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Posted: **Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:34 pm**

Hi everybody,

I decided to try to replace PCManFM with SpaceFM as I like it so much.
So far, I've replaced pcmanfm with spacefm for everything except one minor aspect.
Here's what I did so far (some may be redundant):

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sudo sed -i 's/pcmanfm/spacefm/g' /usr/share/applications/pcmanfm.desktop &&
sed -i 's/pcmanfm/spacefm/g'  ~/.config/openbox/lubuntu-rc.xml &&
sudo sed -i 's/pcmanfm/spacefm/g'  /usr/share/lubuntu/openbox/menu.xml &&
sudo sed -i 's/pcmanfm/spacefm/g'  /usr/share/lubuntu/openbox/rc.xml &&
sudo sed -i 's/pcmanfm --desktop --profile lubuntu/spacefm --desktop/g' /etc/xdg/lxsession/Lubuntu/autostart &&
sudo sed -i 's/pcmanfm/spacefm/g' /usr/share/lxpanel/profile/Lubuntu/config

The only thing I can't seem to figure out how to replace is when I open up a program (lets say VLC or something) and within the program I try to search for a file or directory. It still brings up the pcmanfm file manager "look." I say "look" because it doesn't execute an instance of pcmanfm (when I check lxtask).
What program handles this file manager aspect? And how can I change it to spacefm?

Thanks

Posted: **Mon Nov 19, 2012 12:34 am**

I don't run Lubuntu. Antix 12 comes with spacefm instead of pcmanfm out of the box but no lxde out of the box.

Best bet? I would use the locate command like

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locate vlc

to get the list of files and look and see in the text files what config setting needs changing. Either that or

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sudo  apt-get remove --purge vlc

to remove all vlc configuration files. Then reinstall vlc again.

Posted: **Mon Nov 19, 2012 6:53 am**

Its not specific to vlc, it was simply an example. Every program pulls up a pcmanfm-like file manager when looking for a file.
I figured that there may be something I need to change in openbox or some other system config file.

I forgot to mention before, but I guess it was obvious from my code that I use Lubuntu. Lubuntu 12.04 to be precise (not that it should make much of a difference in this matter).

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