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I've also wondered to myself why there isn't a terminal program with a directory tree by the side so you could just click on the directory that you want to be i
by aheilbut 16y ago
I've also wondered to myself why there isn't a terminal program with a directory tree by the side so you could just click on the directory that you want to be in, instead of ls -cd-tab-blah-^H-tab-^M. It would also a have a list of favorite and most-recently-used directories.
A weekend project, perhaps...
- narkee 16y agoBecause that would require a mouse, and that would require an X server, etc...
- old-gregg 16y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Commander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Commander
- utku_karatas2 16y agoAlso don't forget to turn on the "lynx like navigation" option. This lets you navigate all the way through arrow keys (no need to use Enter).
- xd 16y agoBecause clicking a mouse takes you away from the keyboard .. a context switch if you like, which added up over time slow you down when you have work to do.
- aheilbut 16y agoPerhaps, but it'd be less of a context switch than remembering what directory I'm in and where it was that I wanted to go. It may be that I'm growing old and dull, but I'm better at clicking on things than remembering them.
- l0nwlf 16y agoUnrelated but a nice alias "tree". alias tree="find . -name .svn -prune -o -name .DS_Store -prune -o -name .git -prune -o -print | sed -e 's;[^/]*/;|___;g;s;___|; |;g'" It shows your directory listing in the form of a tree. Easier to visualize.
- swaits 16y agoNice little hack!
- davidandgoliath 16y agoGorgeous!
- gnosis 16y agoOr, you could just use "tree": http://mama.indstate.edu/users/ice/tree/ http://mama.indstate.edu/users/ice/tree/
- pbhjpbhj 16y agoI use Dolphin sometimes for this reason, so that I can navigate the directory tree/places via mouse but use the console pane as normal. Krusader also has a built in console pane. Not strictly a terminal as the console is running over KDE over X, ..., but works for me.
- jfr 16y agoThere is dolphin, and a few others. http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/3990/is-there-a-good-combination-of-command-line-and-graphical-file-browser http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/3990/is-there-a-good...