Thread 107153453

what do you use and why?

cp

Use case? I just use dolphin.

>>107153453 (OP)
emacs, because it's nice to use my rss reader as a file manager as well

Lotus Magellan, because it's comfy as fuck

>>107153503
>Use case?
I use pcmanfm but gui file managers seem a little bloated so I'm searching for a good terminal file manager
>>107153517
hmm cool if you already use emacs
>>107153523
never heard about Lotus before

>>107153476
realy? there's a browser based file manager in my "Cloud Platform"

>>107153453 (OP)
i use cd, del and rmdir

mc. It's fast, it does what I need, and I'm just used to it now.
I like double commander too, but I'm faster with the keyboard shortcuts in mc. Maybe because doublecmd is a gui application, using only the keyboard feels a little clunky at times, whereas in mc everything has to be keyboard controllable anyway because it's in the terminal.

>>107153453 (OP)
I made a simple script that does auto ls in fish with eza when I cd into something

here it is if you need it
function __autols_hook --description "Auto ls" --on-event fish_prompt
if test "$NO_AUTO_LS" != ""
return
end

if test "$__autols_last" != (pwd)
clear; echo (pwd) (set_color $color_cwd) $normal (fish_vcs_prompt) $normal " "; eza --group-directories-first -G -B -F -x -a --sort type --sort filename --links --hyperlink --no-quotes
else if test "$__autols_last2" != '0'
clear; echo (pwd) (set_color $color_cwd) $normal (fish_vcs_prompt) $normal " "; eza --group-directories-first -G -B -F -x -a --sort type --sort filename --links --hyperlink --no-quotes
end

set -g __autols_last (pwd)
set -g __autols_last2 1
end

function __autols_hook2 --on-event fish_preexec
set -g __autols_last2 0
end

I tried using yazi, and it's very good, but if you're constantly using it to navigate big image folders, having thumbnails and a preview is a necessity.

>>107153453 (OP)
I use NNN. I like ranger's UI more but NNN is significantly faster

nnn

ranger
it's the first one i tried and it works well enough
if it aint broke don't fix it

>>107153674
That's cool, Anon; thanks.

lf

miller columns
easy to rice out with scripts

>>107153453 (OP)
I always use mc for zipping folders and files because I can never remember the right tar or zip flags

>>107153890
Bash alias.
What the fuck even is 'fish'.

cd() {
builtin cd "$@" && ls
}

>>107153939
That's cool, Anon; thanks.

>>107153453 (OP)
Do you also use a mouse with only 1 button? a 1024x768 monitor?
wtf is this shit it doesn't even have thumbnail previews for pictures

>>107153939
>What the fuck even is 'fish'.
https://fishshell.com/

>>107153944
It's not advisable to use this - just because it's doable doesn't mean you should use it. It could break some scripts. I did it because I wanted to test it.
Too much automation is retarded anyway.

>>107153956
>>107153939
there is also elvish
https://elv.sh/

it has a built in file manager.

>>107153960
_cd() { cd "$@"; ls; }
alias cd="_cd"

>>107153960
that is why I use hooks - to not break anything.

fish is very comfy.. it has sane autocomplete, interactive history search and other shit.

>>107153453 (OP)
all file managers are bad, both graphical and terminal. They all have terrible UI, and all the graphical ones are incredibly inefficient.

I just use fish to manage my files

>>107154221
Okay.

Yazi
>>107153858
Iktf
There's gotta be a way to get them cached

>>107153453 (OP)
i used midnight commander, or just ls/cd/mv/cp/rm.

midnight commander is shit, but its usable once you use some themes.
the bright blue is too harsh on the eyes.

>>107154163
fish is nice, but i use bash, since fish isn't really compatible with most scripts.

I use only the best – Midnight Commander

I use Emacs' dired with prot's customizations.
https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2024-11-28-basic-emacs-configuration/#h:8179afea-2830-4225-8dab-ddb2daf0f822

i have lf installed but it's only so paru can use it

>>107153453 (OP)
What's used in op?

>>107153622
funny thing about mc: You can just click on stuff in the TUI and it'll respond.

>>107157410
but that's just boring

>>107153453 (OP)
mc
just works

>>107155287
>since fish isn't really compatible with most scripts.
so you think you need to be using python as a shell in order to run python scripts? the absolute state of /g/

>>107155287
>>107154163
Frankly you should just use zsh if you want good auto-complete.