I'm sure that many people use some kind of file manager, and most probably use one of the most popular - Total Commander. For those who do not know what a file manager is, I will tell you in a nutshell. The file manager is a program that provides a convenient and multifunctional interface for working with the entire file system and the files themselves, respectively. Basically, file managers are created in order to speed up work with the following frequently performed actions: create, edit, delete, search for files, rename, copy, move, open / play / view, change attributes and properties, assign rights, etc. Others In other words, file managers are not only convenient in daily work, but also significantly save costs on unnecessary mouse clicks. There are file managers in which a large number of additional functions are built in, which are not always needed by every user. Therefore, I was looking for myself such that the default was the very minimum of functionality, but at the same time I needed the ability to add additional modules (plugins) with which you can increase the functionality. And the most basic search criterion was a simple and minimal interface that would not distract from work, but contained all the essentials and frequently used ones. Of course, almost all file managers met similar criteria, and most of them contain a number of settings, with which you can customize both the interface and functionality. There are both paid and free, the choice is still quite large. I chose for myself Far manager, which, in fact, will be discussed today.
Far manager Is a free console file manager for Windows.
Have Far manager there is a fairly large abundance of plugins, using which you can firstly increase the capabilities of the program, and secondly, make this file manager more convenient for yourself.
As I said just above, there are a large number of file managers with quite different interfaces. But the most convenient in my opinion is the file manager, made in the form of two columns, which allows you to carry out various operations with files much faster. Accordingly chosen by me Far manager contains two columns in its interface.
Of course, the Windows command line is rather weak compared to that of UNIX systems, but it is still there. And the file manager Far manager supports work with the command line, which allows you not to switch between two windows, but to interact with files and with the command line. I mainly use the command line on Windows when developing some kind of software, and I very often had to use Far not only as a file manager, but also as a convenient tool for working with the command line. But now I found for myself, which has a very convenient tool for working with the command line, and Far manager now I use it exclusively in working with directories, files and archives.
V Far there is quite good support for working with FTP... But for some reason I got so accustomed to my work that the support FTP in Far Manager I practically don't use it, although everything is done quite conveniently and simply.
You can endlessly describe the capabilities of the FAR file manager, since there are a number of plugins that significantly increase the capabilities of the program. I just talked about some of the program functions that I often use, everything else can be added as needed, and the fact that it comes by default with the basic functions of the file manager is a big plus, since each user will collect from Far manager such as he needs.
Installing FAR Manager
In order to install the file manager, you need to download it from the official website, where several versions are available for download. Far manager, namely:
- for x86 versions v2.0 and v1.75 - archive (not installation file), msi (installation file)
- for x64 versions v2.0 and v1.75 - archive (not an installation file), msi (installation file)
In my case, I will download the version v2.0 for x86, msi installer... In order to download exactly the version that you need, you need to go to the following link - http://www.farmanager.com/download.php. I downloaded Far Manager from the following link - http://www.farmanager.com/files/Far20b1807.x86.20110203.msi.
Now I need to run the downloaded file, I have the file name http://www.farmanager.com/files/Far20b1807.x86.20110203.msi.
After starting the installation file, a welcome window appears, in which you need to click the button Next to continue.
The next window prompts you to read the license text, in which you need to check the box I accept the terms in the License Agreement(I accept the terms of the license agreement) if you agree with all the terms of the license. Then you need to press Next to continue.
The next window offers installation for both the current user and all users of the system:
- Install just for you (Admin)(Install for current user only)
Far Manager 2 will be installed in a per-user folder and be available just for your user account. You do not need local Administrator privileges. (Far Manager 2 will be installed in the folder of the current user and will be available only for this user account. You do not need to have administrator rights.) - In this case, the program is installed in the directory Documents and Settings, namely in the user's folder. - Install for all users of this machine(Install for all users of this computer)
Far Manager 2 will be installed in a per-machine folder by default and be available for all users. You can change the default installation folder. You must have local Administrator privileges. (Far Manager 2 will be installed for all users of the system. You can change the default installation folder. You must have administrator privileges.) - In this case, the program is installed in the directory Program Files.
Then you need to press Next to continue.
In the next window, you can change the installation location of the program Far manager... Then you need to press Next to continue.
In the next window, you can select various add-ons and settings that will be installed along with Far Manager. If you marked some additions and then want to return all the default values, then you need to click the button Reset... I decided to select all the items for testing.
For each element, an additional menu is available, in which you can select each element separately ( Will be installed on locale hard drive- Will be installed on the hard drive) and a whole group ( Entire feature? Will be installed on locale hard drive- The whole component will be installed on the hard drive), and the third item ( Entire feature? Will be unavailable- The component will not be installed on the hard drive).
Then you need to press Next to continue. And the next window will appear where you can choose Install for installation or Back to go back.
After pressing the button Install the following window will appear, where the installation process will take place Far manager and all selected components. Installation will take no more than two minutes.
In the last window, you can check the box Launch Far Manager 2 new(Run Far Manager 2). Then you need to press the button Finish to complete the installation.
This is the setting Far manager finished, after pressing the button Finish the main menu of the program will appear.
Registering an earlier version of Far Manager
Before Far manager it was necessary to register in order for all the functionality of the program to be available. And if you have an old version installed Far manager, then the following instructions are just for you:
I will quote item 2 the contents of the file “ License.xUSSR.txt«:
2. Citizens of the countries of the former USSR have the right to use this version of FAR for non-commercial purposes free of charge.
I will say that this file manager is absolutely free, reading the same file it becomes clear how to register FAR, namely, point 3:
3. To unlock the functions of the registered version of the specified
categories of persons during registration after starting ‘far -r’ must be entered in
as username:
xUSSR registration
in this case, the registration code must be entered in small
in Russian letters the current day of the week.
And so what and from this we should do:
launching FAR we write - far -r, after which the window will be checked out, and as shown in the lower screenshot, enter:
Registration name - xUSSR registration
Registration code - Tuesday(here we write the current day of the week)
Well, that's all the registration of the file manager is over, successful use!
If you downloaded one of the latest versions of the file manager Far, then you do not need to register it.
Russification Far Manager
By default, the program will speak to us in English. Everything is much simpler here than with the russification of most programs. If you did everything according to the above instructions, then the Russian language is already installed in the Far Manager program, you just need to enable it, and for this you need to do the following:
- in the open program window, click on the button F9(start the main menu Far)
- go to the menu Options
- click on the menu sub-item Languages
After that, a window will open in which you can select the language for the Menu, and there is a choice of several languages, namely:
- Chez (Czech)
- English (English)
- German (German)
- Hugarion (Hungarian)
- Polish
- Russian (Russian)
- Spanish (Spanish)
We choose the one that you need, in my case it is Russian (Russian).
After selecting the Menu language, the following window will appear in which you need to select the Help language, there are a little fewer languages here, namely:
- English (English)
- Hugarion (Hungarian)
- Russian (Russian)
But the one that I need is still on the list - Russian (Russian).
After all these steps, you should have a file manager installed on your computer. Far manager speaking Russian.
Using FAR Manager
By default, the program window contains two panels in which you can open different directories and files. In each of the panels, you can use both the keyboard and the mouse, but file managers, in my opinion, are created in order to speed up the process of working with directories and files from the keyboard. Of course, here not only the work process is accelerated, but also the convenience increases significantly.
In order to sort files in any of the panels, you need to hold down the key Ctrl on the keyboard, after which a menu will be displayed at the bottom in which each item corresponds to the keys F1 to F10 to F12 in full screen mode:
- F1- show / hide the left panel
- F2- show / hide right panel
- F3- sort by file name
- F4- sort by extension
- F5- sort by recording time
- F6- sort by size
- F7- do not sort
- F8- sort by creation time
- F9- sort by access time
- F10- sort by description
- F11- sort by file owner
- F12- start sorting menu
Alt, which is mainly intended for working with files and directories, namely:
- F1- open the current disk in the left pane
- F2- open the current disk in the right pane
- F3- here you can open the file for viewing both in an external program and in the file manager itself
- F4- here you can open a file for editing both in an external program and in the file manager itself
- F5- printing files
- F6- here you can create a link (shortcut) to a file or folder
- F7- file search
- F8- display command history
- F9- resizing the program window
- F10- folder search
- F11- display browsing and editing history
- F12- display folder history
You can also open an additional menu by holding down the button Shift, which is mainly intended for working with files and archives, namely:
- F1- add files to archive
- F2- extract files from archive
- F3- execute archive management commands
- F4- edit new file
- F5- copy the file under the cursor
- F6- rename or move the file under the cursor
- F7- missing
- F8- delete the file under the cursor
- F9- save configuration
- F10- select the last executed menu item
- F11- use sorting about groups
- F12- show marked files first
The next menu is launched by pressing the key F9 on keyboard. It contains the following items:
- Left- basic operations that refer to the left panel
- Files- basic file operations
- Commands- various teams
- Parameters- here are the basic settings for the program
- Right- basic operations that relate to the right panel
I tried to reveal some of the small features of the program, but the most important assistant in the study of this file manager is one of the items in the bottom menu, namely - Help, which can be started by pressing the key F1 on keyboard.
As I said earlier, a large number of additional plugins are available in Far Manager, but at the moment I use only one plugin - Noisy player... I recently wrote about this useful and interesting plugin, namely: which allows you to play music files on your computer.
All other plugins can be downloaded from the official website of the program.
Links
- http://www.farmanager.com/ - the official website of the program
- http://plugring.farmanager.com/ - plugins directory
Happy use!
4.1 Theoretical information
File managers are shell programs for working with the operating system. With the help of the file manager, users can view, copy, delete and create directories and files, run programs, etc. One of the first file managers was Norton Commander for DOS, created by Peter Norton. It is the first to use a two-pane interface.
In the file manager, the screen is divided into two independent areas or panels, each of which displays the contents of directories and files on disks. File manager Norton Commander is the founder of a class of programs - classic file managers. Classic file managers include: DOS Navigator, FAR Manager, Volkov Commander, Windows Commander, etc.
Classic file managers inherited the keyboard shortcuts from Norton Commander. Nowadays, experienced PC users prefer to use the file managers FAR or Total Commander to work with Windows OS. Many users prefer to use FAR Manager due to the huge number of additional modules or plugins that allow expanding the functionality of the file manager.
Let's take a closer look at the FAR Manager program, which is free for non-commercial use by citizens of the CIS countries (the author is Evgeny Roshal - a Russian programmer), and for other users it is distributed as shareware.
A new version: Far Manager v2.0 build 1086 x86
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Far Manager is a console file manager for Windows operating systems. The file manager provides a convenient user interface for working with files, i.e. for viewing files and directories, editing, copying, renaming files, etc. Far Manager provides handling of files with long names.
Basic keyboard commands: Panel control commands; File management and service commands; Command line; Other commands.
Consider the Panel Control Commands.
| Team | Command Description |
|---|---|
| TAB | Change active panel |
| Ctrl-U | Swap panels |
| Ctrl-L | Hide / show information panel |
| Ctrl-Q | Hide / show file quick view panel |
| Ctrl-T | Hide / show folder tree |
| Ctrl-O | Hide / show both panels |
| Ctrl-P | Hide / show inactive panel |
| Ctrl-F1 | Hide / Show Left Panel |
| Ctrl-F2 | Hide / Show Right Panel |
| Ctrl-B | Hide / Show Function Key Bar |
| File Panel Commands | |
| Ins, Shift-Arrow Keys | Mark / unmark a file |
| Gray + | Flag group |
| Gray- | Uncheck a group |
| Gray * | Invert markup |
| Shift- |
Mark all files |
| Shift- |
Unselect all files |
| Ctrl + M | Restore previous mark |
| Team | Command Description |
|---|---|
| F1 | Help |
| F2 | Call up custom menu |
| F3 | View file |
| F4 | Editing a file. Calls the built-in, external or associated editor |
| F5 | Copying. Copies files and folders |
| F6 | Rename or move folders and files |
| F7 | Create a new folder |
| F8 | Deleting files and folders |
| F9 | Show horizontal menu |
| F10 | Quit working with FAR |
| Alt-F1 | Change the current drive in the left pane |
| Alt-F2 | Change the current drive in the right pane |
| Alt-F5 | Printing files |
| Alt-F7 | Execute file search command |
| Alt-F8 | Show command history |
| Shift-F4 | Create text file |
| Alt-Del | Destroying files and folders |
| Cursor Commands | |
| Team | Command Description |
|---|---|
| Ctrl-Home | To the beginning of the file |
| Ctrl-End | To the end of the file |
| Home | To the beginning of the line |
| End | To the end of the line |
| PgUp | Page up |
| PgDn | Page down |
| Del | Delete character |
| BS | Delete character to the left |
| Ctrl-Y | Delete line |
| Block operations | |
| Shift + arrow | Select simple (line) block |
| Ctrl-U | Unselect block |
| Shift-A | Select all text |
| Shift-Ins, Ctrl-V | Paste block from clipboard |
| Shift-Del, Ctrl-X | Move (cut) block to clipboard |
| Ctrl-C | Copy block to clipboard |
| Ctrl-D | Delete block |
| Ctrl-P | Copy block to current cursor position |
| Ctrl-M | Move block to current cursor position |
| Other operations | |
| F1 | Help |
| F2 | Save file |
| Shift-F2 | Save the file with a different name |
| F7 | Search |
| Ctrl-F7 | Replacing all occurrences of a word with another |
| Shift-F7 | Continue search / replace |
| F8 | Switching DOS / WINDOWS (character encoding) |
| F10, Esc | Exit the editor |
| Shift-F10 | Save and exit |
| Ctrl-Z | Undo the last action (rollback) |
4.2 Purpose of work
Acquaintance with the basic features of the file manager FAR Manager - a file and archive management program for Windows operating systems and acquisition of skills in working with file managers.
4.3 Problem statement
In the process of working with the FAR Manager, do the following:
- Create a folder structure using the FAR Manager file manager in accordance with the folder and file structure shown in Fig. 2.
- Create text files lesson1.txt and lesson2.txt by typing text from the keyboard.
- Create the files favorite1.txt and favorite2.txt by copying the lesson1.txt and lesson2.txt files.
- Create files article1.txt and article2.txt by copying a group of files and renaming them after copying them in the E: \ LIBRARY \ ARTICLE folder.
- Move the files book1.txt and book2.txt to the E: \ LIBRARY \ BOOK folder from the E: \ FAVORITE folder, where create them by copying and pasting text from other files.
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4.4 Step by step work
4.4.1 Turn on the PC
Press the Power button on the PC system unit.
4.4.2 Start the file manager FAR Manager
After the Windows OS is fully loaded, click the Start button and in the Main menu select the Programs command, in the submenu that opens, select FAR Manager and then click on the shortcut FAR Manager, the application will start. File manager can be launched in another way by double-clicking the left mouse button on the shortcut FAR Manager placed on the desktop.
4.4.3 Insert disk for USB flash drive
Install a blank flash to USB.
4.4.4 Familiarize yourself with the control commands of the FAR Manager file manager
File manager control commands:
- Change disk in the left pane and then in the right pane using the Alt-F1 and Alt-F2 commands respectively.
- Change the active FAR Manager panel with the TAB key.
- Enable / disable the function key bar using the Ctrl-B command.
- Swap information panels by pressing Ctrl-U.
- Disable / enable both information panels using the command Ctrl-O.
- Disable / enable the right pane and then the left pane using the commands Ctrl-F1, Ctrl-F2.
4.4.5 Create a folder structure using the FAR Manager file manager
In accordance with the structure of folders and files shown in Figure 1, create a folder structure.
To do this, run the Alt-F1 command and make the root directory of the E: drive active. Next, using the F7 command, create the FAVORITE and LIBRARY folders. Then go to the LIBRARY directory and create the ARTICLE and BOOK folders. Check the created folder structure by pressing Alt-F10. To exit the directory tree, click on the F10 function key.
4.4.6 Create files lesson.1 and lesson.2 from the keyboard using the file manager FAR Manager
Create the lesson1.txt and lesson2.txt files using the Shift-F4 command. To do this, go to the root directory of the E: drive and press Shift-F4, a dialog box will open. In this window, enter the name of the file to be created, for example lesson1.txt and press Enter.
A text editor window will open (editing lesson1.txt), in which enter the text (arbitrary text, the file size must be at least 800 characters, i.e. 10 lines of 80 characters each). To save a file with the same name, press the F2 key, to save the file with a different name, press Shift-F2. After saving the file, exit the editor and go to the file and directory listings by clicking the F10 (Exit) key.
4.4.7 Create files favorite.1 and favorite.2 using FAR Manager
Create the files favorite1.txt and favorite2.txt by copying the lesson1.txt and lesson2.txt files. To do this, open the E: \ FAVORITE folder on one of the panels, and open the root directory of the E: drive on the other panel, which contains the lesson1.txt and lesson2.txt files. Using the F5 copy command, copy the lesson1.txt and lesson2.txt files to the E: \ FAVORITE folder, renaming the files favorite1.txt and favorite2.txt.
To do this, on the active panel, select the file with the mouse manipulator, for example lesson1.txt and click on the F5 function key, in the dialog box that opens, enter the full path and a new file name, for example, favorite1.txt. Then click Copy or press Enter, the file favorite1.txt will appear in the E: \ FAVORITE directory.
4.4.8 Create files article1.txt and article2.txt using the FAR Manager file manager
Create the files article1.txt and article2.txt by copying the group of files favorite1.txt, favorite2.txt and renaming them after copying to the E: \ LIBRARY \ ARTICLE folder. To do this, open the E: \ LIBRARY \ ARTICLE folder on one of the panels, and open the E: \ FAVORITE folder on the other panel, which contains the favorite1.txt and favorite2.txt files.
Then, on the active panel, use the Ins key to mark the files favorite1.txt and favorite2.txt (the file names will turn yellow) and click on the F5 function key. The Copy dialog box opens. The line will show the full path for copying, press Enter.
After copying the files favorite1.txt and favorite2.txt to the E: \ LIBRARY \ ARTICLE folder, rename their names. To do this, select the file on the active panel (for example, favorite1.txt) and press the F6 key. In the Rename / Move dialog box that opens, specify the full path and new file name (for example, article1.txt), click the Rename item or press the Enter key. As a result, the file favorite1.txt will be renamed to article1.txt.
To view the file article1.txt, select it with the mouse and click on the F3 key. Use the cursor keys and the Home, End, PgUp, PgDn keys to view the text of the file.
Press F6 to switch from view mode to edit mode. In edit mode, add text to the file and save it by pressing F2. Exit the editor by pressing F10 (ESC).
4.4.10 Moving the files book1.txt and book2.txt to the E: \ LIBRARY \ BOOK folder using the FAR Manager file manager
Create the files book1.txt and book2.txt in the E: \ FAVORITE folder, and then move them to the E: \ LIBRARY \ BOOK folder. To move the book1.txt file, open the E: \ FAVORITE directory on one of the panels, in which the book1.txt file is located, and on the other panel, open the E: \ LIBRARY \ BOOK folder. Then, on the active panel, select the book1.txt file and click on the F6 key. In the opened Rename / Move dialog box, specify the full path to move the file, press the Enter key. The book1.txt file will be moved to the E: \ LIBRARY \ BOOK folder.
4.4.11 Completing the laboratory work with the file manager FAR Manager
Tell the teacher about the work done. After permission to shutdown, you can delete the created files and directories with the delete command (key F8). Next, close the FAR Manager file manager by clicking on the F10 key, then you can remove the USB flash drive.
One of the most convenient file managers designed to work with files and folders on disks, primarily through the keyboard. This increases the speed and convenience in various operations with objects (copying, cutting / moving, etc.). Outwardly, it is very reminiscent of the once popular Norton Commander system, which at one time was on almost all machines up to the appearance of Windows. Those who are nostalgic for the "nineties" will be pleasantly surprised! Now, about everything in order and in more detail.
Russification Far Manager
If you are not satisfied with the fact that the program offers to use the interface in English by default, activate the Russian language. Click on F9, then, in the horizontal functional panel that appears at the top, click "Options" then open "Languages" and there select our language. Now, Far Manager will be completely in Russian.
Select disks / drives
If several hard disks are installed on your machine at once, then you can select any of them to work in Far Manager by pressing the key combination Alt + F1(select a drive in the left pane) or Alt + F2(select a drive in the right pane). It is worth adding that Far Manager, in addition to the main hdd connected to the machine, also fully works with any external drives, and even with network drives.
File operations (copy, cut / transfer, delete, search)
The main operating window of Far Manager consists of two windows / panels. This is done for greater convenience so that the user does not have to get confused by constantly opening different directories in the same window.
Copy, move / cut. To carry out any of these file operations, first, go to the right panel (key TAB) and open the desired folder there where you ultimately want to copy / move objects. Then, go back to the left panel (using the same key TAB) and find the files you need to copy / move in the folders. Highlight them with the buttons "Insert" or "*" (an asterisk on the numeric keypad) and press any of the buttons ( F5- "Copy", F6- "Transfer / Cut"). Do not forget to confirm the operation with the key Enter.
Deleting files / folders. To delete objects, open the corresponding folder, select (mark) all the necessary files in it and press the button F8"Removal".
Search for objects. To search for folders / files in all directories of your hard disk, use the key ALT + F7... Click it and enter the desired name for the search, as well as (if necessary) set additional search parameters.
Below in the screenshots, a more detailed list is presented main function keys in Far Manager.
Main function menu
The main functional menu in Far Manager is located in top horizontal panel... It is initially hidden. To access it, click F9, select any of the tabs and the options found in them.
Additional function menu
To access additional functions for working with folders / files in Far Manager, press and hold button ALT... The list of functions will be displayed in the lower horizontal panel of the manager.
Sorting files in Far Manager
For more convenient finding and working with objects on the drive, you can use the object sorting function, which has many parameters. Open some folder and press while holding CTRL to select any of the functions to sort.
Working with file archives
To work with file archives, Far Manager also has special functionality. To call these additional functions, press and hold Shift... Then in horizontal menu bottom, also select the one you need from the options.
Working with FTP
Far Manager supports data transfer via this protocol. To create / activate a ftp connection, click Alt + F1 or Alt + F2(depending on which panel you are in) and select the option "Netbox"... If you have a ready-made connection, it will be highlighted in the list on the panel. Hover over it and click Enter... If there is no ready connection, then click Shift + F4 to call the connection creation settings. You just have to select the type of protocol and enter the correct values in the required options.
Console (command) line
The Far Manager also has such a function. Through the console line, you can perform various operations through special program commands. For example, copying files from disk to disk: " C: \> copy test.txt d: \ test.txt "etc. But people who are versed in programming will be able to use the console's capabilities and much wider!
These are, in principle, all the main points for working with this file manager. As you can see, there is nothing really difficult!
Far Manager is a daily tool for system administrators and computer geeks. But it can also be useful for regular Windows users who want a free and efficient tool to manage folders and files. Listed below are some of the Far functions and their hotkeys.
1. Display Modes
Change the width and number of columns on the active interface panel, which display files and folders.
- Ctrl + 1 - set short view mode (three narrow columns).
- Ctrl + 2 - set the standard view mode (two middle columns).
- Ctrl + 3 - set the full view mode (one wide and three narrow columns with service information).
- Ctrl + 4 - set wide view mode (one wide and one narrow column with service information).
- Ctrl + 5 - set the detailed view mode (one as wide as possible and a few additional columns with service information - occupy the entire program window).
2. Sorting items
Sort files and folders on the active panel of the interface.
- Ctrl + F3 - sort by item name.
- Ctrl + F4 - sort by extension type.
- Ctrl + F5 - sort by modified date.
- Ctrl + F6 - sort by size.
- Ctrl + F8 - sort by creation date.
- Ctrl + F12 - display a menu of sorting items.
3. View the size of files and folders
View the size of the selected file or folder using the F3 key. The value is displayed in the Size column or at the bottom of the active panel, depending on the selected view.
To select a single item, press Shift and the up or down arrow on your keyboard. For bulk selection use Shift with the right and left arrows.
4. Simultaneous work with items that are in different folders
Add files and folders from different directories to the "Temporary Panel" if you need to work with all of them at the same time. This will allow you to perform group operations on items as if they were in the same directory. However, their real location will not change.
To open the Temporary Panel, press F11 and select Temporary Panel. To add files and folders, simply drag and drop them onto it using the mouse cursor. You can also find the files you need using the Alt + F7 combination and add search results to the "Temporary Panel" by clicking Panel in the search window.
5. Filtering files by type
Filter the list of files by extension to temporarily hide unnecessary items from the panel. To enable the filter, use the CTRL + I combination, in the list that appears, select the extension you need and press the spacebar. A plus appears next to the selected file type. When you press Enter, files with other extensions will disappear from the current panel. To cancel filtering, press CTRL + I again and remove the plus with a space.
6. Viewing the list of processes
View the list of active processes right in the Far Manager window. To view it, open the disk selection window (ALT + F1 / F2) and press 0. In this list, you can sort processes by size by pressing CTRL + F6. To delete a process, select it and press F8. Use the F3 key to view detailed information about the process.
7. Navigating through folders
You can quickly open the root folder of a local drive using the CTRL + \ combination. Alt + F12 - Displays folders that you have previously opened
8. Comparison of folder identity
If you want to check two folders for their identity, open one of them on the left panel, and the second on the right. Then press F11 and select Advanced Compare. In the window that opens, specify the parameters for saving and click OK. The program will display the sizes of both folders and highlight their files that do not match.
9. Recording macros
Use macros to automate routine operations with the program.
To create a macro, press Shift + Ctrl + "." (dot) and do a few things in Far. Then use this combination again and select a convenient key in the window that opens. Now, when you press it, the program will perform these actions automatically.
For example, while creating a macro, you can right-click on a file and select Properties from the context menu, and then assign these actions to the J key. After that, you can quickly call file properties using J.
10. Recoding in the built-in editor
Change the encoding of text files right in the built-in Far Manager editor. Press F4 to open the selected file in the editor. To change the encoding, press SHIFT + F8, select a new encoding from the list and press F2 to save the changes.
What is FAR
How to register FAR
Command Line Parameters Keyboard Commands
Plug-in support Plug-in feature overview
Panels: File panel Folder tree Information panel Quick view panel Drag and drop files Customize file panel view modes Mark files Menu: Left and right panel menus File menu Command menu Options menu File search Command history Folder search Folder comparison User menu Drive selection menu File associations Operating room commands systems Folder links Sorting groups File panel filter Switching between screens Task list System parameters Panel settings Interface settings File coloring File descriptions Viewer settings Editor settings Copy, move, rename and create links Built-in editor File masks Keyboard macros
How to use help
The Help Table of Contents contains links (they function in much the same way as the hyperlinks familiar to every Internet user) that point to sections with more detailed information. You can use Tab and Shift-Tab to move between links. Pressing Enter will bring up the page corresponding to the selected link. The same result can be obtained by clicking the "mouse" button on the required link.
If the text does not fit completely in the help window, a scroll bar appears. In this case, the text can be moved up and down using the cursor keys.
Pressing Alt-F1 or BS takes you to the previous page.
Shift-F1 brings up help content.
Press Shift-F2 for plug-in help.
You can use F5 to toggle between full screen help display and text display in a window.
Panel Control Commands
Common commands
Change Active Tab Bar
Swap Panels Ctrl-U
Hide / Show Info Panel Ctrl-L
Hide / Show Quick View Toolbar Ctrl-Q
Hide / show folder tree Ctrl-T
Hide / Show Both Panels Ctrl-O
Temporarily hide both panels Ctrl-Alt-Shift
(works as long as we hold these keys)
Hide / show inactive panel Ctrl-P
Hide / Show Left Panel Ctrl-F1
Hide / Show Right Panel Ctrl-F2
Change the height of panels Ctrl-Up, Ctrl-Down
Change Width (with empty command line) Ctrl-Left, Ctrl-Right
Restore Panels Width to Default Ctrl-Numpad5
Hide / Show Function Key Bar Ctrl-B
File Panel Commands
Flag Group Gray +
Uncheck the Gray group -
Invert Gray Mark *
Mark files with the same extension as the current file Ctrl-
Uncheck files with the same extension as the current Ctrl- Invert Markup Including Folders Ctrl- Mark files with the same name as the current file Alt- Unmark files with the same name as the current file Alt-
Mark All Files Shift-
Unselect All Files Shift- Restore Previous Mark Ctrl-M Scrolling long names and descriptions Alt-Left, Alt-Right
Set short view mode Left Ctrl-1
Set Medium View Mode Left Ctrl-2
Set Full View Mode Left Ctrl-3
Set Wide View Left Ctrl-4
Set detailed view mode Left Ctrl-5
Set the description view mode to Left Ctrl-6
Set Long Descriptions View Mode Left Ctrl-7
Set File Owners View Mode Left Ctrl-8
Set File Link View Mode Left Ctrl-9
Set Alternate Full View Mode Left Ctrl-0
Hide / show files with the Hidden and System attribute Ctrl-H
Toggle output of long / short filenames Ctrl-N
Hide / Show Left Panel Ctrl-F1
Hide / Show Right Panel Ctrl-F2
Sort active panel files by name Ctrl-F3
Sort active panel files by extension Ctrl-F4
Sort files of the active panel by modification time Ctrl-F5
Sort active panel files by size Ctrl-F6
Don't sort files on active panel Ctrl-F7
Sort active panel files by creation time Ctrl-F8
Sort active panel files by access time Ctrl-F9
Sort active panel files by description Ctrl-F10
Sort active panel files by owner Ctrl-F11
Display sort mode menu Ctrl-F12
Use sort by group Shift-F11
Show marked files first Shift-F12
If the active pane is a quick view pane, directory tree, or information pane, then the directory changes not to the active pane, but to the passive pane.
Put Marked Names into Clipboard Ctrl-Ins
(with empty command line)
Place Flagged Names in Clipboard Ctrl-Shift-Ins
(excluding command line state)
Place flagged full names in Clipboard Alt-Shift-Ins
(excluding command line state)
Put Network (UNC) Names of Tagged Files Ctrl-Alt-Ins
to the Clipboard (excluding command line state)
Notes: 1. If the "Allow reverse sorting" option is enabled in the Panel Settings dialog, pressing the same file sorting key again changes the sorting direction from ascending to descending and vice versa; 2. The Alt-Left and Alt-Right shortcuts used to scroll through long names and descriptions only work with the Left and Right keys that are not on the numpad. This is because when Alt is pressed, the cursor keys on the numpad are used to enter characters through their decimal codes. 3. The Ctrl-Alt-Ins key combination works according to the following rules: * for network drives - the network (UNC) name of the file object; * for local drives - full name including symbolic links. 4. The keyboard shortcuts Alt-Shift-Ins and Ctrl-Alt-Ins treat the name ".." as the name of the current folder.
Quick search in panels
To position on a file, you can use the operation
quick search by the first letters of the name. To do this, hold down the Alt (or Alt-Shift) key and type the name of the required file until the cursor moves to it.
Using Ctrl-Enter, you can cycle through the panel elements in accordance with the file mask entered in the line.
In addition to the usual characters, you can also use the "*" and "?" Characters in the file name.
Command line
Common commands
Left character Left, Ctrl-S
Right Symbol Right, Ctrl-D
Word Left Ctrl-Left
Word Right Ctrl-Right
Start of line Ctrl-Home
End of line Ctrl-End
Delete character Del
Delete character to the left BS
Delete to end of line Ctrl-K
Delete word to left Ctrl-BS
Delete word to right Ctrl-Del
Treat the following key combination as Ctrl-Q code
Copy to Clipboard Ctrl-Ins
Paste from Clipboard Shift-Ins
Previous Command Ctrl-E
Next Command Ctrl-X
Clear Command Prompt Ctrl-Y
Insert commands
Paste file name from active panel Ctrl-Enter
Paste filename from passive panel Ctrl-Shift-Enter
Paste full filename from active panel Ctrl-F
Paste full filename from passive panel Ctrl-:
Paste network (UNC) filename from active panel Ctrl-Alt-F
Paste network (UNC) filename from passive panel Ctrl-Alt-:
Paste Path From Left Panel Ctrl- [
Paste Path From Right Panel Ctrl-]
Paste Network (UNC) Path From Left Panel Ctrl-Alt- [
Paste network (UNC) path from right pane Ctrl-Alt-]
Paste path from active panel Ctrl-Shift- [
Paste path from passive panel Ctrl-Shift-]
Insert network (UNC) path from active panel Alt-Shift- [
Paste network (UNC) path from passive panel Alt-Shift-]
File management and service commands
Call user menu F2
View Ctrl-Shift-F3, Numpad 5, F3
If NumPad 5 or F3 is pressed on a file, they invoke the built-in, external, or associated viewer, depending on the file type and viewer settings.
Ctrl-Shift-F3 always invokes the built-in viewer, regardless of file associations.
Pressing any of these keys on a folder calculates and displays the sizes of the selected folders.
Editing, Unpacking Ctrl-Shift-F4, F4
F4 calls the built-in, external or associated editor, depending on the file type and editor settings.
Ctrl-Shift-F4 always brings up the built-in editor, regardless of file associations.
F4 and Ctrl-Shift-F4 for folders call the dialog for changing file attributes.
Copy F5
Copies files and folders. If you want to create a destination folder before copying, add a backslash (\) to its name.
Rename or Move F6
Rename or move files and folders. If you want to create a destination folder before migrating, add a backslash (\) to its name.
Create new folder F7
Delete Shift-Del, Shift-F8, F8
Deleting files and folders. F8 and Shift-Del delete all selected files, Shift-F8 only the file under the cursor. Shift-Del always deletes files without using the Recycle Bin. Using the Recycle Bin with the F8 and Shift-F8 commands depends on the configuration (only for local hard drives).
Shred files and folders Alt-Del
Destroys files and folders. Before deletion, the file is overwritten with zeros, truncated to zero length, and renamed to a temporary name.
Show horizontal menu F9
Exit work with FAR F10
Show plugin commands F11
Change current drive in left pane Alt-F1
Change current drive in right pane Alt-F2
Built-in / External Viewer Alt-F3
Calls, depending on the file type, the associated viewer or the external viewer specified in the settings, if the internal one is used by default, or the internal one if the external one is used by default.
Built-in / external editor Alt-F4
Calls the associated editor depending on the file type
or the external editor specified in the settings if the internal one is used by default, and the internal one if the external one is used by default.
Print files Alt-F5
The "Print Manager" plugin is used to print the selected files.
Create File and Folder Links (NTFS only) Alt-F6
By using hard file links, you can have several different file names referring to the same data.
Execute file search command Alt-F7
Show command history Alt-F8
Resize FAR Manager window Alt-F9
In windowed mode, switching occurs from the normal to the maximum allowable size of the console window and back. In full screen mode Alt-F9 toggles the screen from 25 lines to 50 lines and back. See TechInfo # 38 for details.
Configuring plug-in options Alt-Shift-F9
Execute folder search command Alt-F10
Show browsing and editing history Alt-F11
Show folder history Alt-F12
Add files to archive Shift-F1 Extract files from archive Shift-F2 Execute archive management commands Shift-F3 Edit new file Shift-F4
When creating a new file, the encoding is used, which was set in the last open editor. If the editor is opened for the first time in the current FAR session, the DOS encoding is used.
Copy file under cursor Shift-F5 Rename or move file under cursor Shift-F6 Delete file under cursor Shift-F8 Save configuration Shift-F9
Select the last executed menu item Shift-F10
Launch, change folder, enter archive Enter Launch in a separate window Shift-Enter
Shift-Enter for a folder brings up Explorer showing the contents of the selected folder. In order to show the root folder in Explorer, press Shift-Enter on the required drive in the drive selection menu. Shift-Enter on a folder named ".." opens the current folder in Explorer.
Change folder to root Ctrl- \
Change folder, enter the archive (also into the SFX archive) Ctrl-PgDn
If the cursor points to a folder, then the current folder is changed to the specified one. If the cursor points to a file, then, depending on the file type, either the associated command is executed, or the archive is entered.
Go to the folder one level up Ctrl-PgUp
Ctrl-PgUp in the root folder is affected by the "Use Ctrl-PgUp to select drive" option.
Set file attributes Ctrl-A Apply command to marked files Ctrl-G
Add descriptions to flagged files Ctrl-Z
Other commands
Copy text from Alt-Ins screen
This command allows you to select and place in the Clipboard any area of the screen. To move the cursor, use the cursor keys or press the left mouse button. To select text, use the cursor keys while holding down Shift or holding down the left mouse button. Enter, Ctrl-Ins, right mouse button or double-clicking the left mouse button copies the selected text to the Clipboard, Ctrl-
Write keyboard macro Ctrl-<.>
History in edit lines of dialogs Ctrl-Up, Ctrl-Down
In the history of dialog edit lines, you can use Enter to copy the current item to the edit line or Ins to mark an item. Marked items are not pushed out of history by new items, so you can mark frequently used lines to have them in history all the time.
Clearing history in edit lines of Del dialogs
Clearing the current unchecked history item in edit lines of Shift-Del dialogs
Insert the file name into the dialog under the Shift-Enter cursor
Place the cursor on the default PgDn element in dialogs
Insert the file name of the passive panel into the dialog Ctrl-Shift-Enter
This keyboard shortcut can be used on all lines of editing except the command line, including dialogs and the built-in editor.
Ctrl-Enter in dialogs calls the default action (pressing the default button or a similar action).
In dialogs when the current control is a check box (check box or check box):
Enable ([x]) Gray +
Disable () Gray - - change the state to undefined ([?]) Gray * (if the switch has a three-position state)
Left-clicking outside the dialog is the same as pressing the Esc key.
Right-clicking outside the dialog is the same as pressing the Enter key.
Clicking the middle mouse button with the appropriate modifiers (Ctrl, Alt, Shift) in the panels is the same as pressing the Enter key. For a non-empty command line, its contents will be executed. This behavior is controlled in the settings.
In Windows 2000 / XP FAR Manager can handle the mouse wheel.
Mouse wheel support
In Windows 2000 / XP FAR Manager can handle the mouse wheel:
Scrolling through the list at the same cursor position on the screen. Pressing the middle button is similar to pressing Enter (adjustable in the settings).
Editor
Scrolling text with constant cursor positioning (similar to Ctrl-Up / Ctrl-Down).
Built-in viewer, help system
Scrolls all text.
Scrolling the wheel is similar to the Up / Down keys. Pressing the middle button is the same as pressing Enter. You can select items without moving the cursor.
In dialogs, when scrolling the wheel for the edit line with history and the combo box, a list is expanded. Within a list, scrolling works the same as for a menu.
You can set the number of lines to scroll in the panes, editor, and embedded viewer (see TechInfo # 33).
Command line parameters
The following parameters can be used on the command line:
/ a Disable display of characters with codes 0 - 31 and 255.
May be useful when running FAR from telnet.
/ ag Disable display of pseudo-graphic symbols.
/ aw Disable TrueType font autodetection for the console.
At startup, FAR tries to determine the font type of the console
Windows and if the font is TrueType (for example, Lucida Console), then FAR will correctly display characters with a code less than a space. This option works only under Windows NT 4 and higher.
/ e [<строка>[:<позиция>]] filename
/ i Set a small (16x16) icon for the window
FAR consoles. In some configurations this option
May lead to unstable operation.
Search for "main" plugins in the folder specified in
If
/ u
View the specified file. If as
Used `-", the data will be read from stdin (standard input). For example, "dir | far / v -" will print the output of the dir command. If using "-", the input stream is empty (for example, you did not specify the dir command in example), then FAR will wait forever for the input stream to complete, which is a feature of the current version of FAR.
/ co Forces FAR to load plugins only from the cache.
Plugins are not detected. The / p option is ignored. It makes sense to use ONLY with a stable list of plugins. After adding, replacing or removing plugins, load FAR without this parameter. If there is no cache, then the list of plugins will not be loaded either.
/ x Disable exception handling. This option
intended for developers of plug-ins and
It is not recommended to use this option in a normal situation.
On the command line, you can specify up to two paths to directories, files, or archives. The first path is for the active panel, the second for the passive one:
For directories and archives, FAR will show their contents;
For files, it will switch to the directory with the file and positioning to the specified file, if it exists.
Plugin support
External DLL plugins can be used to create new FAR commands and support additional file systems. For example, working with archives, FTP-client, temporary panel and network browsing are implemented using modules emulating file systems.
All plugins are stored in separate folders located in the "Plugins" folder, which is located in the same folder with FAR.EXE. When a new module is detected, FAR saves information about it and subsequently loads it only when necessary, so that unused modules do not require additional memory. However, if you are sure that you do not need any modules, you can remove them to save disk space.
Modules can be called either from the Disk Select Menu, or from the External Modules Commands menu, activated with F11 or the corresponding command menu item. F4 in the "Commands of external modules" menu allows you to assign hotkeys for the items of this menu, which simplifies their subsequent call using
keyboard macros. This menu is accessible from the file panels and (F11 only) from the built-in viewer and editor. When called from the viewer and editor, not all modules will be shown, but only those that are specially created to work in this mode.
You can configure plug-in parameters using the Plugin Parameters command from the Options Menu.
File processing operations such as copy, move, delete, edit, or Find a file can work with modules that emulate file systems, if these modules provide the appropriate functionality. Searching from the current folder in the Find File command requires less functionality than searching the entire disk, so try using it in case the whole disk search is not working correctly.
Modules have their own message and help files. You can get a list of available module help by clicking:
Shift-F2 - in the main help FAR Shift-F1 - in the list of plugins (context sensitive help).
If the plugin does not have a help file, then the context sensitive hint will not be invoked.
If the active panel displays a file system supported by an external module, then the "CD" command in the command line can be used to change the current folder of this file system. Unlike the "CD" command
"CHDIR" always treats the specified parameter as the name of a real folder, regardless of the type of file panel.
External module parameters
You can configure plug-in parameters using the "Plug-in Parameters" command from the "Options Menu".
You can get information about a specific module by pressing Shift-F1 - context sensitive help for configuring a module. If the plugin does not have a help file, then the context sensitive hint will not be invoked.
When calling the context hint, FAR will try to show the topic with the name
Config. If there is no such topic in the plugin help file, the main help topic for this plugin will be shown.
The F4 key in the "Plug-in options" list allows you to assign hotkeys to the items in this menu, which makes it easier to call them later using keyboard macros.
Plugin Capabilities Overview
The FAR Manager shell has merged so closely with its plugins that talking about it and not talking about plugins is simply pointless. Plugins greatly expand the capabilities of FAR Manager, complementing and modifying them.
Without going into details and personalities, only a few of these possibilities can be noted:
management of printers, both connected to a PC and networked
syntax highlighting in source codes
work with FTP-servers (with support for access through various
types of proxies, automatic resuming, etc.)
search and replace characters simultaneously in multiple files with
using regular expressions.
tools for renaming groups of files with the ability to use
complex compound masks from wildcards and patterns
NNTP / SMTP / POP3 / IMAP4 clients and sending messages to a pager
work with non-standard text screen sizes
conversion of texts taking into account national code tables
manipulation of the contents of the basket
process priority management on a local or networked PC
word completion in the editor and working with templates
editing the Windows registry
creating and changing Windows shortcuts
all kinds of manipulations with files and text, making it comfortable
work with FIDO
UUE file encoding and decoding
WinAmp program control and comment modification
MP3 files
Quake PAK file processing
Working with various servers via ODBC + working with servers
ORACLE via OCI.
RAS service management
launching external programs (compilers, converters, etc.) when
editing texts in the FAR editor
As sources of information that you can use to search for specific plugins, you can recommend:
FAR Development Group website (FAR Group) http://www.farmanager.com
You can use the PlugRinG viewer plugin and you can view and download all the latest plugins to your disk directly from FAR.
Panels
Usually FAR shows two panels (left and right windows) with different information. If you want to change the type of information displayed in the panel, use the panel menu or the corresponding keyboard commands.
For more information on panels, read the topics listed below:
Files panel Folder tree Information panel Quick view panel Drag and drop files Marking files Configuring file panel view modes
Files panel
The file panel displays the contents of the current folder. You can select files and folders, perform various file and archive operations. Panel control commands are described in the Command List topic.
By default, the file panel uses the following view modes:
Concise File names are displayed in three columns.
Medium File names are displayed in two columns.
Full The name, size, date and time of the file are displayed.
Wide Displays the file name and size.
Detailed Displays names, sizes, packed sizes,
The time of the last modification, creation, access and attributes of the file. Full screen mode.
Descriptions File names and descriptions
Long File names, sizes and descriptions. Descriptions Full screen mode.
Owners The names, sizes, and owners of the files. files
File links The names, sizes, and number of hard links of files.
Alternative Name, size (formatted with commas) full and date of the file.
You can customize the view modes of the file panel yourself.
Packed sizes make sense for files with the "Compressed" attribute
on disks with the NTFS file system or for files inside archives. Ownership and number of file links also only apply to NTFS partitions. Some file systems may not support creation time and file access time.
If you want to change the panel view mode, select the desired one from the panel menu. After changing the view mode or the current disc, the type of any panel automatically changes to the file panel.
For positioning on a file, you can use the quick search operation by the first letters of the name.
Folder tree
The folder tree panel displays the folder structure of the current disk in the form of a tree. This allows you to quickly change the current folder, as well as perform operations on folders.
FAR stores information about the folder structure in the Tree.Far file located in the root folder of each disk. If writing to disk is not possible, this information will be saved in the hidden folder Tree.Cache located in the same folder as FAR.EXE.
For positioning on a folder, you can use the quick search operation. To do this, hold down the Alt key and type the name of the required folder until the cursor moves to it. Using Ctrl-Enter, you can move to the next name corresponding to the entered line.
Information panel
The information panel contains the following data:
Network names of the computer and user;
The name and type of the current disk, its file system type, network name, total and free sizes, volume label and serial number;
Memory utilization rate (100% means that all memory has been used) total and free sizes of physical and virtual memory;
Folder Description File
You can view the contents of this file in full screen mode by pressing F3 or the left mouse button. Press F4 or the right mouse button to edit or create this file. You can also use many of the built-in viewer commands (search, select encoding, etc.) to view the deployment descriptor.
The list of possible folder description files can be specified using the "Folder Description Files" command in the Options Menu.
Quick view panel
The Quick View Pane is used to get information about the selected item in the File Pane or Folder Tree.
If the selected item is a file, then its contents are displayed. For known Windows file types, the type name is also displayed.
For folders, the Quick View pane reports the total size, total packed size, number of files and subfolders, cluster size of the current disk, real file size, including underused cluster fragments. The total packed size is applicable only for disks with the NTFS file system.
In Windows 2000 / XP, the path to the source folders is also displayed for symbolic links.
Drag and drop files
File copy and transfer operations can be performed using drag and drop. Press the left mouse button on the source file or folder, drag it to another panel and release the mouse button.
If you want to process a group of files or folders, mark them before dragging, press the left mouse button on the original panel and drag the files to another panel.
You can switch between copy and transfer by pressing the right mouse button while dragging. Also, to transfer files, you can hold down the Shift key while pressing the left mouse button.
Menu
To activate the menu, you can use F9 or click the mouse button on the top line of the screen.
When activated by pressing the F9 key, the menu corresponding to the active panel is automatically selected. When a menu is active, the Tab key toggles between the left and right panel menus. If you selected the Files menu,
"Commands" or "Options", the Tab key switches to the passive panel menu.
The combination Shift-F10 allows you to select the last used menu item.
You can read descriptions of specific menus in the following topics:
Left and Right Panel Menus File Menu Command Menu Options Menu
Left and Right Panel Menus
The Left and Right menus allow you to change the parameters of the left and right panels, respectively. These menus include the following items:
Concise Display files in three columns.
Medium Show files in two columns.
Full Show file name, size, date and time.
Wide Show file name and size.
Detailed Show name, size, packed size,
Modification, creation and access times and file attributes. Full screen mode.
Descriptions The name and description of the file.
Long Descriptions The name, size, and description of the file.
Full screen mode.
File owners The name, size, and owner of the file.
File links Name, size and number of hard links
Files.
Alternative Name, size (formatted using full commas) and date of the file.
Information panel Change the panel to the information panel.
Folder tree Change the panel to the folder tree.
Quick view Change the panel to the quick view panel.
Sort Modes Show available sort modes.
Show long Show long / short names. names
Panel On / Off Show / hide the panel.
Change Disc Change the current disc.
File menu
View View files, count folder sizes.
Editing Editing files.
Copy Copy files and folders.
Transfer Rename or transfer files and folders.
Create folder Create a new folder.
Delete Delete files and folders.
Archive Add the selected files to the archive.
Unpack Unpack the selected files from the archive.
File Attributes Change file attributes and time.
Apply command Apply command to the selected files.
Description of files Add descriptions to the selected files.
Mark group Mark the group of files specified by the mask.
Unmark Unselect the corresponding preset
File group mask.
Invert Markup Invert the current markup of files.
Restore Markup Restore Previous Markup After
File handling or group tagging operations.
Some commands from this menu are also described in the topic
File management and service commands.
Command menu
File Search Search the folder tree for files matching
The given mask. This command is described in more detail in the Find file topic.
Command history Show previous commands. This command
It is described in more detail in the topic Command history.
Video mode Select the number of lines on the screen.
Search for a folder Search for a folder in the folder tree.
For more information on this command, see the Find Folder topic.
Browsing history Show browsing and editing history
Files.
Folder history Show the history of changing folders.
The elements of the browsing history and the history of changing folders after selection are moved to the end of the list. You can use Shift-Enter to select an element without changing its position.
Swap Panels Swap the left and right panels.
Panels On / Off Show / hide both panels.
Compare folders Compare the contents of folders.
For more information on this command, see the Comparing Folders topic.
User menu Allows you to edit the main or local
User's menu. To insert an item, use Ins, for deletion - Del, for editing - F4.
File Associations Shows a list of file associations.
Ins can be used to insert a new association, Del to delete, and F4 to edit.
Sort groups Allows you to edit the specified
By the user of the sort group.
Panel Filter Allows you to control the content of the file panel. files More information about this command
Contained in the Filter topic of the file panel.
Commands Displays a list of available external plug-in modules.
Screen List Shows a list of open screens.
Task List Shows a list of active tasks.
Options menu
System parameters Calls up the system parameters dialog.
Panel settings Calls up the panel settings dialog.
Interface settings Calls up the interface settings dialog.
Languages Select main language and help language.
Parameters Configure the parameters of plug-in external modules of external modules.
Confirmations Turn confirmations on or off
For some operations.
Panel Modes Configure file panel view modes. files
File descriptions Update modes and file description names.
Description files Names or masks of files displayed in the information pane as descriptions
Folders.
Program settings External viewer settings. viewing
Editor settings External and built-in editor settings.
Colors Change the color of various elements
Interface or change the entire color palette either to black and white or to the default one.
Coloring files Editing coloring files.
And the appearance of the screen.
Confirmation
In the Confirmation dialog, you can enable or disable confirmations for the following operations:
Overwriting destination files while copying files;
Overwriting destination files during file transfer;
Drag and drop files;
Deleting files;
Removing folders;
Interruption of operations (pressed the Esc key);
Disconnect a network device from the disk menu;
Reopening the file in the editor;
Clears the list of edit / view histories, transitions and
Executed commands;
Quit FAR.
Create folder
This function is used to create folders. You can use environment variables in the input line, which are converted to the value it contains before creating the folder. It is also possible to create several subfolders at once: to do this, separate the folder names from each other with the "\" symbol. For instance:
% USERDOMAIN% \% USERNAME% \ Folder3
If the "Process multiple folder names" option is enabled, you can create multiple folders at one time. In this case, the folder names must be separated by the separator character ";" or ",". If this option is enabled and the folder name contains the ";" (or ","), then it must be enclosed in quotes. For example, if you enter
C: \ Foo1; "E: \ foo, 2;"; D: \ foo3, then folders will be created with the names: "C: \ Foo1", "E: \ foo, 2;" and "D: \ foo3".
File search
This command is designed to search for one or more files and folders in the folder tree, according to one or more comma-separated or semicolon-separated masks. It can also be used with file systems supported by
external modules.
Additionally, the text that should be contained in the searched files can be specified. In this case, the Match case option can be used to perform a case-sensitive text search.
The Whole Words Only option will only search for text that is separated from the rest of the text by space, tab, carriage return, line feed, or standard delimiters, which by default are:!% ^ & * () + | (): "<>?`-=\;",./.
Drop-down list Using the symbol table allows you to select a specific symbol table used to search for text or forces FAR to use all tables available to it, if the All symbol tables item is selected, to search for text in files with different encodings.
To search for files and in archives, set the Search in archives option. At the same time, it significantly slows down the operation and does not allow searching in nested archives.
The Search for folders option allows you to include folders that match the search mask in the search list. In this case, the counter of found files also takes into account the found folders.
The search can be performed on all drives except removable ones, on all drives except removable and network drives, in all folders, starting from the root, starting from the current folder, only in the current folder or in the marked folders (in the current version of FAR, search in directories that are symbolic links, not produced). The search scope is saved in the configuration. You can also select a search drive in the search dialog. This option exists if the Search entire disk option is selected.
During or after the search is complete, you can use the arrow keys to move through the file list and the buttons to perform the required actions.
During or after the end of the search, the following buttons are available:
New search Start a new search operation.
Go Abort search, change current folder and place
Cursor to the selected file.
Watch View the selected file. If the search is incomplete,
It will resume at the end of viewing.
Panel Create a temporary panel and fill it with the found ones
Files.
Stop Abort the search. Available while searching.
Cancel Close the search dialog.
F3 and F4 can be used to view and edit the found files. Also, editing and viewing is supported for plug-in file systems. Note that saving changes in the editor by pressing F2 for plug-in file systems will trigger the Save In operation instead of the usual Save.
Folder search
This command is designed to quickly find the desired folder in the folder tree.
You can use the arrow keys to select a folder or type in the initial few characters of the folder name.
Press Enter to go to the selected folder.
Command history
Command history shows a list of previously executed commands. In addition to the cursor keys, the following keys are available:
Re-execute the Enter command
Re-execute the command in a separate window Shift-Enter
Put command on command line Ctrl-Enter
Clear Del Command History
To go to the previous or next command directly from the command line, you can use the Ctrl-E or Ctrl-X keys
respectively.
In addition to the cursor and Enter keys, you can use highlighted letters to select a command.
To save the command history after exiting, use the appropriate option from the system parameters dialog.
Notes:
1. Long commands in Windows 9x / Me before being put into history
Browsing and editing history
The file browsing and editing history shows a list of previously viewed or edited files. In addition to the cursor keys, the following keys are available:
Reopen the file for viewing Enter or editing
Put filename on command line Ctrl-Enter
Clear Del history list
Copy the contents of the current history position Ctrl-C to the Clipboard without closing the list or Ctrl-Ins
Open file in F4 editor
Open file in F3 viewer
Or Numpad 5
After selection, elements of the history of viewing and editing move to the end of the list. You can use Shift-Enter to select an element without changing its position.
To save the history of viewing and editing files after exiting, use the appropriate options from the system parameters dialog.
Notes:
1. Long paths to files in Windows 9x / Me before being put into history
Up to 511 characters are truncated.
Folder change history
Folder change history shows a list of previously visited folders. In addition to the cursor keys, the following keys are available:
Go to the specified folder Enter
Put folder name on command line Ctrl-Enter
Clear Del history list
Copy the contents of the current history position Ctrl-C to the Clipboard without closing the list or Ctrl-Ins
To select an item in the history list, in addition to the cursor and Enter keys, you can use the highlighted letters.
After selection, elements of the history of changing folders are moved to the end of the list. You can use Shift-Enter to select an element without changing its position.
To save the history of changing folders after exiting, use the appropriate option from the system parameters dialog.
Notes:
1. Long paths in Windows 9x / Me before being put into history
Up to 511 characters are truncated.
Task list
The task list shows the currently active tasks. Each line of the list contains the title of the task window.
From the task list, you can switch to the task window or delete a task using the Del key. Be careful when deleting tasks. This operation is performed immediately and any unsaved information for this task will be lost. Therefore, deleting tasks should be used only when necessary, for example, if the program has stopped responding to user requests.
The task list can be invoked either from the Command Menu or by using Ctrl-W. In the latter case, the task list can also be called from the viewer or editor.
Ctrl-R refreshes the task list.
Comparing folders
The compare folders command can be performed only when both panels on the screen are file panels. It compares the contents of the folders displayed in these panes. Files that are present in only one panel, or files whose modification date is more recent than files with the same name in another panel, become flagged.
Subfolders are not compared. The files are compared using their name, date and time, but not their content.
user's menu
The user menu is intended to simplify frequently used operations. It contains user-defined commands and command sequences that can be executed using this menu. The user menu can include submenus. Special metacharacters are supported in both commands and menu command titles. Note that the !?