Show HN: fman – file manager for programmers

Post by ababab » Fri, Mar 03, 2017, 12:49 AM UTC

nkkollaw wrote: post #100

Razengan wrote: post #71

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Can people even explain why they hate Finder, or is it just a fashionable bandwagon to jump on? While I do prefer Path Finder [1] for file-heavy workflows, Finder is perfectly usable with a few tweaks here and there: - Get TinkerTool [2] to show hidden and system files, pathname in the window title etc. - Tweak and create your own keyboard shortcuts for Finder in System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> App Sho…

Finder is the best file manager that I've ever used. If anything, because it's the only one with column view that also sorts files in a rational manner (to me, at least): every element inside the parent directory is sorted alphabetically. It's got a minimalistic design versus Windows Explorer having a button for every operation you can perform, and it's easy to use via keyboard shortcuts. Its only defects is that it…

Post by oldsj » Fri, Mar 03, 2017, 12:55 AM UTC

mherrmann wrote: post #88

mcgrath_sh wrote: post #86

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Exactly! Granted, this is a very early stage of development, so it may not be as big of a deal. Another thing to keep in the back of your mind (if you don't mind more unsolicited advice) is that you are building something that is the base for plugins. For it to be as successful as Sublime is, the core has to be rock solid and be made up of core features only. Be careful with feature creep. And consider putting things…

Thank you for the advice :) Actually, all the basic functionality - copying/moving files, the Cmd/Ctrl+P "GoTo on Steroids" feature etc, are implemented in a plugin. I do this to make sure that fman's (Python) plugin API is powerful enough that plugin developers can do just as much as me.

Post by ams6110 » Fri, Mar 03, 2017, 1:08 AM UTC

Razengan wrote: post #71

bastijn wrote: post #61

I just did a blind purchase. Partly because I hate osx finder that much, partly because I want to support people who ask the right price for their products, and partly because it was the right time;I like to get up early tomorrow and install something new. And who knows, it might even replace my xplorer2 ( http://zabkat.com/ ) on Windows..

Can people even explain why they hate Finder, or is it just a fashionable bandwagon to jump on? While I do prefer Path Finder [1] for file-heavy workflows, Finder is perfectly usable with a few tweaks here and there: - Get TinkerTool [2] to show hidden and system files, pathname in the window title etc. - Tweak and create your own keyboard shortcuts for Finder in System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> App Sho…

Post by thenipper » Fri, Mar 03, 2017, 1:15 AM UTC

ababab wrote: post #121

nkkollaw wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Finder is the best file manager that I've ever used. If anything, because it's the only one with column view that also sorts files in a rational manner (to me, at least): every element inside the parent directory is sorted alphabetically. It's got a minimalistic design versus Windows Explorer having a button for every operation you can perform, and it's easy to use via keyboard shortcuts. Its only defects is that it…

I'm not a Finder power user, but when I use it I always run into the same problem: I can't ever open Finder and make my way to a specific directory (e.g. ~). I work around it by opening a terminal and navigating there and doing `open .`. Is there something I'm missing? TL;DR: How can I open Finder and go to any specific directory I want?

Post by the_common_man » Fri, Mar 03, 2017, 1:53 AM UTC