Re: tlug: File Browsers

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> >>>>> "Craig" == Craig Toshio Oda <craigoda@example.com> writes:
> 
>     Craig> I've recently started to use Midnight Commander, mc, in
>     Craig> text mode
> [ ... ]
>     Craig> I was wondering if there is a better file manager that
>     Craig> works inside of Emacs than dired.
> 
> I don't know.  However, you might try the XEmacs version (which has
> slight divergences from the FSF's Emacs's dired), and there's also a
> new package called eudc for XEmacs.  I imagine it works for Emacs, but 
> setup might require a little fooling around since the FSF doesn't
> support packages (yet?).
> 

Linux explorer is 'getting there' as far as file browsing goes.  It has a
nice UI when it works, and it could be really neat in a few months.
Unfortunately it's a qt app, which sort of precludes it being able to
handle Japanese.

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