[Thunar-dev] whish list

[Benedikt Meurer]

Jaap Karssenberg wrote:
> - the two-paned "commander" interface (but not as default pls)

This is not what Thunar is meant to provide. We'll already provide 4-5 
possible UI configurations. Users that prefer the "commander" interface 
are better off using a file manager dedicated to this interface, like 
GNOME Commander, MC, Xffm or Jens' Filer. In addition, it will be 
possible to write a new "commander"-like user interface based on the 
Thunar core.

In either way, it'll be a separate project.

> - samba support

This will be provided by D-VFS, once finished (or maybe we'll add a 
Gnome-VFS based ThunarFolder/ThunarFile implementation at some time).

> - a shelf
> 
> this is an idea I saw in the NextOS file manager and it is like a
> clipboard for files. I think this feature could be integrated with a
> bookmarks feature. The idea is that this shelf looks like a bookmarks
> toolbar with icons; if you drag a file to this shelf it isn't copied,
> it's just referenced. Later I can drag the file from the shelf to
> another directory to copy/move it there. If you click a icon in this
> shelf it functions look a bookmark, i.e. its directory is opened.

We had that discussion already, and the result was that it doesn't fit 
with the bookmarks feature. Instead, one can write a simple panel plugin 
that does exactly this, and it's even independent of the file manager in 
use.

> -- Pardus

Benedikt