lf (as in list files) is a modern alternative to ranger with significant improvements in terms of speed and reliability. This guide is intended to help users who are familiar with ranger to switch to lf more comfortably.
The main reason for me still using ranger over lf is the reasonable defaults. I want to be able to install the file manager on a new system without having to configure basics like creating directorys or deleting files.
The lfrc config in the linked repo is intended to fix that. Sure you still need to clone the config from github into your .config, but that is normally the case for quite a few tools.
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Why would the file manager need to handle smb (mounting?) I always setup smb shares through fstab and have them automatically mounted, lf shows the files just fine.
If you want a way to mount shares through your file manager, Im sure there is a way to add this to lfs config, but I don’t really understand why.
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Oh in that case you may want to take a look at rclone. You can use that to configure profiles for separate shares it makes mounting and managing them very easy.
I mean, all that’s doing is passing that URI to GVFS. You can do the same with any tool. (Or add hooks to any existing tool with gio calls if they support subshell execution) https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/File_manager_functionality#Windows_access
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