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Re: MC (was: Rsync)

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Weaver composed on 2017-11-05 17:55 (UTC-0800):

> David Wright wrote:

>> On Sun 05 Nov 2017 at 12:18:50 (-0800), Weaver wrote:

>>> Brian wrote:

>>> > On Sun 05 Nov 2017 at 19:51:48 +0000, Brian wrote:

>>> >> Midnight Commander and locate are also very useful additions, but that
>>> >> does merit including them in Priority: standard.
>>> >       ^
>>> >       not

>>> Not so sure about locate, but I'd include MC, with internal edit, some
>>> time before I'd include, say, Nano.

>> IMO you have to have an editor suitable for root to configure the
>> system. Vi is fine for those who know it, but it has to be learnt.
>> Almost anyone who can read can use nano with no knowledge whatsoever.

>> As for MC, it's in the population of programs that I would never run
>> as root, along with X, Emacs, …Office, browsers, media players (does
>> that cover it?). Root does not need Swiss Army knives slashing about.

> Well, I don't know if I'd describe MC as `a Swiss Army Knife'. Thunar
> and nautilus, maybe.
> I also find aptitude handy at that level (before I've installed a DE,
> because I can see what I have installed and get every package
> description, installed or uninstalled, right there in the NCurses
> interface. Wordgrinder's another I'd fit in that category, for those who
> don't want a GUI and LibreOffice Writer.

> I certainly wouldn't fit MC into the category of a multi-Megabyte
> browser or media programme requiring a heavy GUI interface.
> With all due respect, that's a bit over the top. 

Not having MC is a handicap I won't long tolerate. In any unfamiliar
environment, it's the first thing I look for. On a fresh Debian minimal
installation I make, apt install mc is usually the first or second entry to go
into root's .bash_history.
-- 
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Rsync Fred Ringwald <fred@ringwald.org> - 2017-11-05 18:40 +0100
  Re: Rsync Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2017-11-05 19:10 +0100
    Re: Rsync deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-11-05 20:00 +0100
      Re: Rsync Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2017-11-05 20:30 +0100
        Re: Rsync Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-11-05 21:00 +0100
          Re: Rsync Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-11-05 21:20 +0100
            Re: Rsync Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> - 2017-11-05 21:20 +0100
              Re: Rsync Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-11-05 21:50 +0100
                Re: Rsync Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2017-11-05 22:10 +0100
                Re: Rsync Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-11-05 22:20 +0100
                Re: Rsync deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-11-05 23:00 +0100
                Re: Rsync Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-11-06 00:30 +0100
                Re: Rsync Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-11-06 15:40 +0100
              Re: Rsync David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-11-06 02:20 +0100
                Re: Rsync The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2017-11-06 02:30 +0100
                Re: Rsync Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2017-11-06 02:40 +0100
                Re: Rsync Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> - 2017-11-06 03:00 +0100
                Re: MC (was: Rsync) Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-11-06 03:30 +0100
                Re: MC (was: Rsync) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-11-06 20:30 +0100
                Re: Rsync Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-11-06 10:10 +0100
                Re: Rsync David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-11-06 20:40 +0100
          Re: Rsync Joel Roth <joelz@pobox.com> - 2017-11-06 07:30 +0100
      Re: Rsync Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2017-11-06 04:00 +0100
  Re: Rsync Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2017-11-05 19:10 +0100

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