little@odin.ucsd.edu (Glenn Little) (12/02/89)
I was recently playing with sun's "filemgr" program. It's a sort of Mac-like (I think it's Openlook?) multi-window interface to the file system. You get a graphic tree showing the directories, and you can change directories, bring up editors on files and so on by clicking on the right place. It seems like it could be useful (it's certainly a much more intuitive view of "where you are") except that as far as I can tell, it only runs on a workstation console, and shows you that filesystem. I really only use my workstation as something to manage a bunch of windows to other systems where I do my real work. So I thought maybe there would be an X version of this program that I could run on the systems where I do my real work. Does anyone know of such a thing? This is one of the best uses of mice that I've seen. It's something where a graphic interface really is better than typing. I get tired of typing "cd <longpathnamewithlotsoftypos>" all the time. Thanks. Glenn Little little%cs@ucsd.edu
richard@torch.co.uk (Richard Nuttall) (12/19/89)
little@odin.ucsd.edu (Glenn Little) writes: > I was recently playing with sun's "filemgr" program. It's a sort > of Mac-like (I think it's Openlook?) multi-window interface to the > file system. > .... Does anyone know of such a thing? Someone asked a similar question not long ago. There are several such file managers on the market, among them Y-OpenTop. Since we shouldn't really advertise directly on the USENET, send me some e-mail if you want further information. Regards, Richard. -- Richard Nuttall | stc!datlog!torch!richard Manager, X Technology | richard@torch.co.uk Torch Technology, Great Shelford, | Tel : +44 223 841000 X 308 Cambridge, CB2 5LQ, England | Fax : +44 223 840223