vidir can edit a piped in list of files

[purpleidea]

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[abaldwin88]

vidir doesn't allow you to cut/copy/paste files. It does however allow you to edit a list of files inside subdirectories which I think is pretty nifty. I'm planning to implement that here in #11 .

Until #11 is completed I am leaving this issue open. I am renaming the title so that if people are looking for that particular feature they'll know where to find it.

[purpleidea]

As you like. Just wanted to give you the heads up. Maybe it might be more sane to add the "copying" feature to `vidir` instead. The numbered lines is more sane than the `hashes at the end` imo. Cheers

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On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 8:45 AM, Alex Baldwin ***@***.***> wrote: vidir doesn't allow you to cut/copy/paste files. It does however allow you to edit a list of files inside subdirectories which I think is pretty nifty. I'm planning to implement that in here in #11 <#11> . Until #11 <#11> is completed I am leaving this issue open. I am renaming the title so that if people are looking for that particular feature they'll know where to find it. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#17 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAIPs3ruP9a6E7vRAj_iVrkkjqahD6XPks5sdVl3gaJpZM4PHAZX> .

[abaldwin88]

Cheers 🍻

I don't believe "copying" would work cleanly with a line number approach. Wouldn't be able to handle the corner cases.

EDIT: I did find an updated vidir that implemented a copying feature within the same instance. It's well implemented and kudos to the author for how they used temporary files. https://github.com/trapd00r/vidir

Having said that I do like the option in roamer to copy between multiple sessions which simply will not be possible with a line number approach. Looking to the future a hash based approach should allow us to implement features like --undo or organizing a persisted directory file.

From a developer perspective hashing adds complexity but as a user I like having minified access to file path/versions.