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gcmartin · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 2693 Location: Earth

muCommander has been introduced by Pemasu.
This is a 2-Pane filemanager (FM).

It was just updated by DPUP5520.
Latest version of this 2-Pane FM (V0.9)

It REQUIRES JAVA! But, is an outstanding tool for our use. 2-Pane filemanagers have many useful benefits to distro users and developers, alike..

if any member has ever wanted a FM that allows side by side comparison of folders in PUPPY, this is a god-send in Puppyland.

Thanks @Pemasu

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 2121 Location: World_Hub

Screenshots?

musher0 · Posted: Sun 29 Apr 2012, 21:37 Post subject:

You will find screenshots of muCommander here:
http://www.mucommander.com/screenshots.php

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 2121 Location: World_Hub

Thanks Musher, but I was kinda want'n m from GCMartin- Thread Starter. Was his? rave, no?

musher0 · Posted: Sun 29 Apr 2012, 21:50 Post subject:

Sorry. As a muCommander user, I just happened to have the URL handy.

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 2121 Location: World_Hub

No apologies please.

You're more than a willing'n helpful member around here as you've enlightened us all many times before..

gcmartin · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 2693 Location: Earth

harii4 · Posted: Tue 01 May 2012, 23:57 Post subject:

Jim1911 · Joined: 19 May 2008 Posts: 2354 Location: Texas, USA

Looks fine but a few questions,

How do you make the fonts larger?

Is it possible to single-click or double-click on a directory to open it?

Thanks,
Jim

gcmartin · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 2693 Location: Earth

musher0 · Posted: Fri 11 May 2012, 00:09 Post subject:

Hello, everyone.

On the subject of dual-pane file managers, we might have overlooked another excellent contribution: xfe. It is not only dual-pane, it can have a tree + two panes, or no tree + one pane, and anything in between. In other words, you can make it look like Thunar, emelfmw or ROX. It also comes with an image viewer, a plain text file viewer, and a deb and rpm unpacker. A choice of themes is also offered out of the box.

http://roland65.free.fr/xfe/index.php?page=screenshots

The most recent version (1.32.5) dates April 4, 2012.

I believe we have an older version in Puppy repos, but you can download complete deb or slackware executables of XFE v. 1.32.5 from here:

http://roland65.free.fr/xfe/index.php?page=download

This filer does not need java to run; however, the FOX toolkit library is required.

BFN.

Jim1911 · Joined: 19 May 2008 Posts: 2354 Location: Texas, USA

Hi musher0,

XFE 1.32.3 installed with Slacko PPM. It's not the latest but it looks great and the preferences allow you to set up larger fonts, default applications, etc. Thanks for the recommendation.

Eyes-Only · Posted: Sun 13 May 2012, 08:49 Post subject:

For me, I've used XFE ( and the entire suite that comes with it ) nearly ever since coming over to Puppy from Windows 98se around version 1.0.2. It was introduced to me by forum member, Puppy dev, and programmer MU ( who likewise created Muppy-filer ).

It's the very first programme that I install into any Puppy I'm either installing OR testing simply because it is so extremely FAST. I use it as I can jet around between partitions, and my back-up directory, to quickly get a newly-installed Puppy up-and-running within minutes exactly the way I want with my large font directory, various themes and icons, gtk engines, software, etc.

Not only that but it's extremely easy to set it up so that clicking upon a .pet will install the file - simply click on the file and select from the GUI "petget" and check the box "associate" and you're finished. How neat is that? Wink

Not only wouldn't I not use a Puppy without XFE, but I wouldn't use any other distro without it either. ( Hmm... but for that matter, why would I use any other distro come to think of it? LOL! )

Cheers/Amicalement!

Eyes-Only
"L'Peau-Rouge d'Acadie"

( gcmartin? I didn't mean to steal your thread or anything - I know that muCommander is truly an awesome piece of work so I whole heartedly agree with you... to a point at least. Wink

It's just when you compare the size of the java toolkit to the size of the FOX toolkit it's like comparing boulders to grains of sand IMHO. On the otherhand, what with hard drive sizes being what they are today it's a moot point, eh? )

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9479 Location: SwedenEurope

Apology for taking up XFE again.
Can we maybe continue talk about that one
over here: XFE (X File Explorer) - file manager for Lucid 525
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=70035
or if there exist an even later version give link to that thread?