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<h1>Basic Help</h1>
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<dt class="bold"><a name="TOC">Content</a></dt>
<dt>1. <a href="#intro">Introduction</a></dt>
<dt>2. <a href="#congif_files">Сonfiguration files</a></dt>
<dt>3. <a href="#iface">Interface</a></dt>
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<dt>3.1. <a href="#iface_menu">Menu bar</a></dt>
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<dt>3.1.1. <a href="#mnu_file">"Files"</a></dt>
<dt>3.1.2. <a href="#mnu_select">"Mark"</a></dt>
<dt>3.1.3. <a href="#mnu_commands">"Commands"</a></dt>
<dt>3.1.4. <a href="#mnu_tabs">"Tabs"</a></dt>
<dt>3.1.5. <a href="#mnu_view">"Show"</a></dt>
<dt>3.1.6. <a href="#mnu_config">"Configuration"</a></dt>
<dt>3.1.7. <a href="#mnu_help">"Help"</a></dt>
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<dt>3.2. <a href="toolbar.html">Button toolbar</a></dt>
<dt>3.3. <a href="#iface_drive_pane">Drives button bar</a></dt>
<dt>3.4. <a href="#iface_drive_btn">Drives list</a></dt>
<dt>3.5. <a href="#iface_tabs">Tabs bar</a></dt>
<dt>3.6. <a href="#iface_dir">Current directory bar</a></dt>
<dt>3.7. <a href="#iface_columns">Tabstop headers bar</a></dt>
<dt>3.8. <a href="#iface_status">Status bar</a></dt>
<dt>3.9. <a href="#iface_console">Terminal window</a></dt>
<dt>3.10. <a href="#iface_path">Command line</a></dt>
<dt>3.11. <a href="#iface_buttons">Function key buttons bar</a></dt>
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<p>Double Commander — is a project started by Russian programmer Alexander Koblov
(Alexx2000@mail.ru), as a fork of Sexi Commander (author — Radek Cervinka,
radek.cervinka@centrum.cz).</p>
<p>Double Commander is a cross-platform (both GNU/Linux and Windows) file manager, supporting
WCX, WFX, WDX, WLX and DSX plugin types. The last type (DSX) is DC's own search plugin type.
The Windows version of Double Commander is compatible with many plugins from Total Commander (TC), which is more than half of those which I tried.
The Linux version has no such programs at all. DC comes installed with some WCX (archiver) plugins to work with cpio, deb, rpm, bz2, rar, zip, tar, gz, tgz archives as
directories (VFS), also a search plugin (DSX) and a lister videoplayer plugin for Linux (WLX). Other plugins can be installed manually.</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img title="Double Commander" alt="Double Commander" src="images/imgDC/pic05.png" width="730" height="458"/></p>
<div class="SECT1">
<h2><a name="intro">1. Introduction</a></h2>
<p>On the program <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=188452">download page</a>
you can see several versions which are available to download. First, you must choose which operating system (Windows or Linux)
and whether 32 or 64 bit. After that you can select the type of distribution.
For Windows there is an executable file <tt>.ехе</tt> or an archive <tt>.zip</tt> (which is the so-called portable version).</p>
<p>For Linux there are versions for most popular Linux distributions and desktop environments.
You can download compiled <tt>deb</tt> packages for Debian-based distributions (e.g,
Ubuntu), and <tt>rpm</tt> for Linux Mandriva. Also available is a portable version of the archive <tt>tar.bz2</tt>, it is the same source from which you can build the program yourself. For various DE there are versions, based on
GTK2 toolkit, and versions for KDE, based on Qt. I must note that the program is not yet available from the repositories.</p>
<p>On the first launch Double Commander will automatically detect the system language, and set it for the interface.
DC is translated into 10 languages so far. The language can be changed in the menu via
"<a href="#5_1_1_yazik">Configuration → Options → Language</a>".
Also Double Commander determines and uses the current system theme. It looks like this (in Ubuntu Linux, default theme):</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img title="Main program window" alt="Main window" src="images/imgDC/pic1.png" width="730" height="458"/></p>
<p>As can be seen from the figure, there are two file panels, a black terminal window, a command line (as in TC)
and a lower window that is a log viewer (it shows all the actions from the file manager).</p>
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<div class="SECT1">
<h2><a name="congif_files">2. Сonfiguration files</a></h2>
<p>Double Commander keeps settings in configuration files in the program directory or in the user's home directory.
The main files are:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><tt><a href="doublecmd.ini.html">doublecmd.ini</a></tt> — all the main program settings
(similar to <tt>wincmd.ini</tt>)</p></li>
<li><p><tt>default.bar</tt> — toolbar settings (like TC)</p></li>
<li><p><tt>editor.col</tt> — editor settings</p></li>
<li><p><tt><a href="shortcuts.html">shortcuts.ini</a></tt> — keyboard layout settings</p></li>
<li><p><tt>cmdhistory.txt</tt> — command line history</p></li>
<li><p><tt>dirhistory.txt</tt> — directories history</p></li>
<li><p><tt>edithistory.txt</tt> — edit files history (using <kbd>F4</kbd>)</p></li>
<li><p><tt>maskhistory.txt</tt> — the history of masks used to search, highlight, etc.</p></li>
<li><p><tt>doublecmd.log</tt> — log of all operations</p></li>
<li><p><tt><a href="doublecmd.ext.html">doublecmd.ext.example</a></tt> — sample file associations configuration</p></li>
</ul>
<p>The structure of these files are described in detail in their topics. Almost all the settings in these files can be changed from the program GUI.</p>
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<h2><a name="iface">3. Interface</a></h2>
<p>Double Commander's interface</p>
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<div class="SECT2">
<h3><a name="iface_menu">3.1. Menu bar</a></h3>
<p class="FIGURE"><img title="Menu bar" alt="Menu bar" src="images/imgDC/pic2.png" width="532" height="48"/></p>
<p>The Menu Bar provides access to all the features of Double Commander. But do not forget that the majority of actions can be performed in other ways: by using hot keys or buttons on the toolbar.
</p>
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<h4><a name="mnu_file">3.1.1. "Files"</a></h4>
<p>This menu contains almost all the actions that can be made on files. Please consider all the items:</p>
<p><a name="01_ssilka"><span class="bold">Create link</span></a> (internal command
<tt><a name="cm_HardLink">cm_HardLink</a></tt>). With this item, Double Commander creates a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_link">hard</a > link to the file under the cursor, and places it in a folder, open on the adjacent panel.</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Hard link" title="Hard link" src="images/imgDC/pic10-5.png" width="347" height="161"/></p>
<p><span class="italic">Link name</span> — here is the path to the link and its name.
The name is the last word after the last slash in the line.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Existing destination</span> — the object, on which the link is created.</p>
<p><a name="02_ssilka2"><span class="bold">Create symlink</span></a> (internal command
<tt><a name="cm_SymLink">cm_SymLink</a></tt>). All like the hard link above, but link is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symlink">symbolic</a>.</p>
<p>Selecting <a name="03_svoistva"><span class="bold">Show file properties...</span></a>
(internal command <tt><a name="cm_FileProperties">cm_FileProperties</a></tt>) we get a window like this:</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Show file properties" title="Show file properties" src="images/imgDC/pic11.png" width="383" height="378"/>
<img alt="Show file properties" title="Show file properties" src="images/imgDC/pic12.png" width="383" height="378"/></p>
<p>which indicates the file or folder name, size, write and last access time, and also owner and group. On the "Properties" tab you can change the access to the file (if you have the rights to do so). But only for a file or folder under the cursor.</p>
<p>Using item <a name="04_redakt_comment"><span class="bold">
Edit comment...</span></a> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_EditComment">cm_cm_EditComment</a></tt>) you can create or
change comments in UTF, ISO, KOI or ANSI encodings.</p>
<p><a name="05_rasschet_mesta"><span class="bold">Calculate Occupied Space</span></a> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_CalculateSpace">cm_CalculateSpace</a></tt>) item calculates the size of selected objects in rounded units and in bytes.</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Calculate size" title="Calculate size" src="images/imgDC/pic13.png" width="345" height="101"/></p>
<p><a name="06_sravnit"><span class="bold">Compare by Contents</span></a>
(internal command <tt><a name="cm_CompareContents">cm_CompareContents</a></tt>) shows a window with two panels with the files to compare (usually text).</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Compare dialog" title="Compare dialog" src="images/imgDC/pic13-5.png" width="795" height="243"/></p>
<p><span class="italic">Compare files</span> — starts the process of comparing files. Different lines are highlighted in red by default. You can choose any files. Also there is vertical and horizontal scrolling available.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Next difference</span> — step to next different lines.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Previous difference</span> — step to previous different lines.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Binary mode</span> — result is presented in binary form.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Keep scrolling</span> — allows synchronize scrolling.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Close</span> — closes comparison window.</p>
<p><a name="07_mnog_imen"><span class="bold">Multi Rename Tool</span></a>
(internal command <tt><a name="cm_MultiRename">cm_MultiRename</a></tt>)</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Multi Rename Tool" title="Multi Rename Tool"
src="images/imgDC/pic14.png" width="524" height="300"/></p>
<p>Allows renaming any files by defined mask. E.g. some files with different names could be
renamed into Picture1, Picture2, Picture3, etc.. First, select files to be renamed and then start this tool (see figure above).
There you can see the old and new names for your files.</p>
<p>On the panel <span class="italic">Mask</span> you can set mask to rename. The following macros are available:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><tt>[N]</tt> — is the same name as the source file</p></li>
<li><p><tt>[Nx]</tt> — get x-characters from original name. E.g. if the source file is named
"Picture" value [N5] would mean that the character "u" (fifth character in the original name) would be used</p></li>
<li><p><tt>[Nx:x]</tt> — get characters from x to x. E.g. if the source file is named
"Picture" value [N1:4] would mean "Pict" is used</p></li>
<li><p><tt>[C]</tt> — is a counter, its parameters are listed on the
<span class="italic">Counter</span> panel.</p></li>
<li><p>You can combine the use of macros, and your own text (see figure).</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Using the spinner box to the right of the <span class="italic">File Name</span> you can choose from the following:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>No change — the new names will be same case as the old ones.</p></li>
<li><p>UPPERCASE — the new names will be all uppercase.</p></li>
<li><p>lowercase — the new names will be all lowercase.</p></li>
<li><p>First char uppercase — the new file names will begin with a capital character.</p></li>
<li><p>First Char Of Every Word Uppercase — each word of the new file names will begin with a capital character.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Likewise for the <span class="italic">Extension</span> name as well.
<p>Panel <span class="italic">Find & Replace</span> will help when you need to replace parts of the file name
(e.g. change "a" to "i", so the word changes from "race" to "rice"). <a href="regexp.html">Regular expressions</a> are also available.</p>
<p>In the panel <span class="italic">Counter</span> set the parameters of the counter: first number, number width (1, 01, 001, 0001, etc..), interval.</p>
<p>In the panel <span class="italic">Log Result</span> you can enable a log file and specify the path to it.</p>
<p>In the panel <span class="italic">Presets</span> you can save all your MultiRename settings for future use. Just type a name into the box
and click the <span class="italic">Save</span> button.
<p>If you click on the <span class="italic">Reset all</span> button the configuration of the MultiRename tool will be set back to the initial settings.
Handy if you want to start all over again ;-).
<p>Finally, when you are satisfied you have the new filenames as you want, click on the <span class="italic">Rename</span> button to actually perform the
file renaming.
<p>By selecting item <a name="08_upakovat"><span class="bold">Pack files</span></a> (internal command
<tt><a name="cm_PackFiles">cm_PackFiles</a></tt>) we call a standard dialog to pack files to the zip, tar.gz, tgz and, possibly, rar archive formats.</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Pack" title="Pack" src="images/imgDC/pic14-5.png" width="368" height="183"/></p>
<p>Also we can unpack files via <a name="09_raspakovat">
<span class="bold">Extract Files</span></a> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_ExtractFiles">cm_ExtractFiles</a></tt>). The same dialog is called when you copy files from the archive.</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Unpack" title="Unpack" src="images/imgDC/pic14-6.png" width="368" height="173"/></p>
<p>The first line specifies the destination directory (where the archive will be unpacked).
It can be changed manually or by clicking on the browse button at the far right.
In the <span class="italic">Files to unpack</span> line, you can specify a mask, determining which files will be unpacked. The history of masks can be found in the drop-down list. Checkbox <span class="italic">
Unpack each archive to a separate subdir (name of the archive)</span> creates a folder in the destination with the same name as the archive and extracts the files into that folder. You can extract
several archives at once with this option and each will be extracted into its own folder in the destination.</p>
<p>Items <a name="010_11_razrezat_sobrat">
<span class="bold">Split file</span> and <span class="bold">Combine files</span></a> (internal commands
<tt><a name="cm_FileSpliter">cm_FileSpliter</a></tt> and <tt>cm_FileLinker</tt>)</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Split file" title="Split file" src="images/imgDC/pic14-7.png" width="331" height="232"/></p>
<p><span class="italic">File source</span> — specifies a file to split.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Directory target</span> — specifies destination folder for the split files</p>
<p><span class="italic">File size</span> — select size of split parts. You can also enter your own value. Presets are:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>1457664B — 3.5" — Floppy drive 3.5</p></li>
<li><p>98078KB - ZIP 100MB — ZIP drive</p></li>
<li><p>650MB - CD 650MB — CD drive size</p></li>
<li><p>700MB - CD 700MB — CD drive size</p></li>
</ul>
<p>On click OK button you get several files with the extension ".split" in the target directory. To combine the file again, select all ".split" parts and click <span class="bold">Combine files</span>(<tt><a name="cm_FileLinker">cm_FileLinker</a></tt>). You also need to specify the order of split parts to combine.</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Combine files" title="Combine files" src="images/imgDC/pic14-8.png" width="258" height="275"/></p>
<p>This function is very useful, if you have small drives and large files. It is possible to move the file parts (as in TC).</p>
<p>Item <a name="012_controlnaya_summa">
<span class="bold">Calculate check sum...</span></a> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_CheckSumCalc">cm_CheckSumCalc</a></tt>) is used to calculate the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checksum">checksum</a> (<span class="bold">MD5</span>
and <span class="bold">SHA1</span>) to check files integrity.
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Calculate checksum" title="Calculate checksum" src="images/imgDC/pic14-8-1.png" width="370" height="135"/></p>
<p><span class="italic">Save check sum file(s) to:</span> — line specifies name and path to
the calculated checksum.
<p><span class="italic">Create separate MD5 files for each file</span> — if checksum calculates for multiple files, this option allows you to create separate MD5 files for each target file.
<p><span class="italic">MD5 and SHA1</span> — select algorithm which will calculate <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checksum">checksums</a>.
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<h4><a name="mnu_select">3.1.2."Mark"</a></h4>
<p>There are some commands in this group with which you can select files in different ways.</p>
<p>First and second items <span class="bold"><a name="11_videlit_gruppu">Select a group</a></span> and <span class="bold">Unselect a group</span> (internal commands <tt><a name="cm_MarkPlus">cm_MarkPlus</a></tt> and <tt><a name="cm_MarkMinus">cm_MarkMinus</a></tt>). These commands select groups of files by a mask. With this mask you can specify file names or extensions.</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Select a group" title="Select a group" src="images/imgDC/pic14-9.png" width="350" height="115"/></p>
<p>E.g. select all files that have the extension <tt>.png</tt>. Also there is a drop down list with masks history.</p>
<p>Third and fourth items <span class="bold"><a name="12_videlit_vse">Select all</a></span> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_MarkMarkAll">cm_MarkMarkAll</a></tt>)
and <span class="bold">Unselect all</span> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_MarkUnmarkAll">cm_MarkUnmarkAll</a></tt>). They make it possible to select or unselect all items from the panel quickly.</p>
<p>Fifth item is <span class="bold"><a name="13_inversia">Invert selections</a></span> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_MarkInvert">cm_MarkInvert</a></tt>). It makes currently selected files unselected and vice versa.</p>
<p>Sixth and seventh items <span class="bold"><a name="14_videlit_po_rash">Select all with same extension</a></span> (internal command
<tt><a name="cm_MarkCurrentExtension">cm_MarkCurrentExtension</a></tt>) and <span class="bold">Unselect all with same extension</span>
(internal command <tt><a name="cm_UnmarkCurrentExtension">cm_UnmarkCurrentExtension</a></tt>). These functions help to select and unselect files with the same extension as the file under the cursor.</p>
<p>Eighth and ninth items <span class="bold"><a name="15_kopir_imena">Copy Filename(s) to Clipboard</a></span> (internal command
<tt><a name="cm_CopyNamesToClip">cm_CopyNamesToClip</a></tt>) and <span class="bold">Copy Filename(s) with Full Path</span> (internal command
<tt><a name="cm_CopyFullNamesToClip">cm_CopyFullNamesToClip</a></tt>). First command copies the selected file list to the clipboard, second copies too, but with full file paths.</p>
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<h4><a name="mnu_commands">3.1.3. "Commands"</a></h4>
<p>First item is <span class="bold"><a name="21_poisk">Search</a></span> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_Search">cm_Search</a></tt>).</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Search" title="Search" src="images/imgDC/pic15.png"/></p>
<p>Line <span class="italic">File mask</span> set the mask to search.</p>
<p>Next line <span class="italic">Directory</span> specifies directory to start search, default is "/".</p>
<p><span class="italic">Search subdirectories</span> can have:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>current dir only</p></li>
<li><p>select number of levels (from 1 to 100)</p></li>
<li><p>all (unlimited depth)</p></li>
</ul>
<p>This setting controls search depth of the filesystem tree. Set to
"current dir only", we will search only in specified "Directory" (not any subdirs).</p>
<p>Also you can use <a href="regexp.html">regular expressions</a>.</p>
<p>If checkbox <span class="italic">Find text in file</span> is enabled, process will search for text, specified
in line <span class="italic">Find Data</span> in the files. You can also replace this text with any other text, specified in line<span class="italic">
Replace text</span> by enabling the checkbox.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Case sensitive</span> — indicates that capital letters should be distinguished from lowercase, e.g. "Fallout" and "fallout" would be different.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Find files NOT containing the text</span>, displays files, which do not have the text specified at the <span class="italic">Find Data</span> field. Also you can set encoding here (UTF,
ISO, KOI, DOS, ANSI etc..).</p>
<p><span class="italic">Use search plugin</span>: Use Locate plugin to make the search.</p>
<p>Tab <span class="italic">Advanced</span> allows to specify additional conditions: Date (from .. to), Time (from .. to), Size (from .. to), also attributes and file age.</p>
<p>Tab <span class="italic">Load/Save</span> allows you to save search parameters so they can be re-used at a later time.
<p>Tab <span class="italic">Results</span> contains results of the search and has the following buttons:</p>
<p><span class="italic">View</span> — opens selected file with viewer (<kbd>F3</kbd>).</p>
<p><span class="italic">New search</span> — clear old results and allow to re-search (perhaps with new conditions).</p>
<p><span class="italic">Go to file</span> — closes search window and sets cursor on selected file in the panel.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Feed to listbox</span> — gives a list of files with full paths in the file panel.</p>
<p>You can switch between the tabs with Alt+1...Alt+4 keys combinations.</p>
<br>
<p>Second item is <span class="bold"><a name="22_lichnue_catalogi">Directory hotlist</a></span> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_DirHotList">cm_DirHotList</a></tt>).
This command is the same as pressing the <a href="#btn_dirlist">"*"</a> button.</p>
<p>Selecting this item we get a popup menu, in which we can choose: add the currently selected directory as a new bookmark or configure existing bookmarks.</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="" src="images/imgDC/pic5-1-1.png" width="183" height="224"/></p>
<p><span class="italic">Configure</span> — opens a dialog to manage bookmarks.</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="" src="images/imgDC/pic5-2.png" width="312" height="316"/></p>
<p><span class="italic">Add</span> — opens a dialog to add a new bookmark.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Delete</span> — deletes the selected bookmark.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Add manually</span> — you can enter the path of a new bookmark from the keyboard.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Edit</span> — edit added bookmark (also see settings at section [Configuration] of doublecmd.ini, HotDir= all bookmarks, separated by commas).</p>
<p>Third item is <span class="bold"><a name="23_pusk_term">Run Term</a></span> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_RunTerm">cm_RunTerm</a></tt>) — opens a terminal at the current directory (settings at <a href="#5_1_2_2_pusk_terminala">Run terminal</a>).</p>
<p>Fourth item is <span class="bold"><a name="24_otkr_VFS">Open VFS list</a></span> (virtual file system) used by the plugins (WFX, WCX, etc), that need their own filesystems. If you add and configure the relevant plugins, the command will open the list, providing an opportunity to work with them.</p>
<p>Fifth item <span class="bold"><a name="25_pomenyat_mestami">Swap Panels</a></span> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_Exchange">cm_Exchange</a></tt>), swaps left and right panels.</p>
<p>Sixth item is <span class="bold"><a name="26_dve_paneli">Target = Source</a></span> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_TargetEqualSource">cm_TargetEqualSource</a></tt>) — opens the same directory in the inactive panel. This command is the same as pressing <a href="#btn_dirlist">"="</a>.</p>
<p>Seventh item is <span class="bold"><a name="27_dve_paneli">Show occupied space</a></span> — calculates and shows the total size of all files in the sub-folders of the current folder. The <DIR> text in the Size column of the active panel is replaced with the total.
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<h4><a name="mnu_tabs">3.1.4. "Tabs"</a></h4>
<p>This group manages the tabbed file panels.</p>
<p>First item is <span class="bold"><a name="31_new_tab">New Tab</a></span> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_NewTab">cm_NewTab</a></tt>) — adds a new tab to the panel and selects it.</p>
<p>Second item is <span class="bold"><a name="32_otkr_vkladka">Open folder in new tab</a></span> (internal command
<tt><a name="cm_OpenDirInNewTab">cm_OpenDirInNewTab</a></tt>) — opens a new tab for the directory under the cursor, but does not select it.</p>
<p>Third item is <span class="bold"><a name="33_del_vkladka">Remove tab </a></span> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_RemoveTab">cm_RemoveTab</a></tt>)
— closes the active tab and switches the panel to the next tab (or the previous tab, if you close the last tab).</p>
<p>Fourth item is <span class="bold"><a name="34_delalltabs">Remove all tabs </a></span> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_RemoveAllTabs">cm_RemoveAllTabs</a></tt>)
— closes all inactive tabs. If they consist of locked tabs, it will prompt for <a href="#5_1_11_0_vopros">confirmation</a>.</p>
<p>Fifth item <span class="bold"><a name="35_blok_smena">Locked, but directory changes allowed</a></span> (internal command
<tt><a name="cm_ToggleLockDcaTab">cm_ToggleLockDcaTab</a></tt>) — if you lock a tab with this method, you can change to another directory within this tab, but after switching to another tab (or DC is restarted) the tab will revert to the locked tabs original directory.</p>
<p>Sixth item is <span class="bold"><a name="36_block_bezsmena">Lock this tab</a></span> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_ToggleLockTab">cm_ToggleLockTab</a></tt>)
— makes the tab locked, trying to change to another directory within this tab will simply open a new tab.</p>
<p>Seventh and eighth items are <span class="bold"><a name="37_perekluch_tab">Switch to next tab</a></span> (internal command
<tt><a name="cm_NextTab">cm_NextTab</a></tt>) and <span class="bold">Switch to previous tab</span> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_PrevTab">cm_PrevTab</a></tt>) — respectively switches to the tab on the right (next) and to the tab on the left (previous).</p>
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<h4><a name="mnu_view">3.1.5. "Show"</a></h4>
<p>Manages the displayed contents of the file panels.</p>
<p>The first five items: <span class="bold"><a name="41_imya_attr">Sort by name</a></span> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_SortByName">cm_SortByName</a></tt>), <span class="bold">Sort by extension</span> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_SortByExt">cm_SortByExt</a></tt>), <span class="bold">Sort by size</span> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_SortBySize">cm_SortBySize</a></tt>), <span class="bold">Sort by date</span> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_SortByDate">cm_SortByDate</a></tt>), <span class="bold">Sort by attrib</span> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_SortByAttr">cm_SortByAttr</a></tt>) — allows you to choose different sorting orders for the files. Also you can click the left mouse button on the <a href="#iface_columns">column headers</a> to change the sort order.</p>
<p>Sixth item is <span class="bold"><a name="42_obr_porr">Reverse order</a></span> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_ReverseOrder">cm_ReverseOrder</a></tt>) — invert the sort order for the active panel.</p>
<p>Seventh item is <span class="bold"><a name="43_obnovit">Refresh</a></span> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_Refresh">cm_Refresh</a></tt>) — makes Double Commander refresh the panels.</p>
<p>Eighth item is <span class="bold"><a name="44_sysfiles">Show hidden/system files</a></span> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_ShowSysFiles">cm_ShowSysFiles</a></tt>) controls the display of hidden files and directories. In Linux these are "dotted" files. Same as the setting in the configuration — <a href="#5_1_2_10_skritie_faily">Show hidden/system files</a>.</p>
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<h4><a name="mnu_config">3.1.6. "Configuration"</a></h4>
<p>First item is <span class="bold"><a name="5_1_parametry">Options</a></span> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_Options">cm_Options</a></tt>), it opens the "Options" window. Here you can set almost all of the options in Double Commander!!! Please inspect all sections of this window.</p>
<p>First section is <span class="bold"><a name="5_1_1_yazik">Language</a></span>.
These are the various translations available for Double Commander. You can choose your preferred language.</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Language" title="Language" src="images/imgDC/pic16.png" width="312" height="284"/></p>
<p>Next section is <span class="bold"><a name="5_1_2_povedenie">Behaviors</a></span></p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Behaviors" title="Behaviors" src="images/imgDC/pic17.png" width="517" height="382"/></p>
<p>Line <span class="italic">Run in terminal</span>: The default setting is <tt>xterm -e sh -c</tt>. But you can change it to <tt>gnome-terminal
-e sh -c</tt>, if you are using Gnome. Also, you can set any other program here. Note, that keys <tt>-e sh -c</tt> are needed for launching console programs from Double Commander (<kbd>Shift+Enter</kbd> by default).</p>
<p><span class="italic"><a name="5_1_2_2_pusk_terminala">Run terminal</a></span> — program that will run on pressing
<kbd>F9</kbd> or command <a href="#23_pusk_term">Run terminal</a> (other programs, not just terminal programs can be run from here).</p>
<p><span class="italic">Select directory with keypad</span> Obsolete. Not working.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Lynx like movement</span> — <tt>right arrow</tt> opens directory or runs a program under cursor, <tt>left arrow</tt> opens parent directory.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Case sensitive sorting</span> —if this option is enabled, files/folders will be sorted thus: Filenames starting with [A-Z] will appear before filenames starting with [a-z],
e.g.: "Zilog.txt" will appear before "anacron.txt".</p>
<p><span class="italic">Short Filesize format</span> — file sizes will be rounded before display in column "Size" variously: Kb, Mb, Gb, Tb, etc. If this option is unselected the sizes will appear in bytes.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Move icon to system tray when minimized</span> — When minimized Double Commander will display its icon in the system tray rather than the panel (or Windows taskbar).</p>
<p><span class="italic">Date and time format</span> — can vary from "day.month.year" to "day.month.year hour:minute:second". Date will be displayed at column <a href="#5_1_15_2_data">Date</a> on panels.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Cut text to column width</span> — sometimes column text can overlap into other columns. This option truncates any extra text at the column boundary.</p>
<p><span class="italic"><a name="5_1_2_10_skritie_faily">Show hidden/system files</a></span> — to display "dotted" files (in Linux). This can also can be changed from the main menu.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Show icons, Icons Size</span> — to display the icons of files and folders on the file panels. Three sizes are available: 16x16, 22x22 and 32x32 pixels.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Selection by mouse, Mode</span> — ability to select and unselect files and folders with the mouse. Mode is set for <tt>left button</tt> or <tt>right button</tt>.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Scrolling</span> — ability to use mouse wheel to list files at panels.</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Line by line with cursor movement — cursor will move up or down the panel before scrolling takes place.</p></li>
<li><p>Line by line — the cursor remains on the file and scrolling takes place immediately.</p></li>
<li><p>Page by page — the same as previous, but scrolling is by pages rather than by lines (much faster scrolling).</p></li>
</ul>
<p><span class="italic">Drive black list</span> — use this to hide certain drives in the drives panel menu bar. Each item must contain the full path to the drive/mount point. Separate multiple drives with semicolons ";". Examples: /media/cdrom;/mnt/win_c (Linux)   a:\;b:\;d:\ (Windows).</p>
<p>Section <span class="bold"><a name="5_1_3_instruments">Tools</a></span>. You can specify external programs for edit (<kbd>F4</kbd>), view (<kbd>F3</kbd>) and find differences. These external programs will be used instead of the internal tools.</p>
<p>Section <span class="bold"><a name="5_1_4_shrifty">Fonts</a></span></p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Fonts" title="Fonts" src="images/imgDC/pic18.png" width="449" height="339"/></p>
<p>You can select fonts for the editor (<kbd>F4</kbd>), viewer (<kbd>F3</kbd>) and main font for the program, and also their size. The bottom line for each allows you to see how the display of the selected font looks. One important note: the fonts for the editor and viewer must be <span class="red">MONOSPACE</span>. The figure below illustrates a proportionally spaced font in
the window above (notice the strange spacing) and a monospace font in the window below which appears correctly spaced. Also, with some proportional fonts the characters may overwrite each other and look quite strange.</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Font Differences" title="Font Differences" src="images/imgDC/pic19.png" width="570" height="368"/></p>
<p>Normal (proportional) font above, monospaced below.</p>
<p>Section <span class="bold"><a name="5_1_5_cveta_panelei">Colors, File panels</a></span></p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Color settings" title="Color settings" src="images/imgDC/pic20.png" width="449" height="339"/></p>
<p>The color settings here are global settings for both panels. These settings can be overridden by creating a customised column style which can have its own color settings, and more, for each tab in the panel! See <a href="#5_1_15_colonki">Columns</a> for details on how to do this.
You must adjust the current style of the columns (there are two default column sytles: Default and Brief) or create your own style and apply it for any tab.</p>
<p>Here you can choose colors that will be used to process the file panels:
<span class="italic">Text Color, Background, Background2, Mark color, Cursor Color</span>, and also<span class="italic"> Cursor Text</span>.
With the two background options you can make an alternating stripe in the panels. I've done this myself as can be seen in the panel screenshots.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Use Inverted Selection</span> — inverts colors of marked text and marked text under cursor. More details about color settings are in section <a href="#5_1_15_colonki">Columns</a>.</p>
<p>Section <span class="bold"><a name="5_1_6_cveta_failov">Colors, File types</a></span></p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="File types by color" title="File types by color" src="images/imgDC/pic21.png" width="527" height="387"/></p>
<p>Here you can specify file types that should be given a different color.</p>
<p>In line <span class="italic">Category name</span> you may write a description of the file, what it does or what program it opens.</p>
<p>In line <span class="italic">Category mask</span> put a wildcard mask to match file types. You may put multiple file types here using a semicolon ";" without spaces between them. Symbol "*" means match any number of characters.</p>
<p>In line <span class="italic">Category attributes</span> you can put file attributes, and DC will match any files which have matching attributes. Set attributes this way:
<tt>drwxrwxrwx</tt> (Linux) <tt>drahs</tt> (Windows). You can also use wildcards in the attributes: <tt>?r-*</tt> (Linux) or <tt>?r*</tt> (Windows) will find all read-only files and folders.</p>
<p>Do not forget to click "Apply" button after customization.</p>
<p>Section <span class="bold"><a name="5_1_7_hotKeys">Hot Keys</a></span></p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Hot Keys" title="Hot Keys" src="images/imgDC/pic22.png" width="527" height="387"/></p>
<p>In this section you can set keys to launch commands and also specify parameters for these commands.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Categories</span> — shows the category of hot key combinations. Main - the main category (apparently there will be other categories in future). </p>
<p><span class="italic">Commands</span> — list of available <a href="cmds.html">shortcuts</a> in Double Commander. The list is shown as a table with three columns:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Commands (names of internal commands)</p></li>
<li><p>Comments (a short description)</p></li>
<li><p>Hotkeys (assigned shortcuts)</p></li>
</ul>
<p><span class="italic">Filter</span> — enables you to search the internal commands more quickly.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Hot Key</span> — new shortcut displays here. Click in the box and press combination on keyboard to enter new hot key.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Hot Keys</span> — this box shows assigned shortcuts for the selected command. Also will display a warning if you try to set a shortcut that is already assigned.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Param</span> — allows you to set some parameters for the command.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Set HotKey</span> — sets the new shortcut. It will be moved from "Hot Key" to "Hot Keys" box. Also it will be added to the third column of "Commands" table.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Clear HotKey</span> — clears existing shortcut from "Hot Keys" box.</p>
<p>E.g. to reassign drive popup menu from <kbd>Alt+F1</kbd> and <kbd>Alt+F2</kbd> to <kbd>Ctrl+F1</kbd> and <kbd>Ctrl+F2</kbd> (in Linux) you must select command <tt>cm_RightOpenDrives</tt>, click in the "Hot Key" box and press <kbd>Ctrl+F2</kbd>. Then press "Set HotKey" button. Perform the same steps for command <tt>cm_LeftOpenDrives</tt> and shortcut <kbd>Ctrl+F1</kbd>.</p>
<p>Section <span class="bold"><a name="5_1_8_plaginy">Plugins</a></span> Information will be added later...</p>
<p>Section <span class="bold"><a name="5_1_9_vidOkna">Layout</a></span></p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Layout" title="Layout" src="images/imgDC/pic23.png" width="527" height="387"/></p>
<p>You can change the layout of the main window here. I suppose, all the available options are explained on the screenshot above (Layout). The screenshot below illustrates what DC looks like with all the layout options unselected.</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Layout DC" title="Layout DC" src="images/imgDC/pic24.png" width="730" height="458"/></p>
<p>Section <span class="bold"><a name="5_1_10_fileOper">File operations</a></span></p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="" src="images/imgDC/pic25.png" width="527" height="387"/></p>
<p><span class="italic">Buffer Size (Kb)</span> — sets the memory buffer size for file operations.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Use memory mapping for search text in files.</span>
— copies the file into virtual memory before performing the search. It's faster, but needs a more powerful computer.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Use stream for search in text files</span> — splits file into parts, then the search begins (slower, but fewer resources are required).</p>
<p><span class="italic">Number of wipe pass</span> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_Wipe">cm_Wipe</a></tt>)
— this function is for the complete destruction of files from your hard disk (shortcut <kbd>Alt+Del</kbd> by default). Erasing uses several overwrites of the file. Here you can specify the number of rewrites.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Drop readonly flag</span> — if enabled, Double Commander will drop this flag in Windows, and add "w" attribute in Linux. This is handy if copying files from CD/DVD media where the files would retain the read-only attribute by default.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Process comments with files/folders</span> — If enabled and you have a file/folder with a comment attached and you copy or move it to another folder the comment will be copied or moved to the destination along with the file/folder.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Select only the name when renaming (not the extension)</span> — Selects only the filename part before the "." on renaming.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Show tab select in copy/move dialog</span>
— If a panel has more than one tab, on copy/move you can choose the destination tab.</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Show tab select in copy/move dialog enabled" title="Show tab select in copy/move dialog enabled" src="images/imgDC/pic25-1.png" width="285" height="174"/>
<img alt="Show tab select in copy/move dialog disabled" title="Show tab select in copy/move dialog disabled" src="images/imgDC/pic25-2.png" width="285" height="174"/></p>
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to only two the buttons were still small like this. Maybe a bug or maybe you changed it deliberately?</p>
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<p><span class="italic">Skip file operations errors and write them to log window</span> — If a file operation error should occur the error message will appear in the log window below the panels rather than appearing in a popup dialog.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Show confirmation dialog on drag&drop operations</span> — If selected, when you drag files/folders across to the other panel a popup dialog will ask to confirm your action.</p>
<p>Section <span class="bold"><a name="5_1_11_vkladki">Folder tabs</a></span></p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Folder tabs" title="Folder tabs" src="images/imgDC/pic26.png" width="527" height="387"/></p>
<p><span class="italic">Show tab header also when there is only one tab</span> — If this option is disabled and there is only one tab on the panel, a tab header won't appear (usually this is more visually attractive).</p>
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<p><span class="italic">Размещать вкладки в несколько рядов</span> — когда открыто
большое количество вкладок, и они не умещаются в одну строчку, то по умолчанию по бокам появляются
стрелки, за которые и уходят заголовки вкладок. А если отмечена эта опция, то заголовки вкладок
выстраиваются в два или три ряда.</p>
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<p><span class="italic">Limit tab title length to</span> — Tabs with long names will be limited to this length and the displayed name will be truncated if longer than this value.</p>
<p><span class="italic"><a name="5_1_11_0_vopros">Confirm close all tabs</a></span> — If selected and a <a href="#34_delalltabs">Remove all tabs</a> command is executed this option will prompt for confirmation that you wish to remove all inactive tabs.</p>
<p><span class="italic"><a name="5_1_11_2_vopros">Ctrl+Up opens new tab in foreground</a></span> — Doesn't seem to be working yet.
<p><span class="italic"><a name="5_1_11_3_vopros">Show tab close button</a></span> — If selected, a small "x" button will appear on tabs allowing you to click on it to close them.
<p><span class="italic"><a name="5_1_12_1_zvezda">Show locked tabs with an asterisk *</a></span> — to distinguish between locked and unlocked tabs. Locked tabs will be marked by *.</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Tabs" title="Tabs" src="images/imgDC/pic6.png" width="445" height="33"/></p>
<p>Tab <tt>My Documents</tt> is locked here, and tabs <tt>imgDC</tt> and <tt>temp</tt> are not locked.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Activate target panel when clicking on one of its Tabs</span> — if enabled, when you click the mouse on a tab on the other panel, the focus will automatically be transferred to it (it will become the active panel).
Also the cursor position will be retained when switching between panels this way.</p>
<p>Section <span class="bold"><a name="5_1_12_protokol">Log</a></span></p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Log" title="Log" src="images/imgDC/pic26-3.png" width="475" height="289"/></p>
<p>Here you can choose the filename to log Double Commander's operations. Also you can choose which operations will be logged.</p>
<p>Section <span class="bold"><a name="5_1_13_Configur">Configuration</a></span></p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Configuration" title="Configuration" src="images/imgDC/pic26-4.png" width="475" height="289"/></p>
<p>Here you can choose where to store all configuration files.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Edit</span> — button to enable editing the doublecmd.ini configuration file manually.</p>
<p>You can also customize which history items to log in Double Commander. These logs are useful to quickly facilitate navigation.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Directory history</span> — saves the history of all visited directories.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Command line history</span> — saves the history of commands that were entered at the command line.</p>
<p><span class="italic">File mask history</span> — helps you remember which files you have already searched for and generally what the mask files you used were.</p>
<p>Section <span class="bold"><a name="5_1_14_bystrPoisk">Quick search</a></span></p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Quick search" title="Quick search" src="images/imgDC/pic26-5.png" width="475" height="289"/></p>
<p>Quick search is used in searching for filenames in the panel. Here you can set a keyboard shortcut for it, and also set some parameters.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Exact name match: Beginning </span>
— means that the file to be searched for must begin with the first letter typed.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Exact name match: Ending</span>
— it helps, if you know only end of filename, e.g. <tt>...us.ext</tt>, so you can find this file using the mask <tt>*us.ext</tt>.</p>
<p>I like to have the <span class="italic">Exact name match: Beginning </span> selected and then I can just type the first character of the filename I'm looking for and then the second character, etc. The file is quickly
located in this manner.</p>
<p>Section <span class="bold"><a name="5_1_15_colonki">Columns</a></span></p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Columns" title="Columns" src="images/imgDC/pic27.png" width="498" height="285"/></p>
<p>In this section you can customize the panel appearance, columns, colors, fonts, etc. Double Commander is very configurable in this way.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Configure columns for the file system</span> — if any installed WFX-plugins have a file system that differs from standard FS, this option allows you to create a set of styles especially for this file system.
<P>Main windows displays a list of existing column styles. There are two default styles: Default and Brief (in this screenshot you can also see my column style called "my_style").</p>
<p><span class="italic">New</span> — creates a new column set. It opens the columns editor window, where you can enter a name and also customise your new style.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Delete</span> — deletes selected columns set.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Copy</span> — copies columns set. The new set is named the same as the target set + <tt>_Copy</tt> added. It is a good idea to create some different sets from one parent.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Edit</span> — opens columns editor window.</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Column set custom window" title="Column set custom window" src="images/imgDC/pic28.png" width="719" height="407"/></p>
<p><span class="italic"><a name="5_1_15_1_nastroika_nabora">Configure view nr: 1 Name</a></span> — the name of the column set. The number of the set is ordered in the list at <a href="#5_1_15_colonki">Columns</a>.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Cursor border</span> — it is possible to have a custom color of the cursor border or disable it.
<p>Customization table — allows you to set the number, name, content, place and size of columns.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Customize column 1: 'Name'</span> — the buttons here choose which column to edit. It will also expand fonts and colors customization pane.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Preview</span> — allows you to see the new style on the panel before applying it.</p>
<p>Here is the customization table</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Customization table" title="Customization table" src="images/imgDC/pic28-1.png" width="737" height="47"/></p>
<p>The count of lines in the customization table is equal to the count of columns in the set.</p>
<p>These are the parameters that determine the table for the column (click in the boxes to edit them):</p>
<p><span class="italic">Delete</span> — allows you to remove any line. To delete: click in the Delete box of the line. Then click again, this time a delete symbol appears. If you click a third time the line will be deleted from the table.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Caption</span> — specifies the name of the column which will be displayed in the <a href="#iface_columns">tabstop headers bar</a>. You can set any name you like.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Width</span> — column width (pixels) which will be set on program start. Note: the width depends on the column content, e.g. the file extension column will have a small width.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Align</span> — sets the alignment of the column name. Variants are:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><tt>(<--)</tt> align left</p></li>
<li><p><tt>(-->)</tt> align right</p></li>
<li><p><tt>( = )</tt> align middle</p></li>
</ul>
<p><span class="italic">Field contents</span> — sets the basic content of the column. You can select from the following variants:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><tt>GETFILENAME</tt> — file name and extension (<tt>text.txt</tt>).</p></li>
<li><p><tt>GETFILENAMENOEXT</tt> — file name and no extension (<tt>text</tt>).</p></li>
<li><p><tt>GETFILEEXT</tt> — file extension (from the dot to the end, e.g. <tt>.txt</tt> or <tt>.example</tt>).</p></li>
<li><p><tt>GETFILESIZE</tt> — file or directory size. The appearance will depend on the option chosen at section <a href="#5_1_2_povedenie">Behaviors</a>.</p></li>
<li><p><tt><a name="5_1_15_2_data">GETFILETIME</a></tt> — file or directory date. The appearance will depend on the option chosen at section <a href="#5_1_2_povedenie">Behaviors</a>.</p></li>
<li><p><tt>GETFILEATTR</tt> — file or directory attributes.</p></li>
<li><p><tt>GETFILEPATH</tt> — path to the current item. Uses: usually, for search results.</p></li>
<li><p><tt>GETFILEGROUP</tt> — displays the group of the file.</p></li>
<li><p><tt>GETFILEOWNER</tt> — displays the owner of the file.</p></li>
<li><p><tt>GETFILELINKTO</tt> — displays the path and file (if they exist), that is, what is linked with this symlink.</p></li>
</ul>
<p><span class="italic">Move</span> — allows you to move lines (which equates to reordering the columns). Click twice in the Move box and you will see a type of spinner appear, clicking on the upper part moves the line up (column moves left).</p>
<p><span class="italic">Colors</span> — lets you customize the column's color and font. Individual columns can have different colors. The window to edit the colors you can see below.</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Column's color editor" title="Column's color editor" src="images/imgDC/pic29.png" width="719" height="485"/></p>
<p>To get this pane you must click on one of the buttons on either side of the <span class="italic"> Customize column 1: 'Name'</span> line.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Font</span> — you can choose the font for this column. To use the system fonts list, click the button " <tt>...</tt> " to the right.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Size</span> — you can set the font size here.</p>
<p><span class="italic">R</span> — Restores the default font settings.</p>
<p><span class="italic">All</span> — Applies the settings to all the other columns.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Allow Overcolor</span> — this option enables the ability to display the names of files in a different color (selected in the section <a href="#5_1_6_cveta_failov">Colors, File types</a>).</p>
<p>It is possible to choose a color for the following elements: Text Color, Background, Background 2, Mark Color, Cursor Color, Cursor Text.</p>
<p class="bold"><span class="italic">Something about color</span></p>
<p>There are 22 preset colors. There is a <span class="bold">nice ability</span> to set system theme color settings. So, <span class="red">the program appearance will change depending on the system themes.</span> Also, textures from system themes <span class="bold">can be used for column sets</span>.</p>
<p><span class="italic">>></span> — button for choosing some color from the palette.</p>
<p><span class="italic">R</span> — Restores default settings from the section <a
href="#5_1_5_cveta_panelei">Colors, File types</a>.</p>
<p><span class="italic">All</span> — Applies the settings to all the other columns.</p>
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<p>Example using system columns for DC (right panel).</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Color Sample 1" title="Color Sample 1" src="images/imgDC/column1.png" width="900" height="269"/></p>
<p>Example using independent settings for columns.</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Color Sample 2" title="Color Sample 2" src="images/imgDC/column2.png" width="900" height="295"/></p>
<p>Example using textures.</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Color Sample 3" title="Color Sample 3" src="images/imgDC/column3.png" width="900" height="263"/></p>
<p>Section <span class="bold"><a name="5_1_16_raznoe">Miscellaneous</a></span></p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Miscellaneous" title="Miscellaneous" src="images/imgDC/pic30.png" width="498" height="285"/></p>
<p><span class="italic">Vertical lines</span> — enables vertical grid lines in the panels.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Horizontal lines</span> — enables horizontal grid lines in the panels.</p>
<p>The screenshots below illustrate this subtle grid effect. The screenshot on the left has the vertical and horizontal lines enabled and the screenshot on the right does not.</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="with lines" title="with lines" src="images/imgDC/pic31-5.png" width="423" height="151"/>
<img alt="without lines" title="without lines" src="images/imgDC/pic31-6.png" width="423" height="151"/></p>
<p><span class="italic">Show warning messages ("Ok" button only)</span> — shows warning messages if enabled.</p>
<p><span class="italic">When selecting files with SPACEBAR, move down to next file</span>
— moves the cursor down on selection with SPACEBAR. Default keys are <kbd>Shift+Down</kbd> or <kbd>Shift+Up</kbd>.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Show square brackets around directories</span> — helps to visually distinguish directories from files when icons are disabled.</p>
<p>Section <span class="bold"><a name="5_1_17_avtoobnov">Auto refresh</a></span></p>
<p>Allows Double Commander to refresh panels automatically, same as the <kbd>Ctrl+R</kbd> manual refresh command does.</p>
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<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Auto refresh" title="Auto refresh" src="images/imgDC/pic32.png" width="442" height="286"/></p>
<p>There are some options in this section:</p>
<p><span class="italic">Refresh when files are created, deleted, and renamed</span>.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Also when size, date or attributes change</span>.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Don't react to updates while in the background</span> — if Double Commander's window is minimized or in the background, auto refresh will not occur.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Update footer (total number of files)</span> — updates the status line also, not just the panels.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Update header (free disk space)</span>.</p>
<p><span class="italic">No refresh for these drives</span> — you can set disk(s) that will be disabled for auto refresh. Specify full path, values separated by semicolons ";" without spaces (e.g. <tt>/home;/media/cdrom</tt>).</p>
<p>Item <span class="bold"><a name="5_2_fileAssoc">File associations</a></span> (internal command <tt><a name="cm_FileAssoc">cm_FileAssoc</a></tt>)<p>
<p>This item opens the configuration file associations. All association sets are contained in the file <tt>doublecmd.ext</tt>. An association sets example, called <tt>doublecmd.ext.example</tt>, is in the program directory.</p>
<p>Here you can customize file associations and set commands or scripts for some file types. Commands will be displayed in the context menu (internal command <tt><a name="cm_ContextMenu">cm_ContextMenu</a></tt>) by right mouse clicking on a file in the panel.</p>
<p><span class="italic">File types</span> — contains a list of extensions. Each group can contain many file extensions, and such a group can be associated with various programs.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Add</span> — adds a new group. You must enter a group name, e.g. <tt>Sound</tt>.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Remove</span> — deletes a group.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Rename</span> — allows you to set a new name for the group.</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="File associations" title="File associations"
src="images/imgDC/pic33.png" width="393" height="428"/></p>
<p><span class="italic">Extensions</span> — here you can set the extensions for the selected group, e.g. <tt>mp3, wma, ogg</tt> etc.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Add</span> — adds an extension to the group.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Remove</span> — deletes an extension from the group.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Actions</span> — here you can set commands for the group.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Add</span> — adds an action to the list.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Remove</span> — deletes an action from the list.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Up, Down</span> — moves the action. The actions (if more than one) can be reordered.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Action:</span> — sets type of action. Variants:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>From popup menu<p>
<ul>
<li><p>Open — action will be run after pressing <kbd>Enter</kbd> or double click.</p></li>
<li><p>View — action will be run after pressing (<kbd>F3</kbd>).</p></li>
<li><p>Edit — action will be run after pressing (<kbd>F4</kbd>).</p></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p>Other actions displayed at subsection "Commands".<p></li>
</ul>
<p><span class="italic">Command</span> — any command from Desktop Environment, where you can set macro commands (right button). Macros are case sensitive!:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><tt>{!VFS}</tt> — use virtual file system for archives</p></li>
<li><p><tt>{!EDITOR}</tt> — call editor (internal or external, depends on the configuration)</p></li>
<li><p><tt>{!VIEWER}</tt> — call viewer (internal or external, depends on the configuration)</p></li>
<li><p><tt>{!SHELL}</tt> — use a terminal to run the program</p></li>
<li><p><tt><?command?></tt> — runs 'command' in the system shell and feeds the output to the next command</p></li>
<li><p><tt>%f</tt> — file name</p></li>
<li><p><tt>%d</tt> — directory</p></li>
<li><p><tt>%p</tt> — full path (directory + file name)</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Examples:</p>
<p>Top — <tt>totem '%p'</tt> — opens the file with totem media player.</p>
<p>Bottom — <tt>genisoimage -o %p.iso -r -J %p</tt> — creates an ISO image from directory (only for directories).</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Context menu" title="Context menu" src="images/imgDC/pic34.png" width="510" height="262"/>
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<img alt="For directories" title="For directories" src="images/imgDC/pic35.png" width="510" height="261"/></p>
<p>To allow Double Commander to take some actions with directories, you must create a group (e.g. <tt>Dir</tt>) and set extension <tt>folder</tt>.
All available actions will be displayed in the menu 'Commands' in the context menu. E.g. how to open a directory with root privileges in Ubuntu: set action <tt>Open as root</tt>, command <tt>gksu nautilus '%p'</tt>.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Icon</span> — you can set the path to an icon for this group.</p>
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<h4><a name="mnu_help">3.1.7. "Help"</a></h4>
<p>Here you can get help information (this documentation) and information about the program:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><span class="bold">Contents</span> — opens help index page</p></li>
<li><p><span class="bold">Keyboard</span> — opens keyboard shortcuts page</p></li>
<li><p><span class="bold">Visit Double Commander Web page</span> — go to project homepage if you are online</p></li>
<li><p><span class="bold">About</span> — shows information about the program version and the developers</p></li>
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<h3><a name="iface_drive_pane">3.3. Drives button bar</a></h3>
<p class="FIGURE"><img title="Drives button bar" alt="Drives button bar"
src="images/imgDC/pic4.png" width="564" height="32"/></p>
<p>The Drives button bar helps you to change the drive quickly with one mouse click. Right click shows the context menu that contains operations such as mount/unmount, format, etc. (depends on the OS and drive type).</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Drives context menu" title="Drives context menu"
src="images/imgDC/pic4-1.png" width="229" height="117"/></p>
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<h3><a name="iface_drive_btn">3.4. Drives list</a></h3>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Drives list" title="Drives list"
src="images/imgDC/pic5.png" width="642" height="25"/></p>
<p>Helps to change drive, also contains additional information: size, free space and navigation buttons— <tt>« * / .. ~ = »</tt>.</p>
<p>Internal commands are <tt><a name="cm_LeftOpenDrives">cm_LeftOpenDrives</a></tt> for left panel and <tt><a name="cm_RightOpenDrives">cm_RightOpenDrives</a></tt> — for right panel. Default shortcuts: (<kbd>Alt+F1</kbd> and <kbd>Alt+F2</kbd>) but they won't work in most Linux Desktop Environments.</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Drives list" title="Drives list"
src="images/imgDC/pic5-0.png" width="101" height="96"/></p>
<p>Additional navigation buttons:</p>
<p><tt>«/»</tt> — go to the file system root</p>
<p><tt>«..»</tt> — go to the parent directory</p>
<p><tt><a name="btn_dirlist">«*»</a></tt> — shows the bookmarks hotlist. See section <a href="#22_lichnue_catalogi">Directory hotlist</a> for details.</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Directory hotlist" title="Directory hotlist" src="images/imgDC/pic5-1.png" width="210" height="247"/></p>
<p><tt>«~»</tt> — go to your home directory</p>
<p><tt><a name="btn_eq">«=»</a></tt> — see command <a href="#26_dve_paneli">Target = Source</a> (<kbd>Alt+Z</kbd> by default).</p>
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<h3><a name="iface_tabs">3.5. Tabs bar</a></h3>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Tabs bar" title="Tabs bar"
src="images/imgDC/pic6.png" width="445" height="33"/></p>
<p>Display tabs. Click on tabs with left mouse or you can use the keyboard to navigate tabs (<kbd>Ctrl+Tab</kbd> and <kbd>Ctrl+Shift+Tab</kbd> by default). Locked tabs are marked with an asterisk (if <a href="#5_1_12_1_zvezda">Show locked tabs with an asterisk *</a> is enabled).</p>
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<h3><a name="iface_dir">3.6. Current directory bar</a></h3>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Current directory bar" title="Current directory bar" src="images/imgDC/pic7.png" width="634" height="20"/></p>
<p>Displays the name of the current directory. A left mouse click on this directory bar drops down a directories history (internal command <tt><a name="cm_DirHistory">cm_DirHistory</a></tt>) which allows you to quickly navigate back to previous directories.</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Directories history" title="Directories history"
src="images/imgDC/pic7-4.png" width="508" height="185"/></p>
<p>A right mouse click on the directory bar will allow you to copy the pathname to the clipboard or enter a new path manually.</p>
<p>It is now also possible to click on parts of the directory bar to quickly navigate back in the directory structure. Very handy if you want to go to a parent directory back many levels. This is known as a "breadcrumb" navigation feature.</p>
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<h3><a name="iface_columns">3.7. Tabstop headers bar</a></h3>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Tabstop headers bar" title="Tabstop headers bar"
src="images/imgDC/pic7-5.png" width="609" height="22"/></p>
<p>Shows the column names. On left click <a href="#41_imya_attr">sorts</a> files by column. On right click shows a menu to change and edit custom column style set.</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="column set style dialog" title="column set style dialog"
src="images/imgDC/pic7-6.png" width="299" height="153"/></p>
<p><span class="italic">Default, Brief, my_style</span> — existing styles</p>
<p><span class="italic">Configure this custom columns view</span> — opens column set customization window. See <a href="#5_1_15_1_nastroika_nabora">here</a>.</p>
<p><span class="italic">Configure custom columns</span> — opens <a href="#5_1_15_colonki">Columns</a> section.</p>
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<h3><a name="iface_status">3.8. Status bar</a></h3>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Statusbar" title="Statusbar" src="images/imgDC/pic8.png" width="370" height="26"/></p>
<p>Shows size of selected items of the total size and also shows total items selected of total items in the panel.</p>
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<h3><a name="iface_console">3.9. Terminal window</a></h3>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Terminal window" title="Terminal window" src="images/imgDC/pic9-1.png" width="687" height="135"/></p>
<p>Shows output of console commands.</p>
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<h3><a name="iface_path">3.10. Command line</a></h3>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Command line" title="Command line" src="images/imgDC/pic9-2.png" width="691" height="27"/></p>
<p>Use to enter commands manually. Path to active directory shows in line beginning (<tt>/home/rod/</tt> in screenshot). Right button opens history of commands.</p>
<p>On right click context menu displays:</p>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Input methods" title="Input methods" src="images/imgDC/pic9-3.png" width="383" height="253"/>
<img src="images/imgDC/pic9-4.png" title="Unicode characters" alt="Unicode characters" width="393" height="193"/></p>
<p>that contains standard commands <span class="italic">Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, Select All</span>, and also submenus <span class="italic">Input Methods</span> and <span class="italic">Insert Unicode Control Character</span>.</p>
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<h3><a name="iface_buttons">3.11. Function key buttons bar</a></h3>
<p class="FIGURE"><img alt="Function key buttons bar" title="Function key buttons bar" src="images/imgDC/pic9.png" width="900" height="32"/></p>
<p>Displays F3 - F9 hotkeys. Enables you to select commands with a mouse click.</p>
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