2 pane, swiss army knife file manager?

[Graham Watkins]

On 23/11/12 13:25, Graham Watkins wrote:
> On 19/11/12 18:54, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> I just spent an hour scanning for 2 pane file managers in the 
>> synaptic ALL
>> listing without finding anything but mc.
>>
>> So, what are we supposed to use today?
>>
>> Thanks folks.
>>
>> Cheers, Gene
> Perhaps I'm missing something crucial here but there is an option in 
> nautilus: view>extra pane which will give you what (I think) you 
> want.  It can also be called up with F3.
>
> I don't need it a lot but it does the trick when I do.
>
> I used to like Midnight Commander but it's been years since I've used 
> it.  Guess I'm spoiled with GUIs these days.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Graham
>
Sorry to reply to my own post but if, as some people think, Nautilus is 
removing this feature, it is available in Caja - the default file 
manager included with MATE (although you may consider installing a new 
WM a bit drastic).

Cheers,

Graham