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How to have a file manager appear on the side when I open emacs? (alien.top)
submitted 10 months ago by B_A_Skeptic@alien.top to c/emacs
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I want a file manager to appear on the side of the screen when I open emacs, like you would have in gedit or atom. I am open to using any package or plugin as long as you can tell me what to put in my init file to make it open when I start emacs.

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[–] ivan_linux@alien.top 2 points 10 months ago

Your best bet is treemacs they have an installation manual on there, it's fairly simple.

[–] LionyxML@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sidebar is the builtin option, on terminal it only works on the “side” with a package extending its functionallity. Better overall option by far, treemacs.

[–] B_A_Skeptic@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't work.

[–] mpiepgrass@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I'm skeptical....

[–] followspace@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Okay... I think you want a "file manager", the "actual" one, not an Emacs interface like Treemacs, is that right? A few options.

  1. If you just want it to be on the side of Emacs, why don't you just run it outside of Emacs and arrange it on the side? Your window manager would have features for that.

  2. If you have to open it within the Emacs frame, you can use EXWM, but you have to use EXWM as your window manager instead of whatever WM you were using.

  3. Maybe M-x dired? If you want to put it in init.el, that'd be (dired). You can put it in a window on the side. Not sure if that's what you want at all.

Let me know what you actually want. If you have any links of images or videos that help us understand your intention, that'd be awesome.

[–] github-alphapapa@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Please do not answer if you are not willing to tell me exactly what to put in my init.el file.

Please do not ask if you are not willing to google your question first. We are not ChatGPT.