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by nottorp 69 days ago
> : opens a command prompt for power-user actions

Vibe coded or not, that's what puts me off from most nc/dn/mc reimplementations.

If you can't reach the command line by just typing the command, what's the point?

At least on this one you don't have to mouse click somewhere...
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jbverschoor 68 days ago
Norton Commander always had a permanent command prompt at the bottom. The active pane mandates the CWD. It was not just for browsing and copying some dir structure. Viewing, editing, unzipping, shell.
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ZoomZoomZoom 68 days ago
Isn't this the point if TUI/GUI that you don't have to? Common things should be shortcutted, some accessible from menus for discoverability.

Command entering is just one if the "modes", and not necessarily the default one.

If shortcuts are limited to special keys and combos, this frees plane input for commands, but I personally prefer list filtering by default.

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nottorp 68 days ago
> Isn't this the point if TUI/GUI that you don't have to?

No TUI/GUI can do everything a unix command prompt can do, can they?

I don't know what your usage pattern is, but I keep mc open in a few terminals all the time, and just run commands in mc's shell when I need them. I suppose that if you only run the file manager when you need to manage files, your point of view makes sense.

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ZoomZoomZoom 68 days ago
Yeah, I don't generally live in MC to the same extent I do in DC when I'm on Windows.

I rarely do anything besides the basics (F5/F6) when managing files in MC, and for advanced stuff, like using rsync/rclone for moving files, I mostly use the usermenu.

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nottorp 68 days ago
I am aware of the usermenu's existence, but it feels faster to just type. Most of my use cases are just one file though.
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duguyue100 68 days ago
I actually thought about this when I was doing iterations. So I do almost all my work in tmux, so I have no shortage of terminal windows. Therefore, to me, it makes more sense that the command palette here should be used to trigger some additional commands beyond keybindings.

I also hate to use function keys and having a menu bar in the TUI app. Therefore, I chose this design.

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