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It's Vim vs Ed. The shell is all powerful but sometimes it's easier to yyhpl (select the file for copying, then paste a symbolic link in the parent directory) t
by skydhash 3y ago
It's Vim vs Ed. The shell is all powerful but sometimes it's easier to yyhpl (select the file for copying, then paste a symbolic link in the parent directory) than typing the commands to do so even with shell completion. Sometimes having visual feedback is good. But a GUI FM doesn't bring that much. I spend as much time with Ranger as Finder on macOS.
- accrual 3y agoAre there any good lightweight file managers if one did want to use a GUI? Using the shell is second nature to me but sometimes it's nice to browse with a mouse.
- _mlbt 3y agoMidnight Commander is a good TUI file manager. https://midnight-commander.org/ https://midnight-commander.org/
- squarefoot 3y agoTake a look at double commander: https://doublecmd.sourceforge.io/ https://doublecmd.sourceforge.io/ However, if you use a desktop manager such as Xfce, the file manager (Thunar in this case) is built in and can be configured with traditional double window arrangement.
- sach1 3y agoPCManFM is another good one if you're looking for a lightweight GUI file browser.
- Koshkin 3y ago> It's Vim vs Ed. No, not really.