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Path Finder 5 - The Finder, greatly enriched again
Yes, Path Finder is very powerful -- I just find the Finder "good enough" for most GUI file related needs. For power I always find myself on the command line doing quick scripts as needed, but I do realize that would drive some nuts (and thus Path Finder is very powerful :).
The dual pane feature has been asked for for years, and Cocoa Tech has now implemented it in version 5 with characteristic elegance. It took them years? I stumbled across this AppleScipt, which with DragThing (still use that myself for quick-key start of Applications), does the exact same thing. I think I found this script on this site actually (?). Saving it as a Application Bundle loads it quickly -- the only different from it and Path Finder (really) is that it give you two windows vertically instead of horizontally. With some minor modifications it could be done horizontally, but this is how I use it: --- cut here --- property monitor_width : 1024 property monitor_height : 768 set the startup_disk to (path to startup disk) tell application "Finder" activate -- LER DRAGTHING HIDE/SHOW WINDOWS --> set visible of (every process whose visible is true and frontmost is false) to false -- BOTTOM WINDOW set this_window to make new Finder window set the target of this_window to the startup_disk set the bounds of this_window to {0, (monitor_height * 0.55) div 1, monitor_width, monitor_height} set the current view of this_window to column view -- TOP WINDOW set this_window to make new Finder window set the target of this_window to the startup_disk set the bounds of this_window to {0, (monitor_height * 0.055) div 1, monitor_width, (monitor_height * 0.55) div 1} set the current view of this_window to column view end tell --- cut here --- The built-in terminal mode, I found their terminal lacking compared to iTerm -- and for really only one reason. I heavily use iTerm's bookmark feature to connect [ssh] to remote sites with endless -L bindings to create used tunnels (poor-mans VPN :). I will, however, give Path Finder the 30 day try (again). It sure can do more than I know I realize at this time. My initial reaction is that it appears to be very mouse oriented (as it is a GUI application :) -- I tend to be a very heavy keyboard user given the option... |
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