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Request Midnight Commander File Manager
AbNoRMiS:
and what to do? :D
SamK:
--- Quote from: AbNoRMiS on June 15, 2012, 03:23:38 AM ---
--- Quote from: SamK on June 14, 2012, 07:05:57 AM ---For me, the primary benefit of the scm format is it's resistance to breakage due to changes in dependencies. The pace of development within TC is very rapid. There are a limited number of preventative measures a user might take to protect against breakages introduced at the OS level. The adoption of the scm format will increase the reliability at the application level. For me this benefit alone outweighs the larger size of an scm v equivalent tcz.
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i want to note that there is one more advantage scm over tcz
despite for occupied larger but scm use less system power when loaded than tcz
this is especially noticeable on slower computers
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I made my comment as a direct response to what I understood to be your question asking why I had requested the archivers as independent SCMs rather than including them within mc.scm. I agree there are multiple attractions to the format but discussion of them may be better suited to a different topic.
--- Quote from: AbNoRMiS on June 15, 2012, 03:23:38 AM ---
--- Quote from: SamK on June 14, 2012, 07:05:57 AM ---I am curious about the request to include grep. I have not made any specific tests but as it is included as a default part of the OS is it not usable by mc, or does the OS default program not supply a feature you (or mc) requires?
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unfortunately having busybox grep but mc somehow does not want to use them and gives an error
i don't know why this occurs, may need to change mc config files settings...
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Within mc.scm the busybox grep seems to work in the following test:
In the directory /home/tc
--- Code: --- ls -1a | grep ash
.ash_history
.ashrc
.bashrc
--- End code ---
Note you may need key-combination CTL+o to view the result
AbNoRMiS:
i do not say that busybox grep does not work on the command line
i only claim that the mc does not want to use him in their operations
ie mc for some reason requires gnu grep
--- Quote from: SamK on June 15, 2012, 05:10:59 AM ---
--- Quote from: AbNoRMiS on June 15, 2012, 03:23:38 AM ---
--- Quote from: SamK on June 14, 2012, 07:05:57 AM ---For me, the primary benefit of the scm format is it's resistance to breakage due to changes in dependencies. The pace of development within TC is very rapid. There are a limited number of preventative measures a user might take to protect against breakages introduced at the OS level. The adoption of the scm format will increase the reliability at the application level. For me this benefit alone outweighs the larger size of an scm v equivalent tcz.
--- End quote ---
i want to note that there is one more advantage scm over tcz
despite for occupied larger but scm use less system power when loaded than tcz
this is especially noticeable on slower computers
--- End quote ---
I made my comment as a direct response to what I understood to be your question asking why I had requested the archivers as independent SCMs rather than including them within mc.scm. I agree there are multiple attractions to the format but discussion of them may be better suited to a different topic.
--- End quote ---
yes, i agree that it is slightly went beyond the current subject
but nevertheless this is helpful information, thanks :)
Rich:
Hi AbNoRMiS
That message only suggests that grep can't be found, not that busybox grep won't work.
AbNoRMiS:
this is true but i have not tested whether mc can use busybox grep
for determination of this needs to change configuration files for mc
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