File managers with Miller columns
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grahamperrin · 2020-12-23 05:48

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller\_columns](https://en.wikipedia.o
rg/wiki/Miller_columns)

I can use [Ranger](https://www.freshports.org/sysutils/py-ranger/)
(the display to the left) with [a cheat
sheet](https://github.com/oracleyue/ranger-cheatsheet) (to the right):

[Screenshot: Ranger on one of two displays](https://preview.redd.it/ju
l4b7u9lv661.png?width=3520&format=png&auto=webp&s=b0bfe3d7c971386b91ad
853c667e5a5116a0732a)

– but I'd prefer a file manager with a GUI.

Here's the File Viewer of GWorkspace in
[LIVEstep](https://github.com/probonopd/LIVEstep):

[Screenshot: LIVEstep](https://preview.redd.it/harntt4hlv661.png?width
=800&format=png&auto=webp&s=de4aca26613c37476610f57aacde770a8adf5b24)

Beyond what's listed in Wikipedia:

* is there any other file manager for FreeBSD that uses Miller
columns?

[TkDesk](http://tkdesk.sourceforge.net/) is [no longer
ported](https://www.freshports.org/x11-fm/tkdesk/).

/u/RoboNuggie please:

* might File Viewer, with or without GWorkspace, be added to the ports
collection for FreeBSD?

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monotux · 2020-12-23 15:51

I can't offer any help, but I didn't know the name of this feature
before. I've missed it after switching from os x.

Thanks!

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dddddavidddd · 2020-12-23 21:04

I also really miss Quick Look from macOS, would love to find a BSD-
compatible file manager that implements both of these features.

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nickbernstein · 2020-12-23 22:53

I mean, the dependencies have to be really basic. I'm sure you can
compile it from source pretty easily. Have you tried?

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grahamperrin · 2020-12-23 23:23

A year or so ago I read that ~~it~~ *something like Quick Look* was
planned for Dolphin.

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dddddavidddd · 2020-12-24 03:16

Also, GWorkspace (with File Viewer) is already in ports as
`deskutils/gworkspace`. GWorkspace didn't work very well with my
regular window manager (`i3`), so I tried launching it from `.xinitrc`
after installing `x11-wm/windowmaker` too:

    # last lines of .xinitrc
    /usr/local/GNUstep/System/Applications/GWorkspace.app/GWorkspace &
    exec /usr/local/bin/wmaker

Seemed to [work okay](https://schlachter.ca/gworkspace.png), but
running all of GWorkspace as a desktop environment just for the file
manager seems like a lot.

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grahamperrin · 2020-12-24 17:25

> … already in ports as `deskutils/gworkspace` …

Yay! I think I aimed first for that, however:

    # pkg search gworkspace
    # uname -sr
    FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT
    #

– and I have a vague recollection of it not building on -CURRENT. I'll
(re-)run it through poudriere now …

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grahamperrin · 2020-12-25 03:05

I miss it too. Mac OS X 10.9.5 was the happy end of the line for me.

Looking back: https://github.com/helloSystem/hello/wiki#user-content-
nextstep-nextstep-openstep

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grahamperrin · 2020-12-25 03:20

FreeBSD bug [252122 – deskutils/gworkspace FreeBSD:13:amd64
13.0-CURRENT build failure: ImageViewer: ld: error: duplicate symbol:
serverConnection](https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25
2122)