On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 03:37, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > Question : how do you use xterms to move files from a to b? Typing in > directory names is a real pain. (even with tab completion) Not to taint the xterm nostalgia but you can drag and drop to gnome-terminal. (Don't get me wrong, I spend 16 hours a day in a terminal. I type so much I bought a chording keyboard to help alleviate the strain.) > then again, cut&paste in nautils isn't great either Cut and paste is a terrible kludge in any file manager. The problem is that drag and drop doesn't work with a single-windowed web-browser-oriented file manager (aka "Windows Explorer wannabes"). So you need some sort of kludge like cut/paste or complex split-frame browser windows. However, drag and drop works spectacularly in a spatially oriented file manager like Nautilus 2.6 (or even in Nautilus 2.4 if you change a dozen preferences). (What was my point? Err, if I had one I guess it would be which task is more difficult for the human mind: 1) Recognize a single person among 5 crowds of a thousand people. 2) Find that person in the middle of room 657 of a building with 500 hallways with 10,000 identical doors.) -- David Norris http://www.webaugur.com/dave/ ICQ - 412039
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