# The Krusader Handbook

Shie
Erlich
Author and initial Handbook author

    erlich@users.sourceforge.net

Rafi
Yanai
Author and initial Handbook author

    yanai@users.sourceforge.net

Dirk
Eschler
Webmaster and i18n coordinator

    deschler@users.sourceforge.net

Csaba
Karai
Developer

    ckarai@users.sourceforge.net

Heiner
Eichmann
Developer

    h.eichmann@gmx.de

Jonas
Bähr
Developer

    jonas.baehr@web.de

Frank
Schoolmeesters
Documentation coordinator

    frank_schoolmeesters@yahoo.com

Richard
Holt
Documentation

    richard.holt@gmail.com

Mark
Eatough
Handbook proof reader

    markeatough@yahoo.com

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Rafi Yanai
Shie Erlich
2004
Krusader Krew
&FDLNotice;
06/12/2004
1.51-00

&krusader; is an advanced twin-panel (commander-style) file-manager for KDE 3.x.

KDE
krusader
commander
filemanager
twinpanel
linux
file
manager
dual pane
linux-commander
kde-commander

## Foreword

Our aim is to give you a tool that does two most important things: manage your files the way you want and look great doing it! To do that, Krusader wears a great looking &GUI;, supports drag'n'drop and mimetypes (with or without magic!) - all you need to feel right at home using it. Krusader is packed with cool features, is fast and handles archives transparently; basically, all you've come to expect from tools like &mc;. Krusader is open-source, free and is released under the &gpl_lnk;, although we (the developers) still retain the copyright for the project and its name.

The project's goal is to create an all-in-one file-manager, which will do all the things you expect from such a tool, and then some... ;-) Since the principle behind Krusader is based on the "old-school" managers (&mc;, &nc;), virtual filesystems became a main focus. Virtual filesystems (VFSs) are an abstracted layer over all kinds of archived information (ZIP files, &FTP; servers, NFS filesystems, SAMBA shares, ISO cd/dvd images), which allows the user to access all the information transparently - just like entering a sub-directory. Krusader currently supports VFSs for archives (Zip, Tar, GZip, BZip2, Ace, Rar, Arj), packages (RPM) and filesystems (&FTP;, NFS, Samba, ISO). Krusader also includes a built-in Mount-Manager, which enables you to (un)mount filesystems with a single mouse click, and get usage information. A Bookmark-Manager, Remote-Connections Manager and Advanced Search module are also included. We are planning to develop more modules in the near future which will greatly enhance Krusader. For information on what remains to be done, look at the &todoforum_url; .

We hope you'll enjoy it --we do!

## Note from the Editors

As you may notice this handbook is written by various authors. We have taken much care in ensuring technical and vocabulary consistency.

The authors write in English even though it is not their native language; therefore, you may notice strange sentence constructions. Do not hesitate to let us know if something is not clear to you.

An open source projects greatest strength is derived from getting user feedback. That's why we would love to hear what you have to say. Documentation contributors are always welcome. If you have ideas on how to improve the content, if you would like to write about an undocumented &krusader; feature, or if you have comments or suggestions about the &krusader; Handbook. Please let us know. You can contact us even if you find typos!

The Handbook "revision" matches the &krusader; version number. &eg; "&krusader; Handbook revision 1.51.xx" describes "&krusader; 1.51"

Please read the &docchangelog_url; file online or in the Krusader sources to find out the latest changes in the &krusader; Handbook.

For information about the &krusader; documentation project, please contact the &krusader; documentation coordinator Frank Schoolmeesters frank_schoolmeesters@yahoo.com.

The e-mail adresses in this Handbook are "manipulated" to prevent that spam bots catch the e-mail adresses, please fix first manually the e-mail adress before sending an e-mail, You can also dop a post in our &forum_lnk;. Thanks!

This handbook is available in several formats. You can read get it in three ways:

- when using &krusader; it is available via the Help menu

- read it &onlinedoc_url;

- download the documentation tarballs (HTML, TXT, RTF, PDF) from the &sfmirrors_url;

The most recent version of this handbook is available when downloading and installing &krusader; from cvs.

&dev_cvs_note;

&introduction; &using-krusader; &commands; &konfigurator; &krusader-tools; &faq; &credits; &installation; &documentation.index;