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As someone trying to move to a completely keyboard-controlled desktop, thanks for posting this. The file manager is one of the few things I have left that I'm u

As someone trying to move to a completely keyboard-controlled desktop, thanks for posting this. The file manager is one of the few things I have left that I'm using the mouse for. I've also considered vifm (http://vifm.sourceforge.net/ http://vifm.sourceforge.net/). Do people have other mouseless file managers they're using?

nextos 12y ago
Would you mind describing how your keyboard-controlled desktop looks like?
- pan69 12y ago
  i3 could be a start [1]. There are more tiling window managers around though. https://i3wm.org https://i3wm.org
- rtz12 12y ago
  I do not know about suprjami, but I am using herbstluftwm[0] and vimperator[1] which covers most of the stuff I have to use a mouse for. [0] http://www.herbstluftwm.org/ http://www.herbstluftwm.org/ [1] http://www.vimperator.org/ http://www.vimperator.org/
- suprjami 12y ago
  I use Openbox window manager, though with many keybindings copied from or inspired by i3. I don't like using i3 directly as I think it wastes space and doesn't offer enough "freedom of movement". I keep most windows maximised and switch between windows with Alt+Tab, and between workspaces with Ctrl+Alt+arrows. I launch most of my applications with keyboard shortcuts, gmrun, or dmenu. I have disabled minimising windows as this just wastes time. I use Firefox to browse. Admittedly there's still a lot of the web which requires a mouse, including webapps I need for work. I have tried Vimperator and Pentadactyl extensions, but didn't really like them. Firefox has some keyboard shortcuts like Ctrl+PgUp/PgDn to switch tabs, and ' to search for link text and Enter to follow it. The "It's All Text" extension allows you to dump text fields into the text editor of your choice. I use Gmail for mail, it has good keyboard shortcuts. I've tried mutt but couldn't find a config I liked. I use Vim to text edit, Vimcasts.org was fantastic for improving past "i" and ":wq". I use Weechat for IRC which has good default keybindings and lets you make more, it also has fantastic plugins. My work is largely in webapps (which require mouse), IRC, and commandline. Managing files in the commandline is tedious. The file manager is one of the last major mouse-driven things I have in my workflow.
teddyh 12y ago
Emacs. I came to Unix from an MS-DOS background, where I used Norton Commander (of which Midnight Commander is a key-for-key clone), but I ended up not using MC. It turns out you just don’t use Unix the same way as MS-DOS. When I need to manipulate files in any quantity, I use Emacs and its dired-mode. See especially the “wdired-change-to-wdired-mode” command – it’s magical.
klimeryk 12y ago
If you're looking for ones with a GUI, there's Krusader [1] (if you're using KDE) or Gnome Commander [2] (for Gnome, duh). Good luck with your keyboard-controlled desktop. I try to use mouse as little as possible too, so I've been using awesome [3] for a long time now and really enjoy its keyboard-friendly approach. My main usage of the mouse (actually, a trackball) comes from web browsing. I've tried uzbl [4], but it didn't feel right to me. [1]: http://www.krusader.org/ http://www.krusader.org/ [2]: http://gcmd.github.io/ http://gcmd.github.io/ [3]: http://awesome.naquadah.org/ http://awesome.naquadah.org/ [4]: http://www.uzbl.org/ http://www.uzbl.org/
- omilu 12y ago
  mouseless browsing is a solved problem, see vimium or vimperator.
rtz12 12y ago
If I am using a file manager, I'm using ranger. It also supports image previews.

nextos 12y ago

Would you mind describing how your keyboard-controlled desktop looks like?

pan69 12y ago
i3 could be a start [1]. There are more tiling window managers around though. https://i3wm.org https://i3wm.org
rtz12 12y ago
I do not know about suprjami, but I am using herbstluftwm[0] and vimperator[1] which covers most of the stuff I have to use a mouse for. [0] http://www.herbstluftwm.org/ http://www.herbstluftwm.org/ [1] http://www.vimperator.org/ http://www.vimperator.org/
suprjami 12y ago
I use Openbox window manager, though with many keybindings copied from or inspired by i3. I don't like using i3 directly as I think it wastes space and doesn't offer enough "freedom of movement". I keep most windows maximised and switch between windows with Alt+Tab, and between workspaces with Ctrl+Alt+arrows. I launch most of my applications with keyboard shortcuts, gmrun, or dmenu. I have disabled minimising windows as this just wastes time. I use Firefox to browse. Admittedly there's still a lot of the web which requires a mouse, including webapps I need for work. I have tried Vimperator and Pentadactyl extensions, but didn't really like them. Firefox has some keyboard shortcuts like Ctrl+PgUp/PgDn to switch tabs, and ' to search for link text and Enter to follow it. The "It's All Text" extension allows you to dump text fields into the text editor of your choice. I use Gmail for mail, it has good keyboard shortcuts. I've tried mutt but couldn't find a config I liked. I use Vim to text edit, Vimcasts.org was fantastic for improving past "i" and ":wq". I use Weechat for IRC which has good default keybindings and lets you make more, it also has fantastic plugins. My work is largely in webapps (which require mouse), IRC, and commandline. Managing files in the commandline is tedious. The file manager is one of the last major mouse-driven things I have in my workflow.

teddyh 12y ago

Emacs. I came to Unix from an MS-DOS background, where I used Norton Commander (of which Midnight Commander is a key-for-key clone), but I ended up not using MC. It turns out you just don’t use Unix the same way as MS-DOS. When I need to manipulate files in any quantity, I use Emacs and its dired-mode. See especially the “wdired-change-to-wdired-mode” command – it’s magical.

klimeryk 12y ago

If you're looking for ones with a GUI, there's Krusader [1] (if you're using KDE) or Gnome Commander [2] (for Gnome, duh). Good luck with your keyboard-controlled desktop. I try to use mouse as little as possible too, so I've been using awesome [3] for a long time now and really enjoy its keyboard-friendly approach. My main usage of the mouse (actually, a trackball) comes from web browsing. I've tried uzbl [4], but it didn't feel right to me. [1]: http://www.krusader.org/ http://www.krusader.org/ [2]: http://gcmd.github.io/ http://gcmd.github.io/ [3]: http://awesome.naquadah.org/ http://awesome.naquadah.org/ [4]: http://www.uzbl.org/ http://www.uzbl.org/

omilu 12y ago
mouseless browsing is a solved problem, see vimium or vimperator.

rtz12 12y ago

If I am using a file manager, I'm using ranger. It also supports image previews.