Ask HN: File browsing with xmonad in Ubuntu?

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Greetings! Thanks to a recent post in HN, I learned about xmonad. It is impressive, but I still have this basic question: Is it possible to do basic, drag-and-drop file browsing with xmonad? I'm using Ubuntu 9.10.

Thanks.

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I just use Nautilus (the default Ubuntu/GNOME file browser) and it works fine with xmonad. Are you having a specific problems browsing files?

Actually, it would be better to post this on Ubuntu Forums or on an xmonad list:

http://xmonad.org/community.html

Thanks. I tried Nautilus, but then my (Ubuntu) desktop shows up, but all other windows are gone and cannot be recovered with the typical keystrokes. Launching a new terminal doesn't work either. Further, if I double click a folder on the desktop nothing happens.

Not that I plan to do much mouse-based file browsing under xmonad, but it would be nice to have it handy.

Finally, yeah there are other forums, but HN just rocks!

try this:

nautilus --no-desktop --browser

You could use Thunar, it's lightweight and fast.

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