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<chapter id="basic-functions">
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<title>Basic Functions</title>
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<title>Controls</title>
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<sect2 id="control-general">
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<title>General</title>
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<para>This is a rather short but important section that will
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go into the details of controlling &krusader;.
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This section does not try to cover all the various key
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combinations for two reasons:
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<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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<para>there are just too many of them</para>
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<para>most of &krusader; actions are
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<link linkend="konfig-looknfeel">Konfigurator Look & Feel page</link></para>
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</orderedlist>We will only mention the most important
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keyboard shortcuts with the default configuration, but keep
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in mind that most of the <link linkend="key_bindings">Key-Bindings</link> are
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configurable. If you find that you use a certain command a
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lot and want to know the shortcut for this command, or you
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want to change this command shortcut, then check out the
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<link linkend="key_bindings">Key-Bindings</link> tab at the
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<link linkend="konfig-looknfeel">Konfigurator Look & Feel page</link>.</para>
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<sect2 id="moving-around">
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<title>Moving Around</title>
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<para>By Moving Around we mean the transfer of the keyboard
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and mouse focus between the different parts of the
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<link linkend="mainwindow">main window</link>. The focus can
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be in one of five places: the Left or Right Panel, the Menu
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Bar, the Command Line or the Terminal Emulator. The panel
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that has the focus is called the Active Panel. An Active
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Panel will remain active until the other panel receives the
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focus (&ie;: if the Left Panel was active and you
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clicked on the Command Line - then the Left Panel remains the
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Active Panel). You must deliberately change which panel is
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<para>The most common way to transfer the focus to a specific
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panel is to use the mouse to click on that panel. But you
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should be aware of the following:
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<para>Clicking on the Toolbar, the FN keys bar or the
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Status Bar does *not* change the focus.</para>
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Quick View Panel: old Krusader feature , removed since krusader-1.12-beta1
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<para>The display part of the Quick View Panel does not accept clicks so you should click on the
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Location Toolbar of this panel if you want it to have focus.</para>
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<guibutton>"History"</guibutton> or the
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<guibutton>"Run in Terminal"</guibutton> buttons in the
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Command Line will not transfer the focus, so you have to
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click inside the Input Line.</para>
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<para>When you choose a menu, the Menu Bar will become
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focused. It remains focused until you choose a command -
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the focus returns to the previous owner.</para>
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</itemizedlist></para>
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<para>There are, of course, ways to use the keyboard to
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<para>The 	 Key will switch panels, if one
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of the panels has the focus or rotate between all the
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commands in a menu, if the Menu Bar is active.</para>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;
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<keycap>Down Arrow</keycap></keycombo> will take you from
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the Active Panel to the Command Line or Terminal
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;
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<keycap>Up Arrow</keycap></keycombo> will take you back
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from the Command Line to the Active Panel.</para>
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<para>The &Esc; Key will make the Menu Bar
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return the focus, if it has it, to the previous Active
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<para>If you happen to be inside the Terminal Emulator,
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you can use the 	 Key, or the mouse, to
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navigate to an Active Panel.</para>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;
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<keycap>"Underlined Letter"</keycap></keycombo> from the
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Menu Bar will open that menu (unless this key combination
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is a "Reserved Key", used by one of
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&krusader;'s actions).</para>
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</itemizedlist></para>
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<sect2 id="selecting-files">
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<title>Selecting</title>
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<para>&krusader; offers 4
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<link linkend="mouse_selection_modes">Mouse Selection Modes</link>, only
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&krusader;'s Mouse Selection Mode is explained
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<para>Selecting is a skill you need to master in order to get
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the most out of &krusader;. Since you can not select
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files in the Quick View Panel, and the Tree Panel only lets
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you select one directory at a time, this paragraph mainly
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explains how to select files in the List Panel
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<para>Moving the cursor is easy. Left-clicking on a file or
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directory (referred to herein as "elements" meaning files AND
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directories) will select it. Here are some useful pointers
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that will make &krusader; even easier to use (assuming you are
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using &krusader;'s Mouse Selection Mode):
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<keycap>SPACE</keycap> and
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<keycap>Insert</keycap> key will toggle the selection of
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the file under the cursor without affecting the selection
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of other files/directories, the cursor will go one
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position down.</para>
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<keycap>SPACE</keycap> on a Directory under the cursor
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<link linkend="calculate">calculate occupied
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space</link> without affecting the selection of other
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files/directories.</para>
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<keycap>Left Clicking</keycap> on a file will select, or
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unselect, all previously selected files.</para>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;
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<keycap>Left Clicking</keycap></keycombo> will toggle the
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selection of the file under the cursor without affecting
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the selection of other files/directories.</para>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Shift;
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<keycap>Left Clicking</keycap></keycombo> will select all
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the elements between the previous cursor location and the
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<keycombo action="simul">&Shift;
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<keycap>Home</keycap></keycombo> selects everything above
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the cursor (and deselects everything below the cursor, if
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<keycombo action="simul">&Shift;
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<keycap>End</keycap></keycombo> selects everything below
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the cursor (and unselects everything above the cursor, if
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<para>The ".." entry is not selectable.</para>
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<para>The <link linkend="edit-menu">Edit menu</link> can offer more ways
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to select your files.</para>
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<sect2 id="executing_commands">
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<title>Executing Commands</title>
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<para>There is not a lot to say here, all you need to do is
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select some files (if you do not, &krusader; will
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operate on the file(s) or directory(s) that have the focus),
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<link linkend="menu-commands">Command</link> from the Menu Bar
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or use a Keyboard Shortcut (or the Right Click Menu) and the
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selected Command executes. See also
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<link linkend="executing_files">Executing
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<sect2 id="quicksearch">
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<title>Quicksearch</title>
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<para>This feature will do a quick search for the file name
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in the Active List Panel.</para>
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<keycap>foo</keycap>(one character) to do a quick search in
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the Active List Panel for a file beginning with "foo". A
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small quick search dialog box will open below the Active List
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Panel. Type the first few characters of the desired file name
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(more than one character allowed), the cursor will jump to
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that filename (if it exists), e.g. type "ab" to
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search for a file which begins with "ab". The
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<keycap>Up/Down Arrow</keycap> will jump to the next or
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previous match. &Esc; will close the quick search
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line. The cursor will stay on the last file
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found. The Quicksearch supports <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression">regular expressions</ulink> for searching files.</para>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;
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<keycap>foo</keycap></keycombo>, the key binding shortcut
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will be executed. If there is no configured key binding,
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<keycap>foo</keycap> will be used for the quick
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<para>Use <link linkend="konfig-looknfeel">Konfigurator Look & Feel page</link> to change from
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the default configuration.</para>
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<sect2 id="context-menu">
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<title>Context Menu</title>
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<para>&krusader; has many Context menus that allow
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you to do fast operations with the mouse, usually a
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right-click will open the Context menu (depending on your
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<link linkend="mouse_selection_modes">Mouse Selection Modes</link> settings). This list
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gives an overview of the most important context menus. Use
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them to discover the available commands.
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<para><link linkend="mainwindow">Main Toolbar</link> (orientation, text
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position, icon size)</para>
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<para><link linkend="list_panel">List Panel</link> on a file or
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<para><link linkend="cmdline">Command Line</link> (undo, paste, text
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completion...)</para>
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<para><link linkend="termemu">Terminal emulator</link> (send signal, font,
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<para><link linkend="folder-tabs">Folder tabs</link> (new, duplicate,
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<link linkend="krusearcher">KruSearcher</link> Search
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results file list (F3 View, F4 Edit)</para>
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<para><link linkend="mount-man">MountMan</link> (unmount,
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<para><link linkend="synchronizer">Synchronize Directories</link> File List</para>
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<para><link linkend="useractions">UserActions</link></para>
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<para>&konqueror; Right-Click actions are
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shown in &krusader;</para>
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<link linkend="list_panel">Column Headers</link></para>
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<para><link linkend="bookman">Bookmarks</link> enable/disable permanent
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<title>Basic File Management</title>
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<sect2 id="executing_files">
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<title>Executing Files</title>
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<para>You can only execute files in the Active List Panel. To
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<keycap>execute</keycap> a file just
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<keycap>(double-)click on it or press Enter</keycap> when it
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is under the list cursor. &krusader; will open it
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in the default application for this file type (picture,
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text file...) or the file will be executed (script,
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binary...). If you want to use
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<keycap>another application</keycap> to open the file,
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<keycap>Right-Click</keycap> on the file and go to the "open
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with" sub-menu which will offer more options.
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&krusader; is compatible with &kde;
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default file manager for all file types except archives that
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are opened inside the &krusader; panel and not in
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an external application. See
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<link linkend="konfig-archives">the archives page in
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Konfigurator</link> for details.</para>
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<title>Copying and Moving</title>
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<para>To copy or move files/directories just select them and
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<keycap>F5</keycap> to
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<keycap>copy</keycap> or
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<keycap>F6</keycap> to
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<keycap>move</keycap> them. If the
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<guimenuitem> Preserve attributes (only on local
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targets)</guimenuitem> option is checked,
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&krusader; will try to preserve all attributes
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(time, owner, group) of the local files according to the
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source depending on your permissions:
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<para>User preserving if you are root</para>
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<para>Group preserving if you are root or member of the
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<para>Preserving the timestamp</para>
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</itemizedlist>Using this option may slow down the copy/move
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process. A dialog will appear and allow you to choose the
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operation destination. The default destination is the
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other-panel browsed directory. If you enter a partial
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&URL;, &krusader; will use the current
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panel directory as the &URL; base.</para>
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<title>Queue manager</title>
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The copy, move, pack and unpack operations can be queued.
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After selecting copy or move, hit <keycap>F2</keycap> to use it.
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After selecting pack or unpack, hit <keycap>F2</keycap> to use it.
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Or the direct shortcuts: copy by queue <keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>F5</keycap></keycombo> ,
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move by queue <keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>F6</keycap></keycombo> .
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Queueing is used for one-by-one copying.
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E.g. if you have a pen drive (which is slow), and you want to copy 40 files onto it,
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it's much better copying them one-by-one instead of starting to copy 40 files in parallel.
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That's why enqueuing is important.
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If you pack/unpack 40 files parallelly, you overload your computer,
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but adding them to a queue, is much more useful.
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<title>Deleting - move to KDE's Trash</title>
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<para>Deleting files/directories is done by selecting them and pressing <keycap>F8</keycap> or <keycap>Delete</keycap>.
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By <link linkend="konfig-general">default</link> it will be moved to &kde;'s Trash.
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You can open the KDE Trash with the Trash icon in the <link linkend="main_toolbar">Main Toolbar</link> or with
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the <filename>trash:/</filename> KIO slave.
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<keycombo action="simul">&Shift;
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<keycap>Delete</keycap></keycombo> will delete the file
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permanently. A dialog will ask for your confirmation and will
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warn you when deleting non-empty directories. Of course only
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operations that are permitted to do by the Operating
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System will be performed - you will be notified otherwise. If
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you do not wish to see the confirmation dialogs, you can
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<link linkend="konfig-advanced">Konfigurator advanced
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<title>Shred Files</title>
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<para>Shred was removed from KDE4 (and as consequence Krusader-2 for KDE4).
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Quote from the kgpg posts: "The shred feature has been removed from the KDE library. Kgpg will not support this feature anymore. Moderns file systems use journalisation. So the shred feature should be implemented in the file system. Not in kgpg."
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But keep in mind that if you want to be 100% sure that it's impossible that someone can read a deleted file, you need to destroy your harddrive hardware ...
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<title>Renaming Files, Creating Directories and Link
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<keycap>Rename</keycap> the file under the cursor with the
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<keycap>F9</keycap> key or with two single mouse clicks. If
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only the file name needs to be renamed and not the extension,
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you can configure this in the
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<link linkend="konfig-looknfeel">Konfigurator Look & Feel page</link>.
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<keycap>Create a new directory</keycap> with the
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<keycap>F7</keycap> key.
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<keycap>Right-clicking on a regular file</keycap> will give
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<keycap>option "New Symlink"</keycap>. A dialog will prompt
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you to enter a symlink name. That name will point to the
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file/directory you Right-Clicked on. If the file you
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Right-Clicked on is a symlink, you will also be presented
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with the "redirect link" option that will allow you to change
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the link target.</para>
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<title>Viewing and Editing files</title>
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