mc efficiency

[Keith Roberts]

On Wed, 21 Jan 2009, zhang zhengquan wrote:

> To: mc at gnome.org
> From: zhang zhengquan <zhang.zhengquan at gmail.com>
> Subject: mc efficiency
> 
> Dear mc users:
> I have been using icewm with file manager rox-filer for years and now
> I find rox-filer not a very efficient.
>
> Efficiencywise, could you please compare a competent mc user and a GUI
> file manager user?
>
> I am considering to a console based commander in hope of increasing my
> efficienty in managing my files.
>
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Zhang

The nice thing about mc is that it has a consistent look, 
whether you use it in CLI text mode without a desktop 
running, or use it in a shell running  X and a desktop :)

Running under Fedora, I do need to change the default 
font, to get the proper colors for files and directories. 
Otherwise directories look the same as normal files, and 
highlighted items look a rusty red color.

I do this with:

[root]# setfont lat1-16

And then to make the change permanent fire up mc and edit 
/etc/sysconfig/i18n file to the following value:

SYSFONT="lat1-16"

Kind Regards,

Keith Roberts

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