PCMan File Manager: Difference between revisions

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| developer = Hong Jen Yee (PCMan), Andriy Grytsenko (LStranger)

| latest release version = 1.3.1 ([[GTK+]])

| latest_release_date = {{Release date and age|2018|12|17}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://git.lxde.org/gitweb/?p=lxde/pcmanfm.git;a=tag;h=69390d35f9b2f93f1fc735f73d601a9ba2e45411 |title=PCManFM |publisher=git.lxde.org |date=2018-12-17 |accessdateaccess-date=2019-10-12}}</ref>

| latest preview version = 0.12.0 ([[Qt (framework)|Qt]])

| latest_preview_date = {{Release date and age|2017|01|14}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/lxde/pcmanfm-qt/releases |title=PCManFM Qt releases |publisher=github.com/lxde |accessdateaccess-date=2019-10-12}}</ref>

| genre = [[File Manager]]

| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]] ([[GTK+]]), [[C++]] ([[Qt (framework)|Qt]])

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| website = {{URL|http://wiki.lxde.org/en/PCManFM}}

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'''PCMan File Manager''' ('''PCManFM''') is a [[file manager]] application, developed by Hong Jen Yee from [[Taiwan]], which is meant to be a replacement for [[GNOME Files]], [[Dolphin (file manager)|Dolphin]] and [[Thunar]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Craciun|first=Dan|title=PCMan File Manager 0.4.5 Review|url=http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2008071702135RVSW|publisher=Linux Today|accessdateaccess-date=20 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Georgiadis|first=Panos|title=PCMan – An Alternative File Manager|url=http://www.unixmen.com/pcman-an-alternative-file-manager/|publisher=Unixmen|accessdateaccess-date=20 February 2013}}</ref> PCManFM is the standard file manager in [[LXDE]], also developed by the same author in conjunction with other developers. Since 2010, PCManFM has undergone a complete rewrite from scratch; build instructions, setup and configuration have changed in the process.

Released under the [[GNU General Public License]], PCManFM is free software. It follows the specifications given by [[Freedesktop.org]] for [[interoperability]].

Dissatisfied with [[GTK+|GTK3]], Hong Jen Yee experimented with [[Qt (framework)|Qt]] in early 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.lxde.org/?p=966 |title=LXDE - PCManFM file manager is ported to Qt? |publisher=Blog.lxde.org |date=1999-02-22 |accessdateaccess-date=2013-04-27}}</ref> and released the first version of a Qt-based PCManFM on {{dts|2013|03|26}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.lxde.org/?p=990 |title=LXDE - PCManFM Qt 0.1.0 released |publisher=Blog.lxde.org |date=2013-03-27 |accessdateaccess-date=2013-04-27}}</ref> He clarified, though, that does not indicate any departure from GTK in LXDE, saying: "The Gtk+ and Qt versions will coexist". The new PCManFM-Qt is a core component of [[LXQt]].

== Features ==