Control file cloning option directly from the Copy/Move dialog - #5140
Control file cloning option directly from the Copy/Move dialog#5140tuffnatty wants to merge 1 commit into
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Signed-off-by: Phil Krylov <phil@krylov.eu>
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I think it's unnecessary. I think most users don't care about internals of copy process. |
I believe the opposite (although I don't have any statistically significant data to prove it as well). That is, I believe that mc, as well as other "orthodox 2-panel file managers" (OFM), has lost its value for most non-power users when GUIs has taken their place, and since that moment mc is mostly a power user's tool. And a power user's tool should (IMHO) have its settings well exposed. Another thing is that I (and probably many others) don't consider zero-copy cloning the same operation as plain copy. AND I would like to be able to do both, without having to look up the setting in menus. For the reference, far2l, the only other console OFM providing this functionality, has this setting in the Copy dialog. |
Proposed changes
Add a checkbox to control the file cloning option to the Copy/Move dialog.
I believe it improves both discoverability and predictability of the option.
The documentation already mentions the option in the Copy/Move dialog section.
Checklist
git commit --amend -smake indent && make check)