command line file managers (simple)

[Tony Baechler]

I can send you my Ranger preferences if that helps.  It's definitely
packaged in Debian and Ubuntu.  Once it's set to single column, it works
great.  You can use the keypad 8 to read the file currently highlighted.
Singole column mode was specifically designed for the blind if I read the
docs correctly.  I would be very interested in knowing what problems you're
having and why you don't like it.  I don't like using Lynx the cat because
it's really not designed for that purpose.  A web browser should be for
browsing the web, not managing files.  The more serious issue is it tries to
download files which should not be downloaded.  Specifically, if I have a
file called batsupport.com, it assumes it's a binary file even though it's
actually plain text, but I have no way to view it or pipe it to less.
Trying to open it prompts me to download it.  Since it's already on the
local system, I don't want to download it, I want to open it.  That's just
my opinion and if Lynx the cat works for you, that's great too.  The nice
thing about Linux is there are lots of choices.

On 6/27/2015 7:41 PM, Tom Fowle wrote:
> Tony, Jude and all;
> Lynx startfile is set and it does as advertised, helps a bit.
> 
> Will try ranger again, had tried it from source and didn't work, havn't got
> used to always checking progs to assure they are or aren't packaged for
> Debian, will try ranger again.
> 
> Yes did search as suggested. most of them are "VI" like and double pane.
> 
> Keeping on keeping on,
> thanks all
> Tom
> 
> On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 08:17:21AM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote:
>> Tom will need to set his startpage variable in lynx.cfg for that to
>> work correctly.
>>
>> On Fri, 26 Jun 2015, Hart Larry wrote:
>>
>>> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2015 01:14:32
>>> From: Hart Larry <chime at hubert-humphrey.com>
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>>> Subject: Re: command line file managers (simple)
>>>
>>> Well, Tom, when I tried "mc" I seem to remember it tracked 1line
>>> off from where I was, also items weren't numbered. So, you can
>>> type
>>> lynx .
>>> you will first see directories, followed by files, which you can
>>> mash enter on, however, if they are media, you would ajust your
>>> mime type options. Hope that works better for you
>>> Hart
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