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Post by metro on Feb 22, 2023 23:01:49 GMT -5
This harks back to my DOS days (mid 80's) I used Norton Commander to navigate my files including network drives & files. Also Using PcAnywhere and NC on the remote computer could assist family from anywhere.
The linux version is Midnight Commander, I currently use it on my Raspberry Pi's. I have not yet setup the ability to access Samba Shares though.
There are so many Menu options to cover most things you would want to do from a terminal. including changing attributes or moving files (so easy with split screen)
This maybe useful for noobs (including myself)
metro
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Post by donnybowers on Mar 17, 2023 21:41:49 GMT -5
Midnight Commander rocks!!!
I can't wait to purchase a full blown licensed copy of LB5. There are so many things you can shell to in Bash using the RUN command. Even if the first version of LB5 for Linux doesn't have all the features that the Windows version has, I think the Linux version will still be more powerful because of all the things you can do by shelling to the Bash command line.
For example, you don't need a DLL to access things like FTP, various file conversions, and probably a whole host of things that I haven't even thought of yet. The Linux command line is extremely powerful and it can all be shelled to. So far I've only done this with Liberty BASIC 4.04, 4.5.1 and Just BASIC. But once I get my hands on a native Linux version even just equivalent to Just BASIC I feel like, for me anyway; It will be so much easier, and the possibilities will be endless. There are things you can do with Just BASIC for Windows and the Linux command line easier than you can with LB 4.5.1.
I'm not a newbie to Linux, but I'm definitely not a master either (far from it). But I was a huge DOS guy back in the day, and when I first started using Liberty BASIC products I was able to do a lot by shelling (with the LB RUN command) to DOS commands. But the Linux command line is so much more powerful. And just like DOS commands in the Windows XP days, the command line of Linux is highly accessible, and very useful to the LB programmer, even now when we have to use Wine (Wine Is Not an Emulator).
When I don't have to go through Wine any more or use Microsoft protocols to accomplish my goals, it will be absolute heaven!
Once LB5 is ALIVE I think we'll need another forum just for the Linux and RPI versions and another one for Mac users. We may eventually even need individual forums for various flavors of Linux and RPI operating systems. But that shouldn't be a problem at all. We can make it a network of LB forums. We'll probably need a separate thread just for LB Bash command line tricks.
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