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Thunar vs Nautilus https://forum.tromjaro.com/t/thunar-vs-nautilus/87

You thought Nautilus is really cool? See how the new Thunar makes it look like a file manager for Android :D - Thunar is amazing!


Thunar vs Nautilus

I saw this post about some new and nice features that will land to Nautilus in the next releases. And I thought why not make a post about Thunar, XFCE’s file manager and of course, TROMjaro’s file manager. In a way I can also compare the two.
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FallCheetah7373
FallCheetah7373
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even nemo is better than nautilus imo
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Liwott
Liwott
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I am trapped on mac at the moment, but I also liked Thunar very much.
Some comments.

custom actions


You can also easily define keybindings for them, which is the best part I think.

split view


Tbh I prefer opening 2 instances of Thunar.

emblems


I find your Syncthing idea very interesting.
I am wondering whether there is a way to automatize that process
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Tio
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Unfortunately Thunar does not have any integration with Syncthing or Nextcloud. These would be super useful...
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Liwott
Liwott
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Not going as far as direct integration, all one needs in command-line ways of
  • add an emblem
  • open a "share file/folder" window (and know whether the file was shared or not)
both targetting a given file/folder. Do you know if thoses exist?

If yes, one can just write a script that does both (first open the share dialog, then add the emblem only if that succeeded and define a thunar custom action to call that script when selecting a file or folder.
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