Re: Sunrise Commander: Version 4 released.

["José A. Romero L." <escherdragon@gmail.com>]

On Jan 7, 01:27, dkco...@panix.com (David Combs) wrote:
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> Before I go google it or go to its web-site or the emacs-wiki,
> could you say just a few words about sunrise commander, maybe?

Sure. It's a Midnight/Norton Commander-style file manager (OFM) built
atop of dired.

> If it relates to a "file manager" on windows, or even on
> Solaris -- I never use it, since dired is so very, very cool.

Dired  is also  a  "file manager",  it  just belongs  to a  different
family.

> Is it something you use instead of, uh, dired?  And (from
> looking at your announcement) with a jillion more-than-dired
> neat features?

Not instead  -- it is  dired. More properly  said, it's a  major mode
derived from dired, with a few added functions to make it work like a
two-pane commander and some (rather simple) integration with terminal
modes. Regular dired functionality remains untouched.

> Or what?
>
> Thanks!

You are welcome.

> David
>
> PS: yes, I will go hunt it down, but a from-the-horse's-moutn
> answer to a question like this would be interesting to see.

There it is -- where's my carrot? ;-)

Cheers,
--
José Alfredo Romero L.
escherdragon at gmail.com
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