Re: Survey results

[Pavel Roskin <proski gnu org>]

Hello!

> Quick View panel with bitmap display -> errrr, right. that for one isn't
> going to happen in MC (especially not on linux console) Although aalib
> could be applied.

What's wrong with Linux console?  I don't think it's impossible with 
framebuffer support.  Perhaps you meant a console of some other operating 
system.

> ZIP, ARJ, LZH, RAR, UC2, TAR, GZ, CAB, ACE archive handling + plugins ->
> Our transparent system could in principle work on all of these. does
> .cab work already?

No.  *.cab files have different formats supported by different utilities
cabextract and i6comp.  It should be possible to write a unified script 
for extfs that would try both, bot nobody wrote it, as far as I know.

> Built-in FTP client with FXP (server to server) and HTTP proxy support
> -> Do we have proxy support?

Advanced Midnight Commander claims to support FXP.  Maybe it's time to 
incorporate that code.

As for HTTP proxy, it's a different protocol, so it's quite a lot of work.  
Don't know if it will be ever supported.  Unless, of course, somebody just 
implements it.

> -> Actually, is MC usable in windows at all?
> And many more!

Given that 4 people use it, it must be useful.

> To:   Nicola Larosa <nico tekNico net>
> cc:   mc gnome org
> Subject:  Re: Survey results
>
> Nicola Larosa <nico tekNico net> a tapot╗╕ :

Please don't use Windows-style quoting.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin