lst

A shitty file manager

Building

You will need:

A linux machine
gcc
make
txt

txt is needed as it is hard-coded into the file manager to use it when editing files.
As lst is worked on, it will be able to use your personal choice of editor as a fallback.

A linux machine is needed as lst uses two header files that are not available on Windows:

sys/ioctl.h
termios.h

To build:

Clone this repo
Enter the directory
Run make to create the binary
Run make install to copy the binary to path
Enjoy

Usage

$ lst -h
lst [options] <path>
a shitty file manager

OPTIONS
        -h      :: show help
        -v      :: show version
        -t      :: show tildes
        -n      :: show numbers
        -i      :: show file info
        -p      :: show path at exit

OPERATIONS
         q      :: exit lst
         r      :: rename a file
         d      :: delete a file
         c      :: create a new file
        ^c      :: create a new folder
$ lst -tni ~/.config

Exiting lst:

Q
Esc

Config file:

The config file uses the .ini / ini file format and utilises ini which
reads and parses the file. The format of file will be specified here.

Features

Lists files and directories
Opens files
- It does depend on my shitty text editor: txt
Inline file size (-i)
Line numbers (-n)
Tildes on empty lines (-t)
Status & Message Bar
- File size
- Current line
- Current Dir
- Total Dirs
- Clock
Reads a config file (WIP)

More is to come in the future. It's Work In Progress

In depth & Upcoming features

Size calculations

lst shows the size of the file that is highlighted in the UI. Directories will always
return as 0 bytes in the status bar and shows > to indicate it is a directory when you
enable the info flag (-i).

Extensions

lst has what I am calling extensions. They add features that you might want in a file manager
and are enabled through flags and config files. These can be toggled when running lst.
They are all disabled by default, giving a minimal-ish file manager.

Opening directories & files

When pressing Enter or -> key, lst will check if the highlighted item is a file.
If it is, txt will take over so you can edit the file. Otherwise, it will open the directory.
txt is hardcoded as text editor of choice but that will soon be able to customised in the config file.

File & directory operations

In lst, you can rename, delete and create files. Directories can also be renamed and created, however they
can't be deleted as that the directories have to empty to be deleted. This will be implemented soon.
To edit files, this requires you to have txt, which lst is hardcoded to use. Moving files,
grouped file operations and deleting directories are currently in the works.

Config file [Work In Progress]

lst will soon be able to read a config file that will be able to enable extensions
on start up with out specifying flags for extra convenience. You will also able to customize the
colors lst uses for the status bar, highlighted item, etc.

Changing directory on exit [Work In Progress]

I need to find an efficient way to do this so this will be coming in the near future.
The -p flag will print final directory on exit. So you'll probs need a wrapper function.

Updates

* 1.1.1 Flags & input timeout fixed
* 1.1.0 New features introduced
* 1.0.0 Initial Release

License

GNU GPLv3

ItzAfroBoy / lst

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