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<chapter id="basic-functions">
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<title>Basic Functions</title>
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<sect1 id="controls">
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<title>Controls</title>
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<sect2 id="control-general">
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<title>General</title>
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<para>This is a rather short but important section that will
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go into the details of controlling &krusader;.
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This section does not try to cover all the various key
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combinations for two reasons:
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<orderedlist numeration="arabic">
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<listitem>
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<para>there are just too many of them</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>most of &krusader; actions are
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configurable in the
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&konfiglookandfeel-lnk;</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>We will only mention the most important
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keyboard shortcuts with the default configuration, but keep
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in mind that most of the &keybindigs-lnk; are
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configurable. If you find that you use a certain command a
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lot and want to know the shortcut for this command, or you
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want to change this command shortcut, then check out the
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&keybindigs-lnk; tab at the
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&konfiglookandfeel-lnk;.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="moving-around">
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<title>Moving Around</title>
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<para>By Moving Around we mean the transfer of the keyboard
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and mouse focus between the different parts of the
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&krusader;
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<link linkend="mainwindow">main window</link>. The focus can
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be in one of five places: the Left or Right Panel, the Menu
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Bar, the Command Line or the Terminal Emulator. The panel
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that has the focus is called the Active Panel. An Active
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Panel will remain active until the other panel receives the
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focus (&ie;: if the Left Panel was active and you
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clicked on the Command Line - then the Left Panel remains the
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Active Panel). You must deliberately change which panel is
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active.</para>
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<para>The most common way to transfer the focus to a specific
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panel is to use the mouse to click on that panel. But you
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should be aware of the following:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Clicking on the Toolbar, the FN keys bar or the
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Status Bar does *not* change the focus.</para>
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</listitem>
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<!--
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Quick View Panel: old Krusader feature , removed since krusader-1.12-beta1
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<listitem>
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<para>The display part of the Quick View Panel does not accept clicks so you should click on the
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Location Toolbar of this panel if you want it to have focus.</para>
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</listitem>
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-->
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<listitem>
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<para>Pushing the
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<guibutton>"History"</guibutton> or the
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<guibutton>"Run in Terminal"</guibutton> buttons in the
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Command Line will not transfer the focus, so you have to
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click inside the Input Line.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>When you choose a menu, the Menu Bar will become
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focused. It remains focused until you choose a command -
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the focus returns to the previous owner.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist></para>
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<para>There are, of course, ways to use the keyboard to
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change the focus:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>The 	 Key will switch panels, if one
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of the panels has the focus or rotate between all the
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commands in a menu, if the Menu Bar is active.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;
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<keycap>Down Arrow</keycap></keycombo> will take you from
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the Active Panel to the Command Line or Terminal
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Emulator, and the
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;
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<keycap>Up Arrow</keycap></keycombo> will take you back
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from the Command Line to the Active Panel.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The &Esc; Key will make the Menu Bar
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return the focus, if it has it, to the previous Active
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Panel.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>If you happen to be inside the Terminal Emulator,
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you can use the 	 Key, or the mouse, to
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navigate to an Active Panel.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Pressing
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<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;
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<keycap>"Underlined Letter"</keycap></keycombo> from the
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Menu Bar will open that menu (unless this key combination
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is a "Reserved Key", used by one of
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&krusader;'s actions).</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist></para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="selecting-files">
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<title>Selecting</title>
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<note>
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<para>&krusader; offers 4
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&mouse-selection-modes-lnk;, only
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&krusader;'s Mouse Selection Mode is explained
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here.</para>
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</note>
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<para>Selecting is a skill you need to master in order to get
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the most out of &krusader;. Since you can not select
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files in the Quick View Panel, and the Tree Panel only lets
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you select one directory at a time, this paragraph mainly
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explains how to select files in the List Panel
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filelist.</para>
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<para>Moving the cursor is easy. Left-clicking on a file or
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directory (referred to herein as "elements" meaning files AND
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directories) will select it. Here are some useful pointers
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that will make &krusader; even easier to use (assuming you are
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using &krusader;'s Mouse Selection Mode):
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>The
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<keycap>SPACE</keycap> and
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<keycap>Insert</keycap> key will toggle the selection of
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the file under the cursor without affecting the selection
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of other files/directories, the cursor will go one
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position down.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Pressing the
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<keycap>SPACE</keycap> on a Directory under the cursor
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will
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<link linkend="calculate">calculate occupied
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space</link> without affecting the selection of other
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files/directories.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<keycap>Left Clicking</keycap> on a file will select, or
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unselect, all previously selected files.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;
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<keycap>Left Clicking</keycap></keycombo> will toggle the
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selection of the file under the cursor without affecting
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the selection of other files/directories.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Shift;
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<keycap>Left Clicking</keycap></keycombo> will select all
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the elements between the previous cursor location and the
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new one.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Shift;
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<keycap>Home</keycap></keycombo> selects everything above
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the cursor (and deselects everything below the cursor, if
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selected).</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Shift;
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<keycap>End</keycap></keycombo> selects everything below
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the cursor (and unselects everything above the cursor, if
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selected).</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The ".." entry is not selectable.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The &editmenu-lnk; can offer more ways
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to select your files.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist></para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="executing_commands">
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<title>Executing Commands</title>
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<para>There is not a lot to say here, all you need to do is
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select some files (if you do not, &krusader; will
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operate on the file(s) or directory(s) that have the focus),
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choose a
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<link linkend="menu-commands">Command</link> from the Menu Bar
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or use a Keyboard Shortcut (or the Right Click Menu) and the
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selected Command executes. See also
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<link linkend="executing_files">Executing
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Files</link>.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="quicksearch">
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<title>Quicksearch</title>
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<!-- Thanks to Heiner Eichmann -->
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<para>This feature will do a quick search for the file name
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in the Active List Panel.</para>
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<para>Type
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<keycap>foo</keycap>(one character) to do a quick search in
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the Active List Panel for a file beginning with "foo". A
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small quick search dialog box will open below the Active List
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Panel. Type the first few characters of the desired file name
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(more than one character allowed), the cursor will jump to
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that filename (if it exists), ⪚ type "ab" to
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search for a file which begins with "ab". The
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<keycap>Up/Down Arrow</keycap>will jump to the next or
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previous match. &Esc; will close the quick search
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line. The cursor will stay on the last file
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found.</para>
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<note>
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<para>If you press
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<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;
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<keycap>foo</keycap></keycombo>, the key binding shortcut
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will be executed. If there is no configured key binding,
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the remaining letter
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<keycap>foo</keycap>will be used for the quick
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search.</para>
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</note>
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<para>Use &konfiglookandfeel-lnk; to change from
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the default configuration.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="context-menu">
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<title>Context Menu</title>
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<para>&krusader; has many Context menus that allow
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you to do fast operations with the mouse, usually a
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right-click will open the Context menu (depending on your
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&mouse-selection-modes-lnk; settings). This list
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gives an overview of the most important context menus. Use
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them to discover the available commands.
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>&main-toolbar-lnk; (orientation, text
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position, icon size)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>&list-panel-lnk; on a file or
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directory</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>&cmdline-lnk; (undo, paste, text
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completion...)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>&termemu-lnk; (send signal, font,
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history...)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>&foldertabs-lnk; (new, duplicate,
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close)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<link linkend="krusearcher">KruSearcher</link> Search
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results file list (F3 View, F4 Edit)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>&mountman-lnk; (unmount,
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format...)</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>&syncdirs-lnk; File List</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>&useractions-lnk;</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>&konqueror; Right-Click actions are
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shown in &krusader;</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Show/hide
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<link linkend="list_panel">Column Headers</link></para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>&bookmarks-lnk; enable/disable permanent
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bookmarks</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>...</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist></para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="basic">
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<title>Basic File Management</title>
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<sect2 id="executing_files">
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<title>Executing Files</title>
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<para>You can only execute files in the Active List Panel. To
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<keycap>execute</keycap> a file just
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<keycap>(double-)click on it or press Enter</keycap> when it
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is under the list cursor. &krusader; will open it
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in the default application for this file type (picture,
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text file...) or the file will be executed (script,
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binary...). If you want to use
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<keycap>another application</keycap> to open the file,
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<keycap>Right-Click</keycap> on the file and go to the "open
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with" sub-menu which will offer more options.
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&krusader; is compatible with &kde;
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default file manager for all file types except archives that
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are opened inside the &krusader; panel and not in
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an external application. See
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<link linkend="konfig-archives">the archives page in
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Konfigurator</link>for details.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="copying">
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<title>Copying and Moving</title>
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<para>To copy or move files/directories just select them and
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press
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<keycap>F5</keycap>to
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<keycap>copy</keycap>or
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<keycap>F6</keycap>to
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<keycap>move</keycap>them. If the
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<guimenuitem>Preserve attributes (only on local
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targets)</guimenuitem> option is checked,
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&krusader; will try to preserve all attributes
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(time, owner, group) of the local files according to the
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source depending on your permissions:
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>User preserving if you are root</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Group preserving if you are root or member of the
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group</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Preserving the timestamp</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>Using this option may slow down the copy/move
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process. A dialog will appear and allow you to choose the
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operation destination. The default destination is the
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other-panel browsed directory. If you enter a partial
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&URL;, &krusader; will use the current
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panel directory as the &URL; base.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="deleting">
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<title>Deleting</title>
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<para>Deleting files/directories is done by selecting them
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and pressing
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<keycap>F8</keycap> or
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<keycap>Delete</keycap>. By
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<link linkend="konfig-general">default</link>it will be moved
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to &kde;'s Trash,
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<keycombo action="simul">&Shift;
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<keycap>Delete</keycap></keycombo> will delete the file
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permanently. A dialog will ask for your confirmation and will
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warn you when deleting non-empty directories. Of course only
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operations that you are permitted to do by the Operating
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System will be performed - you will be notified otherwise. If
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you do not wish to see the confirmation dialogs, you can
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disable them in the
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<link linkend="konfig-advanced">Konfigurator advanced
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tab</link>.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="shred">
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<title>Shred Files</title>
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<para>When you delete files in your local system, they are
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not completely erased and the information stored in them can
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be recovered using special software and hardware tools. If
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you want to erase a file without recoverable traces, select
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the file and use
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<emphasis role="bold">
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<menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Right-Click menu</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Shred</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice>
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</emphasis>.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="renaming">
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<title>Renaming Files, Creating Directories and Link
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Handling</title>
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<para>
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<keycap>Rename</keycap> the file under the cursor with the
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<keycap>F9</keycap> key or with two single mouse clicks. If
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only the file name needs to be renamed and not the extension,
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you can configure this in the
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&konfiglookandfeel-lnk;.
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<keycap>Create a new directory</keycap> with the
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<keycap>F7</keycap> key.
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<keycap>Right-clicking on a regular file</keycap> will give
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you the
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<keycap>option "New Symlink"</keycap>. A dialog will prompt
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you to enter a symlink name. That name will point to the
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file/directory you Right-Clicked on. If the file you
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Right-Clicked on is a symlink, you will also be presented
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with the "redirect link" option that will allow you to change
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the link target.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="viewing">
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<title>Viewing and Editing files</title>
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<para>
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<link linkend="krviewer">KrViewer</link> has a chapter of its
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own.</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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&archives;
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</chapter>
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