Re: Nautilus With Tiled Child Panes

[Darin Hitchings <dhitchin bu edu>]

Hello,

I was just thinking for my work habits on a computer, doing software 
development and otherwise, I'd find it very useful to be able to use 
the Nautilus program in an (pardon the (Microsoft?) lingo) MDI mode, ie 
with 2,4 or even 8 child panes (tiled).  I frequently need to work with 
a handful of folders all at the same time to move files back+forth or 
reference various things and it would be nice to consolidate the 
windows I have open / to sort them by subject.  This linux gedit 
program has the ability to take an existing tab when multiple documents 
are open and split that off into another application, I'd love to be 
able to split+merge nautilus windows in the same fashion as the work of 
the day requires...

I don't imagine these things are existing features, or necessarily very 
easy to implement, but for me it'd be very useful!  And it's surely 
doable with a modest time investment.  Let me know if the idea appeals 
to anyone.

Thanks,
Darin Hitchings

PS. I have some idea for sorting / masking files which are displayed as 
well if anyone's interested... But I'm sure you'll intuit almost 
everything I'd say.