[aheilbut]

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...

[old-gregg]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Commander

[utku_karatas2]

Also 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]

Because 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]

Perhaps, 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]

Unrelated 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.

[gnosis]

Or, you could just use "tree":

http://mama.indstate.edu/users/ice/tree/

[swaits]

Nice little hack!

[davidandgoliath]

Gorgeous!

[narkee]

Because that would require a mouse, and that would require an X server, etc...

[cosgroveb]

Works fine in vim with NERDTree without a mouse.

[barrkel]

GPM?

[pbhjpbhj]

I 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]

There is dolphin, and a few others. http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/3990/is-there-a-good...