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[gtk-list] Re: File manager and article [was: Re: Gtk app build issues]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Miguel de Icaza)
Fri May 16 18:03:55 1997
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 16:58:20 -0500
From: Miguel de Icaza <miguel@nuclecu.unam.mx>
To: otto@redhat.com
CC: federico@nuclecu.unam.mx, gtk-list@redhat.com
In-reply-to: <19970516161921.35689@redhat.com> (message from Otto Hammersmith
on Fri, 16 May 1997 16:19:21 -0400)
Resent-From: gtk-list@redhat.com
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Federico/Otto said:
> > A graphical MC as I see it would need to have both the usual file
> > lists and an icon view (both with drag and drop, which needs to be
> > implemented in Gtk. Hint, hint --- offix). I'm not exactly sure
> > about how you would go about the double-panel stuff, but I'm sure it
> > can be adapted to a graphical environment.
>
> I think I need to learn how to use MC before I can port it to a GUI
> environ... :)
Good. I can answer your questions regarding that :-)
Anyways, the Midnight Commander has currently 2 usable front ends: the
text mode (slang/ncurses) front end, the not so stable Tk front-end.
The major reason is that I have put more time into other projects, so
I haven't coded much.
Both of those front-ends share the same features: the file management
engine and the virtual file system (and all the other stuff), so
making a new version based on Gtk should be fairly easy (modulo that I
have never written a Icon-listing mode, which would be new code).
Anyways, if you are interested in making a Gtk front-end for mc, I can
answer all of your questions regarding the internals of the program.
Best wishes,
Miguel.
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