Re:Dotfile madness
by int_19h on Sunday February 03, 2019 @02:15AM
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Well, the hidden-bit on Windows is really semantically equivalent to dot-prefix on Unix, and people set up their file managers to show such files for similar reasons (I don't even use Explorer, mostly). In Win10, it's even exposed as a setting in Settings | For Developers
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Re:Dotfile madness
by SomeHacker44 on Sunday February 03, 2019 @10:38AM
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What do you use in lieu of Explorer, out of curiosity?
15 year Mac user (re)exploring Windows due to bad hardware...
For actual file management, and generally working in the terminal, I'm firmly in the "two blue panes" club, so it's Far Manager on Windows (and Midnight Commander on Linux). Far is probably the most advanced text-mode file manager in general right now.
Compared to 15 years ago I think Explorer is much better now, it could be even called usable.
Nevertheless there are alternatives. One liked by many are Norton Commander alike file managers like Total Commander or even Far. I am not too much in favor of them though.
I like to use Directory Opus. It is powerful and flexible. Costs money though.
Re:Dotfile madness
by anothermindbomb on Sunday February 03, 2019 @06:24PM
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Directory Opus.