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0007 <chapter id="features">
0008 <title>Features</title>
0009 <indexterm>
0010   <primary>Features</primary>
0011 </indexterm>
0012 <note>
0013   <para>The most important features and improvements are
0014   highlighted here, it would make this list too long if we were to
0015   include <emphasis>all</emphasis> the features and improvements.
0016   You will discover even more features in this documentation and in the
0017   <ulink url="https://commits.kde.org/krusader?path=ChangeLog"><filename>ChangeLog</filename></ulink>
0018   and
0019   <ulink url="https://commits.kde.org/krusader?path=NEWS"><filename>NEWS</filename></ulink>
0020   files.</para>
0021 </note>
0022 <para>
0023   <itemizedlist>
0024     <listitem>
0025       <para>
0026         <itemizedlist>
0027           <title><ulink url="http://www.softpanorama.org/OFM/index.shtml">Orthodox File Manager (OFM)</ulink> features</title>
0028           <listitem>
0029             <para>Two powerful and easy to use 
0030             <link linkend="panels">OFM panels</link>.</para>
0031           </listitem>
0032           <listitem>
0033             <para><link linkend="cmdline">Command Line</link> and optional
0034             <link linkend="termemu">Terminal emulator</link> below.</para>
0035           </listitem>
0036           <listitem>
0037             <para>Strong 
0038             <link linkend="keyboard-commands">keyboard</link> orientation and the ability to perform
0039             all functions without the mouse.</para>
0040           </listitem>
0041           <listitem>
0042             <para>Context-dependent invocation of scripts and
0043             programs &eg; mouse click/&Enter; (execute or
0044             open with the associated application), <keycap>F3</keycap> (view) and <keycap>F4</keycap>
0045             (edit).</para>
0046           </listitem>
0047           <listitem>
0048             <para><link linkend="useractions">User Menu</link>, create your own
0049             customized menu.</para>
0050           </listitem>
0051           <listitem>
0052             <para>History &eg; 
0053             <link linkend="folderhistory">Folder History</link>, 
0054             <link linkend="popular-urls">Popular
0055             &URL;s</link>, &etc;</para>
0056           </listitem>
0057           <listitem>
0058             <para><link linkend="vfs">Virtual file systems (VFS)</link> &eg; for
0059             <link linkend="remote-connections">Remote Connections</link>,
0060             <link linkend="archives">archives</link>, search results,
0061             synchronizer.</para>
0062           </listitem>
0063           <listitem>
0064             <para>Powerful internal 
0065             <link linkend="krviewer">viewer and editor</link> via
0066             kparts supporting almost every file format.</para>
0067           </listitem>
0068           <listitem>
0069             <para><link linkend="krusearcher">Advanced Search module</link>:
0070             searching in archives and search content on remote
0071             file systems.</para>
0072           </listitem>
0073           <listitem>
0074             <para>Several Panel view modes via the
0075             <link linkend="sidebar">Sidebar</link>.</para>
0076           </listitem>
0077         </itemizedlist>
0078       </para>
0079     </listitem>
0080     <listitem>
0081       <para>
0082         <itemizedlist>
0083           <title>&krusader; tools</title>
0084           <listitem>
0085             <para><link linkend="remote-connections">Remote Connections</link>:
0086             &FTP;/SAMBA with SFTP/SCP support via
0087             KIO Slaves</para>
0088           </listitem>
0089           <listitem>
0090             <para><link linkend="locate">Locate</link> &GUI; frontend</para>
0091           </listitem>
0092           <listitem>
0093             <para><link linkend="synchronizer">Synchronize Folders</link></para>
0094           </listitem>
0095           <listitem>
0096             <para>
0097               <link linkend="mount-man">Mount-Manager</link>
0098             </para>
0099           </listitem>
0100           <listitem>
0101             <para><link linkend="diskusage">Disk Usage</link></para>
0102           </listitem>
0103           <listitem>
0104             <para><link linkend="root-mode">Root mode</link></para>
0105           </listitem>
0106         </itemizedlist>
0107       </para>
0108     </listitem>
0109     <listitem>
0110       <para>
0111         <itemizedlist>
0112           <title>&krusader; features</title>
0113           <listitem>
0114             <para>Archive Handling: browsing, unpack, pack,
0115             testing. Supported <link linkend="archives">archives</link>: ace,
0116             arj, bzip2, deb, gzip, iso, lha, rar, rpm, tar, zip and
0117             7-zip.</para>
0118           </listitem>
0119           <listitem>
0120             <para>
0121             <link linkend="checksum">Checksum
0122             Creation and Verification</link> mechanism that supports
0123             md5, sha1, sha256, sha224, sha256, sha384, sha512,
0124             tiger, whirlpool, cfv, and crc.</para>
0125           </listitem>
0126           <listitem>
0127             <para>
0128             <link linkend="calculate">Calculate occupied
0129             space</link> of files and folders, archives and remote
0130             filesystems.</para>
0131           </listitem>
0132           <listitem>
0133             <para>
0134             <link linkend="compare-dir">Directory
0135             comparison</link> and 
0136             <link linkend="view-menu">filtering</link>.</para>
0137           </listitem>
0138           <listitem>
0139             <para>
0140             <link linkend="compare-content">Compare files by
0141             content</link> via external diff programs like
0142             &kompare;, <ulink url="https://www.kde.org/applications/development/kdiff3/"><application>KDiff3</application></ulink> or
0143             <ulink url="http://furius.ca/xxdiff/"><application>xxdiff</application></ulink>.</para>
0144           </listitem>
0145           <listitem>
0146             <para>
0147             <link linkend="multi_rename">Rename</link> files and
0148             folders via <ulink url="https://www.kde.org/applications/utilities/krename/"><application>KRename</application></ulink></para>
0149           </listitem>
0150           <listitem>
0151             <para>Completely supports drag'n'drop: drag from
0152             &konqueror; straight into a <literal role="extension">.tar.gz</literal> file,
0153             from &krusader;'s panel into the trash bin,
0154             the desktop or into &konqueror;</para>
0155           </listitem>
0156           <listitem>
0157             <para>
0158             <link linkend="konfig-advanced">Preserve date</link> for
0159             local targets at copy/move operations.</para>
0160           </listitem>
0161           <listitem>
0162             <para><keycap>F9</keycap> opens a 
0163             <link linkend="tools-menu">Terminal Window</link> in the
0164             current folder.</para>
0165           </listitem>
0166           <listitem>
0167             <para>Easy editing of 
0168             <link linkend="file-menu">file permissions</link> and
0169             ownership and 
0170             <link linkend="konfig-panel-view">Numeric
0171             Permissions</link>.</para>
0172           </listitem>
0173           <listitem>
0174             <para>
0175             <link linkend="krusearcher">Selection
0176             filters</link> used in &eg; Synchronizer and
0177             KruSearcher.</para>
0178           </listitem>
0179           <listitem>
0180             <para>
0181               <link linkend="jump_back">Jump-Back</link>
0182             </para>
0183           </listitem>
0184           <listitem>
0185             <para>
0186             <link linkend="konfig-general">
0187             &MIME; type-aware</link>.</para>
0188           </listitem>
0189           <listitem>
0190             <para>
0191             <link linkend="folder-tabs">Tabbed panels</link> and 
0192             <link linkend="krviewer">Tabbed
0193             Editor/Viewer</link>.</para>
0194           </listitem>
0195           <listitem>
0196             <para><link linkend="quicksearch">Quick search, select and filter</link></para>
0197           </listitem>
0198           <listitem>
0199             <para>
0200               <link linkend="splitter">File splitter</link>
0201             </para>
0202           </listitem>
0203           <listitem>
0204             <para>
0205               Mouse Gestures
0206             </para>
0207           </listitem>
0208           <listitem>
0209             <para>
0210             <link linkend="list_panel">Quick Navigation</link> in
0211             the Location Toolbar.</para>
0212           </listitem>
0213           <listitem>
0214             <para>WhatsThis Help function in favour
0215             of tooltips where reasonable.</para>
0216           </listitem>
0217           <listitem>
0218             <para><link linkend="panel_toolbar">Sync-browsing</link></para>
0219           </listitem>
0220         </itemizedlist>
0221       </para>
0222     </listitem>
0223     <listitem>
0224       <para>
0225         <itemizedlist>
0226           <title>Customize &krusader; to your own
0227           needs</title>
0228           <listitem>
0229             <para>
0230             <link linkend="konfig-startup">
0231             Konfigurator</link> &krusader;'s
0232             configuration center.</para>
0233           </listitem>
0234           <listitem>
0235             <para><link linkend="mainwindow">Main Toolbar</link>, 
0236             <link linkend="actions_toolbar">Actions
0237             Toolbar</link> for user actions and bookmarks.</para>
0238           </listitem>
0239           <listitem>
0240             <para>
0241               <link linkend="key_bindings">Key-bindings</link>
0242             </para>
0243           </listitem>
0244           <listitem>
0245             <para>
0246               <link linkend="konfig-color">Colors</link>
0247             </para>
0248           </listitem>
0249           <listitem>
0250             <para><link linkend="panel_profiles">Panel profiles</link></para>
0251           </listitem>
0252           <listitem>
0253             <para><link linkend="bookman">Bookmark-Manager</link></para>
0254           </listitem>
0255           <listitem>
0256             <para><link linkend="selection_modes">Selection Modes</link></para>
0257           </listitem>
0258           <listitem>
0259             <para>Many more features can be 
0260             <link linkend="konfig-startup">configured</link> the way you
0261             like.</para>
0262           </listitem>
0263         </itemizedlist>
0264       </para>
0265     </listitem>
0266     <listitem>
0267       <para>
0268       <itemizedlist>
0269         <title>&krusader; Extensions</title>
0270         <listitem>
0271           <para><link linkend="useractions">UserActions</link></para>
0272         </listitem>
0273         <listitem>
0274           <para><link linkend="konfig-color">Color Profiles</link></para>
0275         </listitem>
0276         <listitem>
0277           <para><link linkend="configure-shortcuts">Key-binding Profiles</link></para>
0278         </listitem>
0279       </itemizedlist>
0280       Download and upload your favourite &krusader; extensions at
0281       <ulink url="https://store.kde.org/">store.kde.org</ulink>.
0282       </para>
0283     </listitem>
0284   </itemizedlist>
0285 </para>
0286 <para>
0287   <itemizedlist>
0288     <title>New features in the &krusader;-1.80.0 <quote>Final 3rd Stone</quote>
0289     release</title>
0290     <listitem>
0291       <para>Archive improvements 
0292       <itemizedlist>
0293         <listitem>
0294           <para>
0295           <link linkend="archives">Password support</link> for: arj,
0296           ace, rar and zip. Passwords can be stored in
0297           <application>Kwallet</application></para>
0298         </listitem>
0299         <listitem>
0300           <para>
0301           <link linkend="archives">7-zip support</link>, by
0302           external applications <application>7z</application> and
0303           <application>7za</application>.</para>
0304         </listitem>
0305         <listitem>
0306           <para>
0307           <link linkend="archives">Auto-detection support</link>,
0308           allowing you to open <quote>hidden archives</quote> (&eg;
0309           <trademark class="registered">OpenOffice</trademark> documents).</para>
0310         </listitem>
0311         <listitem>
0312           <para>Packing/unpacking is now in the background.</para>
0313         </listitem>
0314       </itemizedlist></para>
0315     </listitem>
0316     <listitem>
0317       <para><link linkend="list_panel">Brief View</link></para>
0318     </listitem>
0319     <listitem>
0320       <para>Many improvements of the <link linkend="useractions">UserActions</link> system.</para>
0321     </listitem>
0322     <listitem>
0323       <para>Countless usability enhancements, especially in Konfigurator and the heavily reordered menubar.</para>
0324     </listitem>
0325     <listitem>
0326       <para>
0327         <link linkend="media_button">Media button</link>
0328       </para>
0329     </listitem>
0330     <listitem>
0331       <para>Copy/Move: 
0332       <link linkend="copying">preserve all attributes</link> (time,
0333       owner, group).</para>
0334     </listitem>
0335     <listitem>
0336       <para>
0337       <link linkend="konfig-color">Dim the colors of the inactive
0338       panel</link>.</para>
0339     </listitem>
0340     <listitem>
0341       <para>Renaming a filename without extension, single instance
0342       mode, start to system tray, check this out in 
0343       <link linkend="konfigurator">Konfigurator</link></para>
0344     </listitem>
0345     <listitem>
0346       <para>Configurable
0347         <link linkend="list_panel">Atomic extensions</link>, 
0348         so that extensions like <literal role="extension">.tar.gz</literal> are shown as one part in the <guilabel>Ext Column</guilabel>.
0349       </para>
0350     </listitem>
0351     <listitem>
0352       <para>Context menu for bookmarks and enable/disable special
0353       bookmarks.</para>
0354     </listitem>
0355     <listitem>
0356       <para>Restyled 
0357       <link linkend="menu-commands">MenuBar</link></para>
0358     </listitem>
0359     <listitem>
0360       <para><link linkend="termemu">Terminal emulator</link> enhancements bringing new functions, new usages and new look.</para>
0361     </listitem>
0362     <listitem>
0363       <para><link linkend="synchronizer">Synchronizer</link> enhancements and parallel threads for slow
0364       &FTP; servers.</para>
0365     </listitem>
0366     <listitem>
0367       <para>
0368       <link linkend="konfig-startup">Single instance mode</link>, 
0369       <link linkend="konfig-startup">start to system
0370       tray</link></para>
0371     </listitem>
0372     <listitem>
0373       <para>
0374         <link linkend="context-menu">Context menu for permanent
0375         bookmarks.</link>
0376       </para>
0377     </listitem>
0378     <listitem>
0379       <para>Full support for 
0380       <link linkend="acl">ACL permissions</link>, like properties, preserve attributes, synchronizer and other.</para>
0381     </listitem>
0382     <listitem>
0383       <para>Searcher-results, Locate-results, Synchronizer-results: support for dragging items and copy to clipboard (<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo>).</para>
0384     </listitem>
0385     <listitem>
0386       <para>Many bug fixes.</para>
0387     </listitem>
0388   </itemizedlist>
0389 </para>
0390 
0391 <para>
0392   <itemizedlist>
0393     <title>New features in the &krusader;-1.90.0 <quote>Power Stone</quote>
0394     release</title>
0395     <listitem>
0396       <para>Last release for &kde; 3.x with a big collection of Useractions.
0397       </para>
0398     </listitem>
0399   </itemizedlist>
0400 </para>
0401 
0402 <para>
0403   <itemizedlist>
0404     <title>New features in the &krusader;-2.0.0 <quote>Mars Pathfinder</quote>
0405     release</title>
0406     <listitem>
0407       <para>The first release for the &kde; 4.x series
0408       </para>
0409     </listitem>
0410     <listitem>
0411       <para>&krusader; works on &Windows;! (But not so useful and powerful yet as under &Linux;)
0412       </para>
0413     </listitem>
0414     <listitem>
0415       <para><link linkend="queue">Queue manager!</link>
0416       </para>
0417     </listitem>
0418     <listitem>
0419       <para><link linkend="konfig-panel">Five methods in the panel!</link>
0420       </para>
0421     </listitem>
0422   </itemizedlist>
0423 </para>
0424 
0425 <para>
0426   <itemizedlist>
0427     <title>New features in the &krusader;-2.1.0-beta1 <quote>Rusty Clutch</quote>
0428     release</title>
0429     <listitem>
0430       <para>Fast text/hex viewer for huge filesizes.
0431       </para>
0432     </listitem>
0433     <listitem>
0434       <para>Locked tabs.
0435       </para>
0436     </listitem>
0437     <listitem>
0438       <para>Queued packing / unpacking.
0439       </para>
0440     </listitem>
0441     <listitem>
0442       <para>Better trash integration.
0443       </para>
0444     </listitem>
0445     <listitem>
0446       <para>The quick search, select and filter bar supports regular expressions for matching files.
0447       </para>
0448     </listitem>
0449   </itemizedlist>
0450 </para>
0451 
0452 <para>
0453   <itemizedlist>
0454     <title>New features in the &krusader;-2.5.0 <quote>Clear Skies</quote>
0455     release</title>
0456     <listitem>
0457       <para>Ported to &kf5-full;.
0458       </para>
0459     </listitem>
0460     <listitem>
0461         <para>The new <link linkend="quickfilter">Quickfilter</link> bar with three different modes to operate: select, search and filter.
0462       </para>
0463     </listitem>
0464     <listitem>
0465         <para>Reworked Queue Manager (JobMan) and the new <link linkend="job_toolbar">Job Toolbar</link>.
0466       </para>
0467     </listitem>
0468   </itemizedlist>
0469 </para>
0470 
0471 <para>
0472   <itemizedlist>
0473     <title>New features in the &krusader;-2.7.0 <quote>Peace of Mind</quote>
0474     release</title>
0475     <listitem>
0476       <para>Quick Search in Bookmark menu.
0477       </para>
0478     </listitem>
0479     <listitem>
0480       <para><link linkend="folder-tabs">Pinned tabs</link>.
0481       </para>
0482     </listitem>
0483     <listitem>
0484       <para>Tooltip with file information when you hover a file name.
0485       </para>
0486     </listitem>
0487     <listitem>
0488       <para>Extended options for Tree Panel at the <link linkend="sidebar">Side Bar</link>.
0489       </para>
0490     </listitem>
0491   </itemizedlist>
0492 </para>
0493 
0494 <para>
0495   <itemizedlist>
0496     <title>New features in the &krusader;-2.8.0 <quote>A New Day</quote>
0497     release</title>
0498     <listitem>
0499       <para>Duplicating tabs with double click.
0500       </para>
0501     </listitem>
0502     <listitem>
0503       <para>Closing tabs with &Ctrl;+&LMB; or &Alt;+&LMB; (configurable).
0504       </para>
0505     </listitem>
0506     <listitem>
0507       <para>Undoing the closed tabs while the app is running.
0508       </para>
0509     </listitem>
0510     <listitem>
0511       <para>Dynamically sized tabs.
0512       </para>
0513     </listitem>
0514     <listitem>
0515       <para>Configuration options for new tab position, tab button visibility and New Tab Button behavior.
0516       </para>
0517     </listitem>
0518     <listitem>
0519       <para>History and suggestions in New Folder dialog.
0520       </para>
0521     </listitem>
0522     <listitem>
0523       <para>Cycling through full name, file name and extension selections with Rename shortcut (<keycap>F2</keycap> by default).
0524       </para>
0525     </listitem>
0526     <listitem>
0527       <para><keycombo>&Shift;<keycap>Del</keycap></keycombo> removes undesired entries from the history in various dialogs.
0528       </para>
0529     </listitem>
0530     <listitem>
0531       <para>Improved sync between the panel and embedded terminal.
0532       </para>
0533     </listitem>
0534     <listitem>
0535       <para>Improved color configuration.
0536       </para>
0537     </listitem>
0538   </itemizedlist>
0539 </para>
0540 
0541 <para><note><para>
0542   If you are using a development or &git; version, it is possible that the latest
0543   new features are not yet in the <quote>The &krusader; Handbook</quote>.
0544   Please read the
0545   <ulink url="https://commits.kde.org/krusader?path=ChangeLog">Changelog</ulink>
0546   file online or in the &krusader; sources to find out more about the new features.
0547   For a brief description, please read the
0548   <ulink url="https://commits.kde.org/krusader?path=NEWS">NEWS</ulink>
0549   file online or in the &krusader; sources.
0550   <link linkend="faqg_wish">User feedback</link> and
0551   <link linkend="faqg_bug_report">Bug reports</link> are always welcome!
0552 </para></note></para>
0553 </chapter>