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Midnight Commander Development Revived
richlv writes "Popular Unix console file manager Midnight Commander has experienced a stall for the last few years. Most distributions (including the conservative Slackware) shipped patched packages or snapshots. Despite that, everybody had a favorite bug or two — either inability to specify ssh connection port, or problems with interrupted FTP sessions. Or maybe copying of larger datasets. Or maybe the infamous 'shell is still active' message, which often brought unexpected changes of current directory with it. Whatever it was, we either cursed it every time, or learned to live with it. It seems that finally something many were waiting for has happened — there's some activity on mc development. Check out the new homepage, and let's hope revival is both healthy and lengthy."
Yes, and let's welcome them back by taking down their webserver.
Nice job.
Yes, and let's welcome them back by taking down their webserver.
Nice job.
Seriously, three comments and the server's already 500ing?!? I had to get Winnertz Patrick's phone number from the whois information and call him to ask about the new MC.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Amish 2.0, now with computers but with the ui equivilient of a buggy.
Seriously, three comments and the server's already 500ing?!? I had to get Winnertz Patrick's phone number from the whois information and call him to ask about the new MC.
So not only is their server going to be down, but now their Web admin's phone is going to be ringing off the hook!
Way to go, dude.
My blog
I didn't get a 500, so here's a mirror: ;-) )
(not quite what I expected, to be honest
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/trac/web/api.py", line 339, in send_error
'text/html')
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/trac/web/chrome.py", line 715, in render_template
return stream.render(method, doctype=doctype)
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/genshi/core.py", line 179, in render
return encode(generator, method=method, encoding=encoding, out=out)
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/genshi/output.py", line 60, in encode
return _encode(u''.join(list(iterator)))
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/genshi/output.py", line 311, in __call__
for kind, data, pos in stream:
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/genshi/output.py", line 753, in __call__
for kind, data, pos in stream:
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/genshi/output.py", line 592, in __call__
for kind, data, pos in stream:
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/genshi/output.py", line 707, in __call__
text = mjoin(textbuf, escape_quotes=False)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xfc in position 1640: ordinal not in range(128)
As opposed to a swarm of smelly teenagers lolwtfing at the latest trendy way to spell 'pwnage'?
...To mistype "mv".
Seriously, I can't say much about the merits of Midnight Commander as an actual program, but for years I've not-so-silently cursed it for its choice of executable names.
So Lame and Predictable walk into this bar...
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Priceless. Dead as a doornail. *sigh* Still, it's nice to see MC being developed again. (Or not see in the case of what we've done to the server. See? This is why we can't have nice things!)
MC is always my go to file manager in Linux. I've tried other graphical clients, and none cut it for ease of use and simplicity.
All hail Midnight Commander's victorious return!
You must be a KDE-user. I use gnome, and nautilus isn't exactly useful for real work.
Server is down...anyone have screenshots?
... Lame fell over and Predictable smiled.
True, open sores "programmers" often tend to go for their own gender, not necessarily because they are homosexual, but because after half a lifetime of rejections from the female gender, they turn to their own. Sad really. It gives those who are homosexual by birth also a bad repution.
How about a "Top 5 greatest Linux file managers that you should use" with full res HD 1080p screenshot per page with a stupid concl-... er...
*Ducks and runs*
Here be signatures
Priceless. Dead as a doornail.
He's just pinin' for the fjords!
Sorry for this.
There are currently over 2000 different IPs online on the webserver _per minute_.
Welcome to 1997.
(oh, wait, this is the Midnight Commander team that we are talking to)
Er, dude, this Slashdot thingi has been doing this to webservers for over a decade now! Good morning, and welcome to 2009!
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
I think I've heard this one. Not a fan.
Why is it that GNOME supporters start projects that duplicate existing projects. Would it not have made more sense for GIT developers to work on the mc project? I'm all for choice, but I get a big Not Invented Here vibe from many GNOME-related developers.
You're upset that some people have interests different from yours?
You, sir, are a dodo.