@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ To connect to a remote server such as a NAS go to the :menuselection:`Go --> Co
To see hidden files press :kbd:`control +h`, right click show hidden, or go to:menuselection:`View --> Show hidden`. Press the same thing again to hide hidden files again. To open a terminal in your current folder press :kbd:`f4` or :menuselection:`Tool --> Open Terminal` from the menu. To view the properties of a file or folder right click on it and select properties from the menu, :menuselection:`File --> File Properties` or press :kbd:`Alt +Enter`. To view a dialog that shows folder properties :menuselection:`File --> Folder Properties`. General will show you the size of the file where the file is and when it was last modified or accessed.
To search for files press :kbd:`f3` or :menuselection:`Tool --> find files` for files. To type part of name in the part where it says :guilabel:`File Name Patterns`. To make your search case insensitive check the :guilabel:`Case insensitive`. To toggle searching with regular expressions check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Use regular expression` checkbox. To add locations and places to search press the :guilabel:`Add` button and select the additional places to search. To remove an additional place to search press the :guilabel:`Remove` button. To toggle searching in Subdirectories check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Search in subdirectories`. To toggle searching for hidden files check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Search for hidden files`.
To change what types of files you use choose the :guilabel:`File Type` tab. To choose to search for only certain file check/uncheck the files under the text :guilabel:`Only search for files of following types:` text.
The :guilabel:`permissions` tab will show you who owns the file which if you can't change it will be grayed out and who has permisson to read modify and execute the file. To change permision of files the :guilabel:`Owner`, :guilabel:`Group`, or :guilabel:`Other` drop down menu will allow you to choose whether you can read, read and write, or forbidden. To make something executeable such as a script you wrote check the :guilabel:`Make the file executable`.
Pcmanfm-qt can actually launch other applications in places Applications or :menuselection:`Go --> Applications` and then gets all the tasks in the menu in lxqt-panel. To view what files are on your desktop :menuselection:`Go --> Desktop` or on the places sidebar press the desktop item on the left.
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pcmanfm-qt has options when right clicking has special options for dealing with archieves such as tar or zip files. To extract the files in the current directory right click and select extract here. You can also extract to another location with right clicking and selecting extract to and a dialog will pop up showing to where to extract the file.
Searching for Files
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To search for files press :kbd:`f3` or :menuselection:`Tool --> find files` for files. To type part of name in the part where it says :guilabel:`File Name Patterns`. To make your search case insensitive check the :guilabel:`Case insensitive`. To toggle searching with regular expressions check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Use regular expression` checkbox. To add locations and places to search press the :guilabel:`Add` button and select the additional places to search. To remove an additional place to search press the :guilabel:`Remove` button. To toggle searching in Subdirectories check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Search in subdirectories`. To toggle searching for hidden files check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Search for hidden files`.
To change what types of files you use choose the :guilabel:`File Type` tab. To choose to search for only certain file check/uncheck the files under the text :guilabel:`Only search for files of following types:` text. The options for which type of file include: Text files, Image files, Audio files, Video files, Documents, or Folders.
