On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:47:16 + Sean Hodges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Phillip Susi wrote:
>> Felix Miata wrote:
>> > How nice for you that you've never had broken X, and never will
>> have, and
>> > never will need to help someone else with broken X.
>> >
>> >> So no, I don't think MC _needs
Phillip Susi wrote:
> Felix Miata wrote:
> > How nice for you that you've never had broken X, and never will
> have, and
> > never will need to help someone else with broken X.
> >
> >> So no, I don't think MC _needs_ to be anywhere.
> >
> > Right. You'll never need it, so no one else should have
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 05:17:11PM +0100, Martin Pitt wrote:
> Felix Miata [2008-10-29 10:29 -0400]:
> > How nice for you that you've never had broken X
>
> But that's not what you asked about? Even if your installed system is
> totally broken, the live system will always boot, and seriously, the
On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 01:26 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2008/10/30 12:41 (GMT+1000) Chris Jones composed:
>
> > And as mentioned already, anyone who uses mc will probably not be using
> > it off a live cd anyway.
>
> Any time I boot a Knoppix CD it's a virtual certainty that the first thing I
On 2008/10/30 12:41 (GMT+1000) Chris Jones composed:
> And as mentioned already, anyone who uses mc will probably not be using
> it off a live cd anyway.
Any time I boot a Knoppix CD it's a virtual certainty that the first thing I
do once it finishes booting is start MC. I boot Knoppix to fix thi
On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 03:11 +, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 05:01:33PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
> > On 2008/10/29 16:28 (GMT-0400) Phillip Susi composed:
> >
> > > How exactly is mc vital to fixing a broken X?
> >
> > It's vital to fixing broken __, __, __, __
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 05:01:33PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2008/10/29 16:28 (GMT-0400) Phillip Susi composed:
>
> > How exactly is mc vital to fixing a broken X?
>
> It's vital to fixing broken __, __, __, ___, etc., etc. in
> generic fashion
(Citation needed)
--
Matthew
Regarding Midnight Commander (mc):
I'm a very heavy user of mc and use it for pretty much anything file
related on a day-to-day basis. And once you get used to it and know how
to harness its power, you'll never use Nautilus (or any other graphical
file manager) again.
And I'm not speaking for a mi
On 2008/10/29 16:28 (GMT-0400) Phillip Susi composed:
> How exactly is mc vital to fixing a broken X?
It's vital to fixing broken __, __, __, ___, etc., etc. in
generic fashion, and extremely helpful in talking an unfamiliar user through
same. Only one tool is required to find, do
Felix Miata wrote:
> How nice for you that you've never had broken X, and never will have, and
> never will need to help someone else with broken X.
>
>> So no, I don't think MC _needs_ to be anywhere.
>
> Right. You'll never need it, so no one else should have it either. Ever heard
> of the tyra
Hi,
I am sorry to but in like this but this seems like a non-issue really or
have i missed the point entirely?
@Felix:
You want mc on the CD since you have neither X nor a working network? I
mean 'sudo apt-get install mc' is not really hard to type right?
There are several potential problems w
Felix Miata [2008-10-29 10:29 -0400]:
> How nice for you that you've never had broken X
But that's not what you asked about? Even if your installed system is
totally broken, the live system will always boot, and seriously, the
chances that X doesn't work in the live system, not even with a boring
Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) [2008-10-29 17:18 +0200]:
> I'm not quite sure
> how mc would make it easier for users to fix an X server. That's what
> things like the failsafe X session are for
... or the "Fix my X" option in friendly-recovery in the rescue mode.
Martin
--
Martin Pitt
On 2008/10/29 10:37 (GMT-0400) Mackenzie Morgan composed:
> On Wed, 2008-10-29 at 10:29 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
>> How nice for you that you've never had broken X, and never will have, and
>> never will need to help someone else with broken X.
> When X breaks, use bash. Simple enough.
Wrong.
On 2008/10/29 17:18 (GMT+0200) Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) composed:
> Felix Miata wrote:
>>> I haven't used MC since late 1990's and I can't really say I miss it! I
>>> perform lots of file-managing tasks every day and I'm quite happy with
>>> Nautilus.
>> How nice for you that you've never h
Hi Felix
Felix Miata wrote:
>> I haven't used MC since late 1990's and I can't really say I miss it! I
>> perform lots of file-managing tasks every day and I'm quite happy with
>> Nautilus.
>
> How nice for you that you've never had broken X, and never will have, and
> never will need to help som
On Wed, 2008-10-29 at 10:29 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2008/10/29 14:48 (GMT+0100) Thomas Novin composed:
>
> > I haven't used MC since late 1990's and I can't really say I miss it! I
> > perform lots of file-managing tasks every day and I'm quite happy with
> > Nautilus.
>
> How nice for you
On 2008/10/29 14:48 (GMT+0100) Thomas Novin composed:
> I haven't used MC since late 1990's and I can't really say I miss it! I
> perform lots of file-managing tasks every day and I'm quite happy with
> Nautilus.
How nice for you that you've never had broken X, and never will have, and
never will
D]>
To: ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: Midnight Commander in 8.10
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:41:45 -0400
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On 2008/10/29 14:23 (GMT+0100) Markus Hitter composed:
> Am 29.10
On 2008/10/29 14:23 (GMT+0100) Markus Hitter composed:
> Am 29.10.2008 um 14:10 schrieb Felix Miata:
>> This isn't the first time here mc has been deemed dispensible.
> This doesn't surprise me, as mc is a (intentionally old-fashioned)
> file manager an Nautilus covers this functionality alread
Am 29.10.2008 um 14:10 schrieb Felix Miata:
> This isn't the first time here mc has been deemed dispensible.
This doesn't surprise me, as mc is a (intentionally old-fashioned)
file manager an Nautilus covers this functionality already. One
possible way of dealing with the situation is to add
On 2008/10/29 08:51 (GMT-0400) Scott Kitterman composed:
> On Wednesday 29 October 2008 08:36, Felix Miata wrote:
>> ...users who install only to find broken X and/or networking
...
>> Leaving mc off the CD is like equipping a new car
>> with the usual spare tire, but no jack...
> ... and doesn'
On Wednesday 29 October 2008 08:36, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2008/10/29 11:56 (GMT+0200) Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) composed:
> > Also, as useful as mc is, it's only useful to a small amount of users,
> > and will waste precious space on the Ubuntu release discs. mc is
> > incredibly easy to inst
On 2008/10/29 11:56 (GMT+0200) Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) composed:
> Also, as useful as mc is, it's only useful to a small amount of users,
> and will waste precious space on the Ubuntu release discs. mc is
> incredibly easy to install and it's not a big download, so I doubt it
> will be an is
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-10-29 5:12 +0800]:
> Good day
> Please add mc to the '8.10'. It's very useful
It's right there, package "mc", as it has always been in all Ubuntu
releases.
Martin
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Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com) | Debian De
On 2008-10-29 05:12:36 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Good day
> Please add mc to the '8.10'. It's very useful
It's included in the 'universe' component.
$ apt-cache show mc
Package: mc
Section: universe/utils
Version: 2:4.6.2~git20080311-2
Description: midnight commander - a powerful file man
Hi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Please add mc to the '8.10'. It's very useful
It's too late to change anything in 8.10, it's frozen solid :)
Also, as useful as mc is, it's only useful to a small amount of users,
and will waste precious space on the Ubuntu release discs. mc is
incredibly easy to in
Good day
Please add mc to the '8.10'. It's very useful
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