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4Pane is a multi-pane, detailed-list file manager for Linux. It is designed to be fully-featured without bloat, and aims for speed rather than visual effects. In addition to standard file manager things, it offers multiple undo and redo of most operations (including deletions), archive management including 'virtual browsing' inside archives, multiple renaming/duplication of files, a terminal emulator and user-defined tools.
As you can see from the Screenshots its display is split into a left directory tree-view, and a right detailed-list view which by default shows both files and directories. There are normally two of these twin panes displayed (thus the name) but this, and almost everything else, can be configured to suit your needs.
It has been built and tested on all the main Linux distros, using both current and older versions. Though it has a gtk-style appearance, it's not tied to any particular desktop.
4Pane comes with a built-in manual, which can also be viewed online. The online version has added images.
4Pane is hosted by SourceForge. Bug-reports are very welcome: please report them to the SourceForge bug tracker.
News
16.07.10
There are now packages available for openSUSE 11.3 and Mandriva 2010.1 from either here or SourceForge.4.06.10
There are now packages available for Fedora 13, Slackware 13.1 and Zenwalk 6.4 from either here or SourceForge.2.05.10
There are now lucid packages available in the ubuntu repository (see here) and from SourceForge. As usual they will work for other *buntus too.25.04.10
There is now a PCLinuxOS 2010 binary and a source rpm available. Get them either from the repository (see here) or, for the binary, from SourceForge.
25.02.10
Late news just in: apparently 4Pane was the 'Hottest pick' of the month in the HotPicks section of the October '09 Linux Format magazine.02.02.10
4Pane 0.7.0 is now available. Apart from the usual bug-fixes, the main changes are:- It's now possible to overwrite files inside virtual archives (instead of only being able to store duplicates).
- The Options dialog has been altered, and this and several others made smaller so that they'll fit on a netbook screen.
- Various changes to make 4Pane more locale-aware.
Packages for the latest versions of the major distros are available from sourceforge and here.
Please note that, because of the Options dialog changes, running 4Pane now requires version 2.8 (or later) of the wxWidgets toolkit. As wxWidgets-2.8.0 was released 3 years ago, few people should be affected by this.
18.11.09
There are now 4Pane-0.6.0 packages available for Fedora 12, openSUSE 11.2 and Mandriva 2010.0. As always, they are available either from here or SourceForge.2.11.09
There are now packages available for Ubuntu karmic (they also work on kubuntu and xubuntu). Get them either from here or from SourceForge.5.09.09
There are now Slackware 13.0 packages available, both i386 and x86_64. As usual, you can get them either from here or from SourceForge.As there are no "official" wxGTK packages yet that are suitable for 13.0, I've provided some here.
There is also now a package for Zenwalk 6.0 and 6.2 here.
18.06.09
There are now Fedora 11 rpms available. Get them either from here or from SourceForge.15.06.09
Someone has kindly made a Spanish translation for 4Pane, which you can download from here.10.05.09
There are now Ubuntu jaunty and Mandriva 2009.1 packages available. Get them either from here or from SourceForge.23.03.09
There are now PCLinuxOS 2009.1 and updated Debian lenny packages available (the lenny ones had previously been built against lenny beta). Get them either from here or from SourceForge.21.12.08
There are now openSUSE 11.1 and Slackware 12.2 packages available. Get them either from here or from SourceForge.I'm pleased to be able to report that 4Pane has now been taken up by VectorLinux.
30.11.08
There are now Fedora 10 rpms available. Get them either from here or from SourceForge.20.11.08
4Pane 0.6.0 has been released, with a new feature: a Quick-Grep dialog which provides the commonest grep options on a single page. The original, multi-page Full-Grep is still available, of course.Packages are now available for the latest versions of Ubuntu, Debian, Mepis, OpenSUSE and Mandriva, with Fedora 10 to follow when it's released.
Please note that the location of the repositories has changed (back) to http://www.4pane.co.uk/ubuntu/, http://www.4pane.co.uk/debian/ etc. From now on you will always be able to get the latest versions there.
However the alternative addresses, e.g. http://www.4pane.co.uk/0.6.0/ubuntu, http://www.4pane.co.uk/0.5.1/debian, will also work, so builds for older versions of distros are still available. You can also access these via the Previous Versions page.
As 4Pane has now been available for almost a year, with few reports of problems, I've changed its category from beta to stable.
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