Bug 306202

Summary:	[RFE] In-pane view mode
Product:	[Applications] krusader	Reporter:	Kevin Clevenger <kevin.clevenger>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Krusader Bugs Distribution List <krusader-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	alex.bikadorov, jan_lepper, krusader-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	2.4.0-beta1 "Migration"
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Kevin Clevenger 2012-09-03 15:49:33 UTC

Hi,

I regularly have to very quickly view a large number of text files in batches, looking for specific information. Due to the nature and variablity of the data it would be impossible to grep. 

The enhancement I'm requesting would be to have the ability to add a "less viewer" in one pane. This would allow the user to simply navigate with the arrow keys through text files in the left pane and display them in the right pane. This would also be valuable for those that regularly need to quickly view a number of log files, config files, etc. 

I currenty use Kate for this process but as it actually opens the file for editing it's proving to be overly time consuming to use for the process.

Thanks!

Comment 1 Jan Lepper 2012-09-08 07:26:10 UTC

More or less this feature already exists -
you can open the popup-panel of the other panel (and if you want, maximize it to the size of the panel),
then click the 'View Panel' button of the popup-panel.

Comment 2 Kevin Clevenger 2012-09-08 15:05:54 UTC

Hi Jan,

What I'm hoping for is something very like 'Quick view' in Midnight Commander - left pane is set to a normal file list view and the right pane is set to Quick view (Ctrl-x q). This works really well and is very fast becasue as you navigate through files on the left the view on the right is replaced with the current file. This avoids having to go back and close all the files that have been opened for viewing.

Comment 3 Jan Lepper 2012-09-08 17:13:48 UTC

On Sat, 08 Sep 2012 15:05:54 +0000
Kevin Clevenger <kevin.clevenger@gmail.com> wrote:

> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=306202
> 
> --- Comment #2 from Kevin Clevenger <kevin.clevenger@gmail.com> ---
> Hi Jan,
> 
> What I'm hoping for is something very like 'Quick view' in Midnight
> Commander - left pane is set to a normal file list view and the right
> pane is set to Quick view (Ctrl-x q). This works really well and is
> very fast becasue as you navigate through files on the left the view
> on the right is replaced with the current file. This avoids having to
> go back and close all the files that have been opened for viewing.
> 

This is exactly how Krusader is behaving - are sure you are using
2.4.0-beta1 ?

Comment 4 Jan Lepper 2012-09-08 17:26:04 UTC

PS: IIRC this feature has been there longer than 2.4.0-beta1.
Maybe I didn't correctly understand what you mean.

Comment 5 Jan Lepper 2012-09-08 17:32:38 UTC

PS: From what I can see the only difference is that you cannot open the
quickview panel with a single shortcut.
But once it is open, is is updated as you can navigate through the
files.

Comment 6 Jan Lepper 2012-09-08 17:35:16 UTC

On Sat, 8 Sep 2012 19:33:00 +0200
jan <jan_lepper@gmx.de> wrote:

> PS: From what I can see the only difference is that you cannot open
> the quickview panel with a single shortcut.
> But once it is open, is is updated as you can navigate through the
> files.

typos - correction:

PS: From what I can see the only difference is that you cannot open
the quickview panel with a single shortcut.
But once it is open, it is updated as you navigate through the files.

Comment 7 Kevin Clevenger 2012-09-11 14:00:36 UTC

Hrd to find, but yes this will do the job