On 12/11/2014 03:19 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2014-12-11 20:40, John Andersen wrote:
On 12/11/2014 02:47 AM, jdd wrote:
Although I see no difference with that tunneled passwords set on or off, (except in MC) I have no intention of leaving it on. I don't use MC, and find it a tad obtuse, it seems to date from an era of obtuse tools like vi and emacs.
Well, mc (Midnight Commander) emulates a very successful MsDOS, payware, application: Norton Commander. It is not related at all to vi or emacs, the interface was designed to be easy to use by plain users (of yesteryear), while both vi and emacs seem to be designed for programmers and are complicated to learn to use.
These commander tools were good because you did not have to remember and type commands, specially NC, at a time there were no GUIs and ram was scarce.
The reason to use 'mc' today is that it is very fast, and uses little display space, running in an xterm (I have dozens of them opened at a time). It has a ton of features that lack in a single GUI app. The only thing it doesn't have is graphics.
It is quite useful during installs, rescue ops, and remote ops.
Of course, not every body likes it :-)
I used Midnite Commander 30 years ago on CPM, but I've totally forgotten how to use it, and I don't think it's as user friendly as you indicate--I looked at it recently and it snowed me. --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org