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Re: Replace pcmanfm in 9.10.01 with Thunar

+1 For Thunar as well

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Re: Replace pcmanfm in 9.10.01 with Thunar

Might be a stupid question, but how do you change the defualt file manager?

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Re: Replace pcmanfm in 9.10.01 with Thunar

use thunar here.
network integration would be a big + (if possible).

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Re: Replace pcmanfm in 9.10.01 with Thunar

@thefunnelweaver - Just edit your menu (menu.xml) and shortcuts (rc.xml) to use your new file manager and not PCManFM. Optionally you can also uninstall PCManFM.

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Re: Replace pcmanfm in 9.10.01 with Thunar

thefunnelweaver wrote:

Might be a stupid question, but how do you change the defualt file manager?

...and don't forget to also edit your 'obpipemenu-places'. In Leafpad just use search & replace 'pcmanfm' with 'thunar', as root of course.

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Re: Replace pcmanfm in 9.10.01 with Thunar

Maybe a stupid question, but how do I mount my Windows partition in Thunar? PCman showed the partition and i could mount it in root. Thunar does not show it. Any way to do this conveniently?

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Re: Replace pcmanfm in 9.10.01 with Thunar

+1 for Thunar
My only problem with pcmanfm is, I can't mount my network places at work, and I don't know how can I
do it in an effortless (not with type hundreds of words in terminal) way....

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+1 for Thunar. Good call omns. smile

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To see what all the fuss was about I installed and used Thunar for a day...

roughly 3 seconds into my 24 hour trial I was sold.

I dunno, I'm happy to admit I was wrong with pcmanfm... It is still a great file manager but Thunar is more, refined?

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Re: Replace pcmanfm in 9.10.01 with Thunar

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+1 for Thunar. Good call omns. smile

well thats decided then wink

i do prefer pcmanfm for basic file management, tabs are very useful, but it just misses too many features, i still miss trash sad

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Re: Replace pcmanfm in 9.10.01 with Thunar

is just a 

sudo apt-get install thunar

good enough or do i need to add some extra packages

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Re: Replace pcmanfm in 9.10.01 with Thunar

That should be enough, though if you want any plugins or volume management, they have to be installed separately.

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Re: Replace pcmanfm in 9.10.01 with Thunar

anonymous wrote:

That should be enough, though if you want any plugins or volume management, they have to be installed separately.

which would you recommended?

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Re: Replace pcmanfm in 9.10.01 with Thunar

Nvm, I think installing Thunar also installs the volume management so you may not need to install it separately.

I do install the archive plugin though (thunar-archive-plugin). And if you want file thumbnails, install thunar-thumbnailers.

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I just wish thunar or nautilus would have a split-view option by default that you could turn on and off. IMHO tabs in a file manager have limited use, but split view is really helpfull. I'm still sticking with nautilus, but thunar is a good second choice.(I know there was a patched version of nautilus floating around with split-view, but I don't think it works in karmic yet)

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Re: Replace pcmanfm in 9.10.01 with Thunar

anonymous wrote:

Nvm, I think installing Thunar also installs the volume management so you may not need to install it separately.

I do install the archive plugin though (thunar-archive-plugin). And if you want file thumbnails, install thunar-thumbnailers.

Installed, tried, removed pcmanfm. Although it was painful because pcmanfm was only ~1meg and thunar was 40, thunar just seems to be more intuitive as said before. Drag and drop that actually works makes the change worth it regardless.

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Something not very convenient in pcmanfm (i don't know how it is in other file managers) is the limited sorting capability.
If I choose to arrange the icons by type, then files of a same type will be grouped but not sorted by alphabetical order.  If I choose sort by alphabetical order, than I will get a mess of files of different type. This lack of "order by type then by name" feature is another thing on top of other issues you already know (still i like this file manager).

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Re: Replace pcmanfm in 9.10.01 with Thunar

^ that sorting bug, the lack of a trash bin, and no support for 7z and rar archives are my biggest gripes with it. Otherwise Id love to use the light-weight PCManFM.

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"pcmanfm was only ~1meg and thunar was 40"

that sells it for me.  i dont see the extra capabilities it confers to be worth another 39 meg where 1 would do a passable job.

n thats me come a long way from konqueror (which i still love, but dont want to tarnish my crunchbang installs with all those libs just for the heftyness that is konqueror).

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Re: Replace pcmanfm in 9.10.01 with Thunar

stopie wrote:
anonymous wrote:

That should be enough, though if you want any plugins or volume management, they have to be installed separately.

which would you recommended?

sudo apt-get install thunar thunar-volman thunar-thumbnailers thunar-archive-plugin thunar-media-tags-plugin ffmpegthumbnailer

It's also a good idea to start Thunar in daemon mode, add:

thunar --daemon &

to ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh

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Re: Replace pcmanfm in 9.10.01 with Thunar

^I usually just install thunar (which brings volman as a dependency) and the archive plugin. I can live without the thumbnailers but can see that they'd be handy smile

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Re: Replace pcmanfm in 9.10.01 with Thunar

In this way, you can also remplace "Network-Manager" by "Wicd" ... more efficient ! smile:):)

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Kookaburra wrote:

In this way, you can also remplace "Network-Manager" by "Wicd" ... more efficient ! :):):)

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+1 for THAT! Love the ncurses interface

Edit: On topic: I like pcmanfm better since it's a lot faster...

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