You might look into the Meld application. It is file/directory compare tool with multiple panes that works pretty well although it can be a bit slow when working with large remote directories. It's available via apt-get on Debian.
-- David On Thu, 2018-09-27 at 05:11 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 09/26/2018 04:52 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I'm setting up a new machine and copying files from the old > > machine's > > home directory. At the same time I'm creating a new directory > > structure > > to better match how I work. > > > > I found it expedient to have at least three instances of the file > > manager open - [one for source directory and at least two for > > destination (sub)directories]. > > > > Suggestions? > > Is it even possible? > > > > Brief web search was not encouraging. But my search terms may have > > been > > the problem. Suggested search terms? > > > > TIA > > > > > > > I asked related questions on a Debian list and a Tcl/Tk group. > Suggestions tended towards a two pane file manager. > Having followed multiple chains of links caused me to rethink my > work > flow simplifying use of my current file manager (Caja). > > Long term, I'll pursue a two pane solution. > I've installed Krusader and GNOME Commander for testing. > > A chain of links led to 'filerunner' > [https://sourceforge.net/projects/filerunner/] which I downloaded and > am > reading the documentation to chose which options to initially chose. > > Usage appears to be intuitive - at least for my work style. > It is intrinsically highly configurable. > It is written in Tcl/Tk allowing/encouraging further customization. > > It will likely be my long term solution. > > Thanks for all the links. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
