Last Updated on September 1, 2020
Features
The image above shows the default configuration. At the top is an action bar including bookmarks and the main menu (the three horizontal bars icon). Below is the address bar, a directory tree on the left, and a file view on the right. At the bottom is a status bar.
Any self-respecting file manager performs the most basic function of navigating directories. Shallot is fine here. But it’s certainly fairly minimal on the feature front. For example, there’s no undo/redo functionality, integrated terminal, or the ability to add tags to files and folders.
There’s support for libsecret. libsecret is a library for storing and retrieving passwords and other secrets. It communicates with the “Secret Service” using D-Bus.
There’s also support for inotify, Gnome-IO, and Python scripting.
Unusually, it’s possible to run the file manager as a web application. This lets users manage their files with a web browser which you might find very useful.
Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Introduction / Installation
Page 2 – Features
Page 3 – Usability
Page 4 – Searching
Page 5 – Extensibility
Page 6 – Protocols
Page 7 – Summary
Re why you don’t like flatpak – I notice the screenshot indicates it’s pulling in an enormous chunk of KDE.
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