Re: Midnight Commander: A full desktop, or application

2004-01-09 Thread Brian Potkin
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 12:23:58AM -0600, Kent West wrote: > Charles Muller wrote: > > >A recent post to the list recommended Midnight Commander on the > >desktop. I went to their site to read the explanation and look at some > >screen shots. From what I could see, it is not clear whether MC > >c

Re: Midnight Commander: A full desktop, or application

2004-01-09 Thread Carl Fink
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 12:23:58AM -0600, Kent West wrote: > mc (Midnight Commander) is a text-based file manager; as such, it > certainly would not replace a gui desktop environment such as Gnome. A > gui version of mc is gmc (Gnome Midnight Commander), but again, it's > just a file manager, n

Re: Midnight Commander: A full desktop, or application

2004-01-09 Thread Charles Muller
Kent West wrote: Charles Muller wrote: A recent post to the list recommended Midnight Commander What's the address of "their site"? I'm curious to see what you saw. http://www.ibiblio.org/mc/ mc (Midnight Commander) is a text-based file manager; as such, it certainly would not replace a gui d

Re: Midnight Commander: A full desktop, or application

2004-01-08 Thread Kent West
Charles Muller wrote: A recent post to the list recommended Midnight Commander on the desktop. I went to their site to read the explanation and look at some screen shots. From what I could see, it is not clear whether MC completely *replaces* Gnome as one's desktop, or if it more like a sophistica