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by malkia 1348 days ago
On the C++ front, I've been using this and love it - https://github.com/ArthurSonzogni/FTXUI - it also has wasm target, so may target the web.

I'm regular Far Commander on Windows, and Midnight Commander, also known as mc on Linux/OSX. In fact my "Command-Prompt" on Windows is always FAR (this comes with certain limitations, but I'm so used to it, I can't do my normal work without it). I could never get into the Explorer, and only use it in rare cases.

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Relatedly, this exact C# library was started by and a lot of early contributions were from Miquel de Icaza who also started Midnight Commander.
Looks great, thanks!

As for Orthodox File Managers, I'm in the same camp and I could never understand how people can be productive with bare Explorer window. Most operations of files and directories require more work (keystrokes/mouse movements) than in OFMs. Not to mention things like having a quick look into any text file, for example (F3-Esc) as opposed to double clicking - running an external viewer - closing it. Practically everything in OFMs can be done faster.

The main way I navigate these days is global search through Everything. File operations apart from saving and opening files are extremely rare, and I just do them from PowerShell via command history.
Do you happen to use "F7 History" [1] which is based on `Out-ConsoleGridView`, which, in-turn is built on Terminal.Gui?

If not, why not? (Because I'd love to make it even better).

[1] https://github.com/gui-cs/F7History

I use PowerShell's standard F8, which autocompletes commands from history.
Oh thanks for sharing! I wanted bad something modern like this!!!