<chapter id="introduction">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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	<screeninfo>Here's a screenshot of &krusader;</screeninfo>
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	  <textobject><phrase>Krusader Logo</phrase></textobject>
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<para>&krusader; is an advanced twin-panel (commander-style)
      file-manager for &kde; 3.x (similar to <application>Midnight or Total Commander</application>)
      with many extras.</para>

<para>It provides all the file management features you could possibly want.
      Plus: extensive archive handling, mounted filesystem support, &FTP;,
      advanced search module, viewer/editor, directory synchronisation,
      file content comparisons, powerful batch renaming and much much more.
      It supports the following archive formats: tar, zip, bzip2, gzip, rar,ace, arj and rpm 
      and can handle other KIOSlaves such as smb:// or fish://
      It is (almost) completely customizable, very user friendly,
      fast and looks great on your desktop! :-)
      You should give it a try.</para>
	
<para>Thank you for using &krusader;.</para>
	
<para>
<itemizedlist>
<title>&krusader; Features</title>
	<listitem>
	   <para>Configurable &toolbar_lnk; and
	   <link linkend="key_bindings">key-bindings</link>.</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem><para>Full Ace, Arj, Bzip2, Gzip, Tar, Rpm, Rar, Zip support
	<link linkend="archives">support</link>.</para></listitem>
	<listitem>
	    <para><link linkend="krusearcher">Advanced search module</link> that can search in archives.</para>
	</listitem>
        <listitem><para><link linkend="compare-dir">Directory comparison</link> and
                  <link linkend="view-menu">filtering</link>.</para></listitem>
 	<listitem>
            <para><link linkend="panels">Quick view and Tree panels</link>.</para>
	</listitem>
        <listitem><para>&FTP;/SAMBA client with a <link linkend="remote-man">connection manager</link>
                   with SFTP/SCP support.</para>
        </listitem>
	<listitem><para>Opens a <link linkend="commands-menu">terminal</link> to the browsed
	 path.</para></listitem>
	<listitem>
	   <para>Optional embedded &termemu_lnk;.</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	    <para>Configurable <link linkend="bookman">bookmark</link> list (using BookMan, the bookmark
	    manager).</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem><para>Easy editing of <link linkend="file-menu">file permissions</link>.</para></listitem>
	<listitem><para>Shows the <link linkend="panels">effective permissions for the current
	 user.</link>.</para></listitem>
	<listitem>
	     <para><link linkend="calculate">Calculates occupied space</link> by marked files and
	      folders.</para>
	 </listitem>
	<listitem>
	      <para>Internal <link linkend="krviewer">viewer and configurable editor.</link></para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	       <para>Offers a &cmdline_lnk; capable of running something in a
	       terminal with a single click of a button.</para>
	 </listitem>
	<listitem>
	     <para>Completely supports drag'n'drop: drag from &konqueror; straight into a .tar.gz file, from
	     &krusader;'s panel into the trash-bin, the desktop or into &konqueror;!</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	     <para><link linkend="unpacking-archives">Packs (or unpacks) files</link> into a single archive
	     of your choice without typing a single command.</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	     <para><link linkend="test-archive">Tests the integrity of archives.</link>.</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	     <para><link linkend="compare-files">Compare files by content</link> (via external diff program
	      such as &kompare; or &xxdiff;).</para>
	 </listitem>
        <listitem>
	    <para>Fully <link linkend="konfig-general">mimetype-aware</link> (with or without magic!).</para>
	</listitem>
        <listitem>
	    <para>Built-in Mount-Manager &mountman_lnk;.</para>
	</listitem>
        <listitem>
	    <para><link linkend="multi_rename">Krename</link> support, a very powerful
	                              external batch renamer for &kde; 3.x.</para>
	</listitem>
        </itemizedlist>
</para>

<para>
<itemizedlist>
  <title>New &krusader; Features</title>
	<listitem>
	   <para>&tabbrowse_lnk;.</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	    <para>New &rootmode_lnk;.</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	    <para><link linkend="split">File splitter</link> &amp; &combinefiles_lnk;.</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	    <para>&syncdirs_lnk;.</para>
	</listitem>
        <listitem>
	    <para>New &quick_search_lnk;.</para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	    <para>New <link linkend="konfig-startup">Konfigurator</link>.</para>
        </listitem>
	<listitem>
	    <para>&locate_lnk;.</para>
        </listitem>
	<listitem>
	    <para><link linkend="folderhistory">Folder History</link>.</para>
        </listitem>
	<listitem>
	    <para><link linkend="konfig-color">Color support</link>.</para>
        </listitem>
	<listitem>
	    <para><link linkend="mount-man">Quickmode for MountMan</link>.</para>
        </listitem>
	<listitem>
	    <para>&usermenu_lnk;  NOTE: the User Menu will NOT supported officially in &krusader; 1.40 stable,
	           but is there, hidden.</para>
	</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>

<screenshot>
	<screeninfo>&krusader; screenshot</screeninfo>
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	  <textobject><phrase>&krusader; screenshot</phrase></textobject>
	  <caption><para>Here's a screenshot of &krusader; with the panel toolbar buttons '=','..','~','/'
	                  and <link linkend="konfig-color">colors</link>.</para></caption>
	</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
</chapter>

