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This is one of those projects that could really use a "how does it compare to" section in the readme. The number one question anyone who already uses a similar

This is one of those projects that could really use a "how does it compare to" section in the readme. The number one question anyone who already uses a similar tool will have is, "How is it better or worse than whatever I'm already using?"

dogline 4y ago
That's what I just came here to the HN comments for.
Linux-Fan 4y ago
I like using vi-style keybindings for various applications. Hence, for file managing, I had been using `vifm` for a long time and then discovered `ranger`. I switched to it due to its advanced preview capabilities and the default interface being closer to my taste. However, said preview function (and also other functions) sometimes crashed and I recall some strange behaviour of copy operations in ranger when symlinks were involved (?). In any case, I switched back to vifm for stability reasons and have been effectively using it for years. What I had been missing from the console file managers was a "copy & paste between windows" option. With vifm, I implemented it as a patch getting nice assistance from vifm's developer xaizek. This resulted in the (back-then) new feature `syncregs` which I have kept using ever since. Not sure if ranger came to offer something similar in the meantime :) YMMV