Konqueror (if you run Woody). :o) Best regards Johnny :o)

Re: File Manager

On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 11:44:47AM +1100, Andrew Sione Taumoefolau wrote: > On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 10:58:23PM +0100, Arnout Bruinsma wrote: > > L.S. > > I'm looking for a file manager for use under Window Maker. > > In SuSe I used xfm but I can't find an xfm Debian package. > > I hope somebody has

Re: File Manager

On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 10:58:23PM +0100, Arnout Bruinsma wrote: > L.S. > I'm looking for a file manager for use under Window Maker. > In SuSe I used xfm but I can't find an xfm Debian package. > I hope somebody has a suggestion If you can spare the memory, try Nautilus :). -- Andrew Sione Taum

Re: File Manager

xfm is included in testing. On Thursday 06 December 2001 01:58 pm, Arnout Bruinsma wrote: > L.S. > I'm looking for a file manager for use under Window Maker. > In SuSe I used xfm but I can't find an xfm Debian package. > I hope somebody has a suggestion > > Groetjes,Arnout

Re: File Manager for wmaker

On Fri, 24 Aug 2001 11:01:27 -0700 "Karsten M. Self" wrote: > on Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 08:28:33AM -0500, usucapiao ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Hi i would like to know any url of a good file manager for wmaker...i > > use gmc, but dont like it...if somebody can help me thanks!!! > > bash?

Re: File Manager for wmaker

usucapiao saw fit to inform me that: >Hi i would like to know any url of a good file manager for wmaker...i >use gmc, but dont like it...if somebody can help me thanks!!! >Jo?o Laureano Leme >Cuiab? - Brazil Have a look at rox-filer. It is really good. I am using it for last 2 months now along w

Re: File Manager for wmaker

On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 11:01:27AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 08:28:33AM -0500, usucapiao ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Hi i would like to know any url of a good file manager for wmaker...i > > use gmc, but dont like it...if somebody can help me thanks!!! > > bash

Re: File Manager for wmaker

on Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 08:28:33AM -0500, usucapiao ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi i would like to know any url of a good file manager for wmaker...i > use gmc, but dont like it...if somebody can help me thanks!!! bash? ;-) There's a WINGS-based filemanager called FSViewer, if you want the Wi

Re: File Manager for wmaker

The verion on testing/unstable appears to be a couple of revisions behind, prehaps the new verion has fixed this not sure if this is the offical site http://www.kaisersite.de/dfm/ adam Christian Jaeger wrote: I use dfm. It's very Mac-like (or OS/2 like but I don't know OS/2) and I like it (

Re: File Manager for wmaker

> Hi i would like to know any url of a good file manager for > wmaker...i > use gmc, but dont like it...if somebody can help me thanks!!! i use filerunner for file managment, it does everything i need. Hereward

Re: File Manager for wmaker

I use dfm. It's very Mac-like (or OS/2 like but I don't know OS/2) and I like it (more than konqueror). But NOTE: dfm still has a dangerous bug (I've once reported it to the author but maybe he hasn't got the report): If you have a file/folder in your *home* directory whose name begins with a

Re: File Manager for wmaker

Quoting usucapiao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi i would like to know any url of a good file manager for wmaker...i > use gmc, but dont like it...if somebody can help me thanks!!! > João Laureano Leme > Cuiabá - Brazil Personally, I like TKDesk. I don't know the URL, but it's available via apt-get.

Re: File Manager?

Quoting shadowze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > After 2 days of reading I cant find the following. Keeping in mind Im a new > user; > 1) Where is the default download path for Lynx so I can find files I have > downloaded. It should be your home directory, aka ~ and /home/userid though if you're root, it's

Re: File Manager?

check out /etc/lynx.cfg and scroll down till you find the part about Save Space. Sean shadowze wrote: > After 2 days of reading I cant find the following. Keeping in mind Im a new > user; > 1) Where is the default download path for Lynx so I can find files I have > downloaded. > > 2) Is there