This package provides FAR-like file manager for Emacs.

Package is not available in MELPA yet (there is a plan to publish it in nearest future, though).

To start eFar just load file efar.el and type M-x efar.

When Efar is called with universal argument, default-directory of actual buffer is automatically opened in left panel - C-u M-x efar.

• Emacs 26.1 or newer.

• move cursor - <up>, <down>, <left>, <right>
• go to first/last file in current directory - <home>/<end> or <C-left>/<C-right>
• enter directory under cursor - RET
• switch to other panel - TAB
• fast navigation to the file with specific name in current directory - just start typing any part of file name (C-s/C-r to go to next/previous occurrence, C-g quit fast search mode)
• go to the given directory - C-c c d

• change mode double-panel <-> single-panel - C-c v M
• change number of columns in current panel - C-c v + or C-c v -
• change file display mode (short, long, detailed) - C-c v m

• display list of available disks (Windows) or mount points (Unix) - C-c f d

• open file under cursor in other buffer and switch to that buffer - <f4>
• open file under cursor in other buffer and keep eFar buffer actual - <f3>
• open file under cursor in external application - <M-f4>
• directories and files of predefined types are automatically opened in other buffer when navigating through the file list - this function can configured via customization

• mark file under cursor - <insert>
• unmark all marked files - <C-insert>
• copy marked files (or file under cursor if no files marked) - <f5>
• move marked files (or file under cursor if no files marked) - <f6>
• delete marked files (or file under cursor if no files marked) - <f8>
• create new directory - <f7>
• create new file - C-x C-f
• show statistic (size, number of file and directories) for the directory under cursor - C-c c s
• run ediff for selected files - C-c c e
• copy to the clipboard path to the file under cursor - C-c c p

• change sort order and direction - C-c f s
• set/remove filtering by file mask - C-c f f

• start search in current directory - <M-f7>
• display last search results - <S-f7>
• go to the file from search result list - RET
• show buffer with detailed search results - <C-M-f7>
• it's possible to search for text in files using simple string or Emacs regular expressions
• when opening file from the file search results an incremental search is automatically activated for the searched text
• no external tools used for search functionality, it's completely implemented using pure elisp
• multiprocessing used when searching for text inside files

• display list of last visited directories - C-c c h
• go to the directory from the list of last visited directories - RET

• add file/directory under cursor to bookmark list - C-c c B
• display bookmarks - C-c c b
• remove item from the list of bookmarks - <f8>
• go to to the item from bookmark list - RET

• by default state is saved automatically on exit or when eFar buffer is killed and restored when Efar is opened again

• eFar buffer is automatically refreshed when content of displayed directories changes in outside world

• display list of all available key bindigs - C-?

• numerous customizable parameters including key bindings and faces available via M-x customize