PCmanFM (used on Lubuntu) pulls in unwanted dependencies, and SpaceManFM - tested years ago - turned out too buggy (though may have improved since, idk). Therefore, right now i am using "Double Commander" which comes with a 56MB footprint, but does the job. ![]() In any event, a dual-pane/-window file manager is a must-have for me alas, the fact is that xfce just won't provide it. I'll wait for Mint-19.1 and see how it goes. that "footprint" i spoke of - i apologize. You are sooo polite, on-point, respectful and helpful, it is a pleasure to post here Īfaict, both Mint-18.3 & 19 run Thunar in deamon-mode, thus i must concur with your assessment re. Please tolerate my off-topic compliment: you are doing an incredible job moderating this forum! Sometimes it must feel to you a bit, like, "herding cats". Oh, and btw esteemed developers: that 2nd instance of Thunar causes a much greater memory-penalty than opening a 2nd window-pane inside the 1st instance - so there goes the "low-footprint" argument. My workaround (rather than converting my DE to Mate or Cinnamon): i launch a 2nd Thunar window, close the side-pane with Ctrl+b, then snuggle it up to the 1st window side-by-side giving me a dual-pane view of sorts. Alas, Thunar's code-base has moved on (4+ years !) and now stands at v1.8.1, so retrofitting this patch might be problematic. Personally, i have a problem with the developers' attitude rejecting this useful contribution so what if only a few users might use it, or know how to, but useful it still is. It is discussed … hunar.html and the source code appears to be available still … 4fb704b1c0: I just checked that the patch still exists. However, I do remember that back in 2014, an XFCE-devote'e even offered a patch to XFCE's developers to restore the dual-pane feature to Thunar (much like Mate's Caja, and Cinnamon's Nemo have) - no such luck. Having used a number of split-window/dual-pane file managers for a long time (since they came about back in the 90s), it took me a while to adjust to NOT having such a feature once i decided to go with XFCE. Last edited by MountainDewManiac ( 12:32:13) including both a Thunar-dev one, a more general Xfce developer one, et cetera. This webpage shows all (as far as I know) current official Xfce email lists: ![]() In other words, while it is certainly possible, it is akin to placing a note in a bottle, corking it, and throwing it into the nearest large body of water. but this appears to be for older (Ubuntu and its derivitives)distro versions.ĮDIT: I provided the above information because merely posting "taint litely" (lol - people from rural Maine would get it), while answering your stated question, probably would not be all that helpful.Īlso, I noticed that you began your post with "Dear developers." Be aware that this is not the official "hangout" for Xfce developers while one or another might visit our forum on occasion, this appears to be pretty sporadic and should not be depended on if you wish to have any guarantee of successfully communicating with one of them. When I typed "thunar split screen" into a web search engine, this was the very first webpage on the list: ![]() There is also a fork of PCManFM called SpaceFM. I don't suppose it could replace all of the "behind the scenes" things that a desktop environment depends on its file manager to do (although I could be wrong), but you should be able to install it and use it for the "user tasks" stuff without having to remove Thunar. That wasn't what I was looking for, so I did not continue to use it, but I could see where such a thing would have its uses - if one must compare entries, line by line, in two separate directories/folders, for example.Īs far as I know, it's still the default file manager for LXDE I assume this means that it would be fast/responsive on anything approaching a "modern" computer (and at least usable on much older ones). Several years ago, before Thunar's developer added tabs as a feature, I very briefly tried PCMan File Manager (PCManFM).
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