Bug#271988: ITP: ded -- curses-based file browser with the possibility of editing directories
On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 07:06:06PM +0200, Nico Golde wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
>
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> * Package name : ded
> Version : 20040318
> Upstream Author : Thomas E. Dickey
> * URL : http://dickey.his.com/ded/ded.htm
> * License : not shure yet
This should have been your first priority.
> Description : curses-based file browser with the possibility of editing directories
This short description is bad, it should describe what the program does
without including a technical description of how it does it, so dont
include that its ncurses based there. I also dont think its necessary to
include the latter part about editing directories. Can i suggest that
you change the description to "powerful command line file manager", that
implies the use point and also implies that it can be used for
manipulation not just reading
> ded allows you to navigate through multiple file lists or a directory
> tree, viewing or changing file attributes rapidly. In addition to
> conventional file information, it operates on the file's RCS or SCCS
> archives, making it useful for source-control as well as system
> administration. Curses-based, it runs on UNIX systems.
"ded allows you to navigate through multiple file lists or a directory
tree" contains redundant information, furthermore technically the RCS or
SCCS archives that you refer to are not archive but file metadata. You
also dont need to include the last part, as if it runs on Debian, its
obviously running on Unix style system.
As an alternative can my propose:
"ded allows the browsing and changing of attributes on file in a
directory tree to take place easily. Furthermore ded has good support
for manipulating RCS and SCCS metadata making it useful for users of
these systems as well as for system administration."
Cheers,
Rob
--
Rob Bradford - http://robster.org.uk
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