FIle Managers

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This is *trialware* From their site "use of the software is limited
and expires after a set period of time."
 
S said:
That just adds a new tab does not make the file windows themselves both
visible side-by-side, only makes the tabs visible side-by-side along the
top/bottom depending on preference, but thank-you for trying.
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View/Split window/50%
 
Total Commander (was Windows Commander)

I think Total Commander is the best among all the dual-pane file
managers. The purists will yell and say - it's not a freeware! But it's
listed on ACF.

For those who are interested, the dual-pane managers are also called
(OFM) orthodox file managers. There is an exhausted listing and
description about OMF at http://www.softpanorama.org/OFM/index.shtml

/Why Tea
 
Am Fri, 10 Mar 2006 23:05:03 GMT schrieb Cosmo Brown:
This is *trialware* From their site "use of the software is limited
and expires after a set period of time."

On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:03:08 -0500, Larry Sabo
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The "free trial"-info refers to AutoSave only, PowerDesk Standard is free.

On the Downloaad page it says:

"Our Standard Edtion of PowerDesk 6 provides a number of the features of
our more powerful PowerDesk Pro 6. This is fully usable without any
time-limits."

http://www.v-com.com/product/PowerDesk_Free_Trial.html
(yeah, the name of the page might be confusing)
 
I think Total Commander is the best among all the dual-pane file
managers. The purists will yell and say - it's not a freeware! But it's
listed on ACF.
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Nope. Not Freeware. Not listed. Apparently you didn't look at the web
page *either*. ;)

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_FILEUTILITIES.php#2.01FileManager
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/P_FILEUTILITIES.php#2.01FileManager:Dualpane


I copied the program names from my spreadsheet where it *is* listed -
didn't check to see whether any of those apps are omitted from the web
page. Total Commander is omitted - if it *was* listed the info would
look like this:

Program: Total Commander (was Windows Commander)
W: $W
Ware: $ware

Please note: The ACF pages are simply: "Some of the programs that have
been mentioned in the alt.comp.freeware newsgroup". A description on the
Pricelessware pages *is* a recommendation by ACF newsgroup participants.
A description on the ACF pages is not.

Susan
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Posted to alt.comp.freeware
Search alt.comp.freeware (or read it online):
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Pricelessware & ACF: http://www.pricelesswarehome.org
Pricelessware: http://www.pricelessware.org (not maintained)
 
Why said:
I think Total Commander is the best among all the dual-pane file
managers. The purists will yell and say - it's not a freeware!
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You are supposed to pay for it if you continue to use it after 30 days.
Before you pay for it you have to do one extra click every time you
reboot your computer.

Payware software, like MS Word, MS Windows of different versions, Total
Commander, is offtopic here.
But we can talk as much as we like about addons and software which adds
to the functionality of these payware software packages, like free
macros for MS Word, freeware software for running under MS Windows,
freeware addons for TC.

Here is a web site with hundreds of freeware addons and plugins for
Total Commander, which is undoubtly the best dual pane file manager.
http://www.totalcmd.net/

Here is a big pack of addons forTotal Commander:
For those who are interested, the dual-pane managers are also called
(OFM) orthodox file managers. There is an exhausted listing and
description about OMF at http://www.softpanorama.org/OFM/index.shtml
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I had lost the url to that article, thanks, it is a very good article,
explaining the philosophy of dual pane file managers and comparing
different programs.
 
For those who are interested, the dual-pane managers are also called
(OFM) orthodox file managers. There is an exhausted listing and
description about OMF at http://www.softpanorama.org/OFM/index.shtml
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Actually, there is a huge pile of DOS filemanagers that are feature rich,
work with long file names and I can not see any reason they would not
manage files as good or better than the windows based ones.

Some may not run under the dos emulation of win 2K and after, but this is
usually fixable with a third party emulator, like dosbox.
 
The selling feature for me is the toolbar that lets you "bookmark"
icons for frequently visited files, folders and programs. Just click
on the icon and you're there. I've tried about a gazillion other file
managers, and only Power Desk has that option.
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Actually, every single windows based file manager lacks what I consider the
quickest and easiest way to go to any directory (folder): Dos had several
popular utilities that keep a database of all directories on all disks.
YOu type a few letters, say tm for tmp, and the utility responds with a
menu of all directories that start with `tm'. You select one by key or
mouse and, boom, you are there. If the letters define a directory uniquely,
you just go there without a menu.

So I wrote a batch file that uses the formerly popular DOS utility acd
(another change directory), to get the same results in windows. I hit a
key, type some letters at a prompt, and xplorer2 lite (the one I use)
goes right to the directory with my letters. The same technique can
probably be used with other windows file managers.

I believe I have a windows based utility (treesize or some such?) that
does something similar to acd.
 
Howard said:
Actually, there is a huge pile of DOS filemanagers that are feature rich,
work with long file names and I can not see any reason they would not
manage files as good or better than the windows based ones.

Some may not run under the dos emulation of win 2K and after, but this is
usually fixable with a third party emulator, like dosbox.
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The best filemanager for DOS is Dos Navigator, which is available in
several versions, for Dos with and without DPMI, enhanced versions,
freeware and shareware versions, etc..

It has extra features like a log file, a simple spread sheet, archive
unpackers, a text editor and even a tetris game.
I still use DN on an old computer in my summer house.
 
jacaranda said:
The selling feature for me is the toolbar that lets you "bookmark" icons
for frequently visited files, folders and programs. Just click on the icon
and you're there. I've tried about a gazillion other file managers, and
only Power Desk has that option.
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Well, I might not interest you anymore (because it's going unfree), but
XYplorer can do this since years (look for "Favorite Files").

Don
 
On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:14:24 -0500, Susan Bugher wrote:

[Total Commander (was Windows Commander)]
Nope. Not Freeware. Not listed. Apparently you didn't look at the web
page *either*. ;)
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In fact, TC has one of the most interesting license schemes one may
encounter. For one, *all* updates have been free up to now. But that
doesn't make the program freeware, of course.

*But*: The program is (kind of) free for personal use, *if* it is
licensed at work.

| Additional licences (multi-user licences)
[...]
| Each additional licence also allows a single user to use the program
| at home.

Individuals, who want to use TC at home but don't like paying for it,
therefore should convince their employer to license it. So you can call
TC a "Promote business use"-ware... ;-)

BeAr
 
Actually, there is a huge pile of DOS filemanagers that are feature rich,
work with long file names and I can not see any reason they would not
manage files as good or better than the windows based ones.
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I believe if you use Windows, you really need a Windows file manager -
freeware or not. A DOS file manager can never accept drag-and-drop and
that's a severe handicap.
quickest and easiest way to go to any directory (folder): Dos had several
popular utilities that keep a database of all directories on all disks.
YOu type a few letters, say tm for tmp, and the utility responds with a
menu of all directories that start with `tm'. You select one by key or
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That's probably nothing more than a search through the directory cache.
I believe some of the dual-pane file managers provide the same feature
by:
- searching for a file name pattern (directory name is also a file
name)
- the found list can be fed into one of the pane
 
On that special day, B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson, (br.ederson@expires-2006-03-
31.arcornews.de) said...
Individuals, who want to use TC at home but don't like paying for it,
therefore should convince their employer to license it.
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Or obtain a full version which is sometimes available on (maybe only
German) computer magazine cover CDs, like on the c't 05/2005...


Gabriele Neukam

(e-mail address removed)
 
On that special day, S Kalynuik, ([email protected]) said...
I know there are many freeware or open source file managers to replace
windows explorer, but I want to know your opinions.
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There is a German file commander program, that can be used in English,
too. A comment on another page, say, it is by no means as good as Total
Commander, but maybe it does what the OP asked for.

It is the older version of a commercial file commander, from
Rationalized.de, which seems to be a very small enterprise (only three
products so far)

A working link is
http://www.geizkragen.de/magazin/do...klusive-vollversion-fuer-lau/C163-L21336.html
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(one line)

Don't ask me, why the link on the Vollversion site itself is dead,
while Geizkragen still displays a live link to Vollversion.


Gabriele Neukam

(e-mail address removed)
 
Or obtain a full version which is sometimes available on (maybe only
German) computer magazine cover CDs, like on the c't 05/2005...
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Are you sure about that?! I don't remember a license for WC/TC *ever*
being on a cover disk. The c't 05/2005 didn't even have one...

The program has been part of c't PE builder installations and they
wrongly flag it freeware in these cases. But still - the installation
script recommends to copy the *.key file (if registered). Else the
shareware-reminder pops up on every start.

BeAr
 
Howard said:
Actually, every single windows based file manager lacks what I consider the
quickest and easiest way to go to any directory (folder): Dos had several
popular utilities that keep a database of all directories on all disks.
YOu type a few letters, say tm for tmp, and the utility responds with a
menu of all directories that start with `tm'. You select one by key or
mouse and, boom, you are there. If the letters define a directory uniquely,
you just go there without a menu.

So I wrote a batch file that uses the formerly popular DOS utility acd
(another change directory), to get the same results in windows. I hit a
key, type some letters at a prompt, and xplorer2 lite (the one I use)
goes right to the directory with my letters. The same technique can
probably be used with other windows file managers.

I believe I have a windows based utility (treesize or some such?) that
does something similar to acd.
Click to expand...

Sounds like a neat batch file you have there, Howeard. Any chance you
would post it? I'm currently using xplorer2, as well.
 
On that special day, B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson, (br.ederson@expires-2006-03-
31.arcornews.de) said...
Are you sure about that?! I don't remember a license for WC/TC *ever*
being on a cover disk. The c't 05/2005 didn't even have one...
Click to expand...

Oops? I thought, I read something on the 'net...

Ah, I see why I was wrong. It is a *Plug-In* for the c't version of
BartsPE. Not a separate entity.

Sorry for the misconception. In fact, the only full version of a a file
commander on the c't CDs is Speed Commander.


Gabriele Neukam

(e-mail address removed)
 
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