[ale] is there a ncurses file manager that supports 'toggling'?

Michael B. Trausch mbt at zest.trausch.us
Mon Sep 14 12:02:28 EDT 2009


On Mon, 2009-09-14 at 10:57 -0500, Preston Boyington wrote:
> I remember many years ago that I had a DOS program that allowed me to
> highlight a file/directory and then select it with my spacebar.  Once
> all my selections had been made I could move/copy/delete the selected
> files.  It was quick and convenient.
> 
> The (Debian) server I'm using has no GUI and I've been using Midnight
> Commander, but being able to toggle multiple files would be a big help
> with the sorting.
> 
> Anyone know if this is a feature in a ncurses program? 

Use the INSERT key to toggle files in MC; that feature comes IIRC from
Norton Commander.

	--- Mike

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