Re: two-panel nautilus view

[Peter Lundqvist <peterl Update UU SE>]

On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, Tuomas Kuosmanen wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 22:24 +0100, Oliver Tobin wrote:
> > while using nautilus, i had the idea that a two-panel-view is useful for
> > copying or moving files and other things like this.
[snip]

> I think the same functionality can be achieved just fine by opening two
> separate Nautilus windows or..?

Actually, while that's true, there must be a reason for total commander 
beeing so popular in the windows world (and before that there was norton 
commander). My best guess is one window and better integration of 
functionality (copy between panes by the touch of a button instead of 
drag/drop).

There even is a gnome gnome application[*] that does this (albeit not 
maintained). Having this functionality in nautilus might be a good thing, 
but a standalone app would is good enough.

* http://www.nongnu.org/gcmd/

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