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I am still using total commander which has proven as by far best gui replacement while I have never found any text based even close (any suggestion is welcome b

by stiray 6y ago

I am still using total commander which has proven as by far best gui replacement while I have never found any text based even close (any suggestion is welcome but mc is not it) as far it goes regarding tc tooling and integration of plugins. Or search (and replace) for files etc. I never really understood why something like explorer copies are used on all systems. Anyway if someone wants to try, https://www.ghisler.com/ https://www.ghisler.com/ while here are 3rd party plugins: https://totalcmd.net/ https://totalcmd.net/ There is more than meets the first glance and one huge benefit is that you dont need to use mouse. At all.

therealmarv 6y ago
Yep, it's the best but more a successor of Norton Commander. I even miss Total Commander on macOS sometimes. At least Forklift (macOS) does the job also quite well.
obscura 6y ago
I've also been using it for years. Its feature range and performance is phenomenal.
luckylion 6y ago
Total Commander was one of the tools I really missed when I completely switched to Linux a decade ago. Krusader is nice, but it still pales in comparison and isn't actively developed. I haven't found any other two-pane file managers that are available on Linux and come close in features.
cryo 6y ago
I'm currently developing another file manager for macOS, Windows and Linux named 'cryo' which also has a dual-pane mode. It's not yet as future rich as other commanders but hopefully will be in the upcoming months. https://cryonet.io https://cryonet.io
- stiray 6y ago
  A suggestion, study very closely how plugins in TC work and even more on which places: like file system plugin also working in search dialog. Implement support for TC plugins, you will gain enormous ecosystem for almost free. Check its viewer and find in files options (utf8+utf16+regex+office files and then combining everything with git plugin (or one of other plugins) where commit comment contains something not matching to another regexp. And on top of everything it is very simple to make it happen). Do study TC, it is by far the most complete file manager on any system, in any time and extremely well thought of. There is just nothing that compares beyond "I have two pane file manager". It is visually outdated and it doesn't run on all platforms but it is really really hard to beat in features (like rename all *.cpp in all directories and subdirectories to #filename#-#dateofcreation#-#gitrevision#-#gitbranch#.cpp or use parts of exif header to rename file). I would love to have multiplatform alternative (as I have dumped the windows due to w8 and w10 abominations) for TC but I just dont see how this could be achived without really, REALLY huge engineering effort. You might figure out that it is not worth competing against it for its licence price of 37 euros (27 for students) and "shareware" version without limitations except nag screen.

by stiray 6y ago

therealmarv 6y ago

Yep, it's the best but more a successor of Norton Commander. I even miss Total Commander on macOS sometimes. At least Forklift (macOS) does the job also quite well.

obscura 6y ago

I've also been using it for years. Its feature range and performance is phenomenal.

luckylion 6y ago

Total Commander was one of the tools I really missed when I completely switched to Linux a decade ago. Krusader is nice, but it still pales in comparison and isn't actively developed. I haven't found any other two-pane file managers that are available on Linux and come close in features.

cryo 6y ago

I'm currently developing another file manager for macOS, Windows and Linux named 'cryo' which also has a dual-pane mode. It's not yet as future rich as other commanders but hopefully will be in the upcoming months. https://cryonet.io https://cryonet.io

stiray 6y ago
A suggestion, study very closely how plugins in TC work and even more on which places: like file system plugin also working in search dialog. Implement support for TC plugins, you will gain enormous ecosystem for almost free. Check its viewer and find in files options (utf8+utf16+regex+office files and then combining everything with git plugin (or one of other plugins) where commit comment contains something not matching to another regexp. And on top of everything it is very simple to make it happen). Do study TC, it is by far the most complete file manager on any system, in any time and extremely well thought of. There is just nothing that compares beyond "I have two pane file manager". It is visually outdated and it doesn't run on all platforms but it is really really hard to beat in features (like rename all *.cpp in all directories and subdirectories to #filename#-#dateofcreation#-#gitrevision#-#gitbranch#.cpp or use parts of exif header to rename file). I would love to have multiplatform alternative (as I have dumped the windows due to w8 and w10 abominations) for TC but I just dont see how this could be achived without really, REALLY huge engineering effort. You might figure out that it is not worth competing against it for its licence price of 37 euros (27 for students) and "shareware" version without limitations except nag screen.