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<title>Introduction</title>

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<para>&krusader; is an advanced, twin-panel (commander-style) file-manager for &kde; 
      and other desktops in the *nix world, similar to &mc; or &tcmd; .
      It provides all the file management features you could possibly want.</para>

<para>Plus: extensive Archive handling, mounted Filesystem support, &FTP;,
     advanced Search module, viewer/Editor, directory Synchronization,
     file content Comparisons, powerful batch Renaming and much, much more.
     Supports archive formats: ace, arj, bzip2, gzip, iso, lha, rar, rpm, tar and zip.
     Handles other &kioslaves1_url; such as smb:// or fish://.</para>

<para>Almost completely customizable, &krusader; is very user friendly, facile,
      and looks great on your desktop! :-)</para>

<para>Give &krusader; a try.</para>


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<para>More &kru_screenshots_url; can be viewed online.</para>
</chapter>


<chapter id="features">
<title>Features</title>

<note><para>
The most important features and improvements are highlighted here, it would make this list too
long if we were to include <emphasis>all</emphasis> the features and improvements.
You will discover even more features in this documentation and in the &changelog_url; file.
</para></note>

<para>
<itemizedlist>
  <listitem>
     <para>Configurable &main_toolbar_lnk; and
           <link linkend="key_bindings">key-bindings</link>.</para>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
     <para>Supported &archives_lnk; : ace, arj, bzip2, gzip, iso, lha, rar, rpm, tar and zip.
     </para></listitem>
  <listitem>

      <para>&advanced_search_module_lnk; 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">(Pre)View and Tree panels</link>.</para>
   </listitem>

  <listitem>
       <para>&remote_connections_lnk; &eg; &FTP;/SAMBA with SFTP/SCP support.</para>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
       <para>Open a <link linkend="commands-menu">Terminal</link> 
             &eg; &konsole;, defaults to the browsed path.</para>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
       <para>Built-in &termemu_lnk;.</para>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
       <para>A &cmdline_lnk; capable of running something in a terminal with a single click
             of a button.</para>
   </listitem>

  <listitem>
      <para>&bookmark-manager_lnk;.</para>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
      <para>Easy editing of <link linkend="file-menu">file permissions</link> 
            and ownership.</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>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;, &kdiff3_url;  or &xxdiff_url;).</para>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
      <para>Fully <link linkend="konfig-general">mimetype-aware</link> 
            (with or without "magic"!).</para>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
      <para>Built-in Mount-Manager, called &mountman_lnk;.</para>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
      <para><link linkend="multi_rename">Krename</link> support, a very powerful
            external batch renamer for &kde;, seamlessly integrated.</para>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
     <para>&foldertabs_lnk;</para>
  </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>


<para>
<itemizedlist>
  <title>New features since version 1.40</title>
  <listitem>
      <para>&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>Improved &quick_search_lnk;</para>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
      <para>Improved <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>
</itemizedlist>
</para>


<para>
<itemizedlist>
  <title>New features since version 1.50</title>
  <listitem>
      <para>&useractions_lnk;</para>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
        <para>&sync_browsing_lnk;</para>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
      <para>&popup_panel_lnk;</para>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
        <para>&panel_profiles_lnk;</para>
  </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>


<para>
<itemizedlist>
  <title>New features since version 1.60.0</title>
  
  <listitem>
        <para>&diskusage_lnk;</para>
  </listitem>
  
  <listitem>
        <para>&color_profiles_lnk;</para>
  </listitem>
  
  <listitem>
        <para>&keybindigs_profiles_lnk;</para>
  </listitem>
  
  <listitem>
        <para>Searcher: <link linkend="krusearcher">Feed to listbox</link> (with virtual folders).</para>
  </listitem>
  
  <listitem>
        <para><link linkend="actions_toolbar">Actions Toolbar</link> for user actions and bookmarks.</para>
  </listitem>
  
  <listitem>
        <para>&selection_modes_lnk;</para>
  </listitem>
  
  <listitem>
        <para><link linkend="popular_urls">Popular &URL;s</link>.</para>
  </listitem>
  
  <listitem>
        <para>&bookmarks_lnk; can be placed into toolbars.</para>
  </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>

<para>
<itemizedlist>
  <title>New features now in version 1.70.0 "Round Robin"</title>
  
  <listitem>
        <para><link linkend="krusearcher">Improved Selection filters</link> 
              used in &eg; Synchronizer and KruSearcher.</para>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
        <para><link linkend="jump_back">Jump-Back</link> .</para>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
        <para>More <link linkend="konfigurator">StartUp settings</link> .</para>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
        <para>&javascript_console_lnk; .</para>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
        <para><link linkend="konfig-advanced">Preserve date</link> 
              for local targets at copy / move operations.</para>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
        <para><link linkend="calculate">Calculates occupied space</link> 
              in archives and remote FS.</para>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
        <para><link linkend="konfig-looknfeel-operation">Numeric permissions</link> .</para>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
        <para>Improved perfromance when reading directories with many files.</para>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
        <para><link linkend="krviewer">Editor/Viewer Browsing tabs</link> .</para>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
        <para><link linkend="checksum">Checksum creation-verification</link> mechanism that 
        supports md5, sha1, sha256, tiger, whirlpool.
        External supported tools are md5deep and cfv.</para>
  </listitem>

    <listitem>
        <para>&whatsthis_url; in favour of Tooltips where reasonable.</para>
  </listitem>

    
  <listitem>
        <para><link linkend="list_panel">Quick Navigation</link> in the Location Toolbar.</para>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
        <para><link linkend="mouse_gestures">Mouse Gestures</link>.</para>
  </listitem>

  <listitem>
        <para>This list is incomplete :-) For more new features, 
        please read the &changelog_url; and &cvsnews_url;.</para>
  </listitem>

</itemizedlist>
</para>

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</chapter>
