[Lvlug] Interesting Idea for File Manager

Ruth A. Kramer rhkramer at fast.net
Fri Apr 23 18:30:52 EDT 2004


=?X-UNKNOWN?Q?Chris_Hever_a=2Ek=2Ea=2E_Ramatan_H=E9lem_han_Dh?=
=?X-UNKNOWN?Q?=E1m_Wor?= wrote:
> wouldn't it be cool if there was
> a file manager that dealt with the filing system in such a way that
> logical organization beyond directories could occur? A number of files
> would be introduced into a 'pane' (or whatever) via the output of a
> command. For the traditional paradigm, this would just be ls. But I
> could also work with a number of related files, possibly in different
> directories, by using a command like: find . -exec grep -q
> "www.athabasca" '{}' \; -print
> 
> Might the idea be worth it??

Yes, but why don't you see if you can incorporate it in an existing
project (like Midnight Commander) -- I think such an improvement to mc
will be worth more than a new but less featureful / less polished / less
tested new project.

Randy Kramer


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