A: Double Commander is a cross-platform, twin-panel file manager. Details see here.
Q: What's new in this version?
A: History log can be found online at this page. But the project is now under development, so later nightly builds contain many new features and improvements.
Q: Is it a Total Commander® for Linux?
A: No, this is another program from other developers. It now supports Windows®, GNU/Linux operating systems with toolkits GTK2 and Qt and Mac OS.
Q: What is the difference between this program and my favorite file manager (Total Commander®)?
A: The goal of the project is to create a program close to TC in operation and with maximum compatibility via the plugins and configuration files. However, Double Commander has some important advantages: it's free to use, works with different operating systems, and is open source.
Q: I have a 64-bit Operating System. Can I download Double Commander for it?
A: Yes, builds for x64 exist under all supported platforms.
Q: How can I contact the developers of Double Commander?
A: Just write to the project's official forum and the developers will (possibly) pay attention to your suggestions.
Q: Which version do I download?
A: If you have KDE - download a Qt-build; in other cases (Gnome, Xfce, LXDE) a build for GTK toolkit.
Q: Where is the project repository?
A: Repositories for GNU/Linux (CentOS, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu):
And you can download installation packages deb, rpm or "portable" (binaries packed with bz2) from the official site. Also you can download the source code and compile DC for yourself.
Q: Plugins from Total Commander® do not work!?
A: They work, but not all of them. Plugins from TC compiled for Windows® can only be used with Windows® version of Double Commander. But if the plugins have open source code, you can try to build them for GNU/Linux (or maybe ask the plugin developer to do it :)).
Q: How can I change color settings for the panels?
A: To change the color, you must do the following:
Configurations → Options → Colors (but first you must create your own columns style)
Configurations → Options → Columns, set default style, click "Edit" and configure :)
Q: What are buttons R and All in the color settings?
A: They are as follows:
R — restore color to the default.
All — apply selected color to all columns.
Q: Some text in a column overwrites another column's text!
A: Configurations → Options → Columns, set checkbox "Cut text to column width".
Q: How to associate my own icons with some file types?
A: You must do the following: Configurations → Options → File associations.
Q: How to create a splitter on the buttons panel?
A: Add a button from the category separator.
A: You must do the following: Configurations → Options → File views → When selecting file with spacebar, move down to next file (as with insert).
Q: Is there an ability to create a file operations queue?
A: A file operations queue was implemented in version 0.4.6 alpha, and will be added to the next stable release.
Q: Ctrl+A doesn't work, how to enable it?
A: You must do the following: Configurations → Options → Keys → Hot keys → In the category "Main", scroll to see command "cm_MarkMarkAll" and set Ctrl+A shortcut key for it.
Q: How to create my own context menu in this program?
A: Add button to the toolbar of the category "menu". See this section for an example.
Q: How to customize the context menu, for example, add the item "Open With"?
A: This can been incorporated into Double Commander; however, it's easy to add a command to the Actions item of the context menu. Here is an example of how to open any directory with root privileges:
Q: Editor and browser windows appear in random positions, when Compiz is enabled.
A: Edit Compiz settings: place windows → windows with fixed positions and window rules → fixed size windows.
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Q: Internal editor has a strange font — horizontal characters overwrite each other.
A: You must use monospace fonts in the viewer and editor.
Q: Viewer does not work with a few images, but works with most.
A: A component used to view the images did not support some JPG files.
Q: Viewer doesn't work with gif files?
A: Yes this is true, but it will be implemented soon.
Q: On some text files lines go beyond the window's edge.
A: Use "Show as Wrap text" option in Viewer.