ANN: XYZCommander-0.0.5
I'm pleased to announce the XYZCommander version 0.0.5!
XYZCommander is a pure console visual file manager.
Main features:
* Tight integration with python run–time system — most of the
settings can be changed on the fly using management console.
* Powerful configuration system - define own actions, aliases,
internal commands, key bindings.
* Extensible plug-in system - even core functionality implemented
mainly using plug–ins, keeping base system small and clean.
* Events hooks subsystem - a flexible way of reacting on certain
system events.
* Customizable look-n-feel - every widget component look can be
changed using skins.
* Unicode support
* Tabs in navigation panels
Homepage: http://xyzcmd.syhpoon.name/
Download page: http://code.google.com/p/xyzcmd/downloads/list
Devel page: http://github.com/syhpoon/xyzcmd
Change log for 0.0.5:
Overview
* Nested VFS support
* Heavy LocalVFS walker optimization: 30 to 40 times faster
to enter a directory, and a lot less memory intensive as well
* New Russian translation
* XYZCommander manpage
* Development has moved to github (http://github.com/syhpoon/xyzcmd)
VFS
---
* VFS subsystem now supports arbitrary nested VFS objects.
* Local VFS objects walking optimization. Simple lazy instantiation allows
30 to 40 times faster to enter the directory.
Plugins
---
* New method :sys:panel:get_all()
Method returns list of all VFSObject instances in panel.
* New method :sys:panel:tag_diff()
Tag all the objects in active panel which are missing from the inactive one.
Bound to Ctrl-x d.
* Version 0.2 of plugin :ui:testinput.
Added support for prefix keys and also allow plugin to show current
binding of pressed key.
Configuration
-
* New icmd - exit.
* New FSRules type{} arguments:
* file_or_link2: Matches file objects or links to ones.
* dir_or_link2: Matches directory objects or links to ones.
* socket_or_link2: Matches socket objects or links to ones.
* fifo_or_link2: Matches fifo objects or links to ones.
* char_or_link2: Matches character device or links to ones.
* block_or_link2: Matches block device or links to ones.
* New command line flag -l showing list of available skins.
I18N
* Added infrastructure for i18n.
* Added new Russian translation.
Documentation
-
* Manpage added.
* Described all standard events.
* Described all standard plugins.
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ANN: XYZCommander-0.0.4
XYZCommander is a pure console visual file manager. Main features: * Tight integration with python run–time system — most of the settings can be changed on the fly using management console. * Powerful configuration system - define own actions, aliases, internal commands, key bindings. * Extensible plug-in system - even core functionality implemented mainly using plug–ins, keeping base system small and clean. * Events hooks subsystem - a flexible way of reacting on certain system events. * Customizable look-n-feel - every widget component look can be changed using skins. * Unicode support Homepage: http://xyzcmd.syhpoon.name/ Download page: http://code.google.com/p/xyzcmd/downloads/list Change log for 0.0.4: Overview * Tabs in navigation panels * Auto-completion subsystem * VFS caching * New piece of documentation: XYZCommander overview * XYZCommander on Ubuntu PPA Installation For ubuntu users: 1) sudo add-apt-repository ppa:syhpoon/xyzcmd 2) sudo aptitude update sudo aptitude install xyzcmd Configuration - * New variable cache_time (integer) in section vfs. Variable sets number of seconds during which VFS cache obsoletes. Default 60. Skins - * New attribute for selected buttons - button_active. * New attribute for tab bar - tabbar * New attribute for active tab - tabact Events -- * New event event:sys:panel:before_switch_tab. Fires before switching to another tab. * New event event:sys:panel:switch_tab. Fires when switching to another tab. * New event event:sys:panel:new_tab. Fires when new tab is added. * New event event:sys:panel:del_tab. Fires when tab is deleted. VFS --- * Fixed bug when permission bits where ignored in recursive copying * Implemented VFS objects caching. This highly improves non-local VFS handlers working speed. * Implemented copy() method for tar VFS handler. That is it is now possible to copy objects from inside tar archives to local filesystem. Plugins --- * New plugin - :core:complete. Plugin provides ability to auto-complete provided text in different domains. Currently three domains implemented: * binpath - searches through directories defined in $PATH variable * fs - searches through filesystem hierarchy * service - searches through services in /etc/init.d Auto-completion function bound to META-Tab by default. * New method :sys:cmd:get() Method retrieves current cmd contents. * New method :sys:cmd:append() Method append string to the end of cmd. * New method :sys:panel:new_tab(). Create new tab. Bound to Ctrl-c c to create tab in active panel and to Ctrl-c C to create tab in inactive one. * New method :sys:panel:del_tab(). Delete tab. Bound to Ctrl-c d to delete tab in active panel and to Ctrl-c D to delete tab in inactive one. * New method :sys:panel:switch_tab(). Switch to particular tab. Bound to Ctrl-c [0-9] to switch to tab with provided index in active panel and to Ctrl-c SHIFT-[0-9] to switch to tab in inactive one. * New method :sys:panel:next_tab(). Switch to the next tab. Bound to Ctrl-c n to switch to the next tab in active panel and to Ctrl-c N to switch to the next tab in inactive one. * New method :sys:panel:prev_tab(). Switch to the previous tab. Bound to Ctrl-c p to switch to the previous tab in active panel and to Ctrl-c P to switch to the previous tab in inactive one. * New method :sys:cmd:get(). Method allows to get current command line contents. * New method :sys:panel:get_tabs(). Return list of tabs in format (path, selected_entry_name). * New method :sys:panel:active_tab(). Return index of currently active tab. * Plugin :misc:where is extended to save/restore tabs as well -- ~syhpoon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations/
ANN: XYZCommander-0.0.3
I'm pleased to announce the XYZCommander version 0.0.3! XYZCommander is a pure console visual file manager. Main features: * Tight integration with python run–time system — most of the settings can be changed on the fly using management console. * Powerful configuration system - define own actions, aliases, internal commands, key bindings. * Extensible plug-in system - even core functionality implemented mainly using plug–ins, keeping base system small and clean. * Events hooks subsystem - a flexible way of reacting on certain system events. * Customizable look-n-feel - every widget component look can be changed using skins. * Unicode support Homepage: http://xyzcmd.syhpoon.name/ Download page: http://code.google.com/p/xyzcmd/downloads/list Change log for 0.0.3: XYZCommander changelog --- New features --- * Python2.4 support * Permanents filters * Custom sorting * High-color mode support with urwid = 0.9.9 * New command line options: -c colors and -s skin * XYZCommander's system prefix can be set using XYZCMD_PREFIX environment variable in case of custom installation, by default it is equal to sys.prefix. Configuration --- * New internal cmd alias is used to print all xyzcmd's aliases. * New DSL method - section(). Return whole configuration section contents as a dictionary or None. * New DSL method - fsrule(). Return libxyz.core.FSRule instance from string. * New DSL method - palette(). Create internal palette object. * New DSL method - skin(). Make and register new skin. * New option 'term_colors' in main.xyz. It defines color mode. Valid values are: 1, 16 (default), 88 and 256. It also can be defined using -c command line flag. Plugins * New method :sys:panel:get_untagged() Method returns list of not tagged VFSObject instances. * New method :core:shell:echo() Method allows to show any custom string similar to command output. * Added two hooks to :sys:cmd plugin to save command history on exit and to restore its contents upon startup. * :core:shell receives a 'wait' configuration flag, indicating whether to wait for user input after command executed. * :core:shell receives a 'setup_shell' configuration flag, indicating whether to run system shell-specific initialization. * :sys:panel receives five new filter-related variables: filters_enable - enables object filtering filters_policy - dtermines filtering policy fitlers - list of FSRules to be sequentially applied on objects sorting_policy - Active sorting policy name or None sorting - Defined sorting policies. Each key corresponds to a policy name and value is either a function with two arguments (VFSObject) behaving like cmp() or a list of those functions. If value is a list, each function applied sequentially. * New method :sys:panel:filter Method takes a list of VFSObject objects and filters out entries according to filters defined in plugin configuration. * New method :sys:panel:sort Method takes a list of VFSObject objects and sorts entries according to sorting policy defined in plugin configuration. UI -- * New shortcut - (META-=) to quickly change directory in active panel to the same as in the inactive one. Skins -- * Skins were completely reworked. Now skin file uses python syntax and DSL helper functions: skin and palette to define new skin * High-color mode now supported with urwid version = 0.9.9. * New high-color mode skin added - lighty. -- ~syhpoon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations/
ANN: XYZCommander-0.0.2
I'm pleased to announce the XYZCommander version 0.0.2! XYZCommander is a pure console visual file manager. Main features: * Tight integration with python run–time system — most of the settings can be changed on the fly via management console. * Powerful configuration system - define own actions, aliases, internal commands, key bindings. * Extensible plug-in system - even core functionality implemented mainly using plug–ins, keeping base system small and clean. * Events hooks subsystem - a flexible way of reacting on certain system events. * Customizable look-n-feel - every widget component look can be changed via skins. * Unicode support XYZCommander runs on *nix platform and requires python version = 2.5 and urwid library. Change log for 0.0.2: * [UI] New box widget: ButtonBox. Widget shows a dialog box with custom buttons. * [UI] New method :sys:panel:get_active() Method returns list of tagged VFSObject instances or list of single selected object if none tagged. * [UI] New method :sys:panel:get_current(). Method returns VFSObject instance of current directory. * [UI] New method :sys:panel:vfs_driver(). Method returns vfs driver used by current object * [UI] New method :sys:cmd:put(). Method allows to put arbitrary string to command line. * [UI] New method :sys:panel:search_cycle(). Method allows to search objects in current working directory in direction downwards-from up to selected file. Set this method as default binding for META-S. * [PLUGIN] New method :vfs:vfsutils:remove() Method shows a dialog for [recursively] deleting VFSObjects. Bound to F8. * [PLUGIN] New method :vfs:vfsutils:copy() Method shows a dialog for [recursively] copying VFSObjects. Bound to F5. * [PLUGIN] New method :vfs:vfsutils:move() Method shows a dialog for [recursively] moving VFSObjects. Bound to F6. * [PLUGIN] New plugin :misc:where. Plugin provides an ability to load/restore path locations on both panels * [PLUGIN] New plugin :fsrules:magic. Plugin adds an ability to match files based on magic database. * [VFS] Implemented Tar VFS module. Default actions set to use it on *.tar, *.tar.gz and *.tar.bz2 named files. * [CORE] New events and hooks mechanism. It is now possible to set own hooks on all events. * [SKINS] New box rule attribute - input. It is used for any text input widgets -- ~syhpoon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations/
ANN: XYZCommander-0.0.2 (added missing homepage URL)
I'm pleased to announce the XYZCommander version 0.0.2! XYZCommander is a pure console visual file manager. Main features: * Tight integration with python run–time system — most of the settings can be changed on the fly via management console. * Powerful configuration system - define own actions, aliases, internal commands, key bindings. * Extensible plug-in system - even core functionality implemented mainly using plug–ins, keeping base system small and clean. * Events hooks subsystem - a flexible way of reacting on certain system events. * Customizable look-n-feel - every widget component look can be changed via skins. * Unicode support XYZCommander runs on *nix platform and requires python version = 2.5 and urwid library. Change log for 0.0.2: * [UI] New box widget: ButtonBox. Widget shows a dialog box with custom buttons. * [UI] New method :sys:panel:get_active() Method returns list of tagged VFSObject instances or list of single selected object if none tagged. * [UI] New method :sys:panel:get_current(). Method returns VFSObject instance of current directory. * [UI] New method :sys:panel:vfs_driver(). Method returns vfs driver used by current object * [UI] New method :sys:cmd:put(). Method allows to put arbitrary string to command line. * [UI] New method :sys:panel:search_cycle(). Method allows to search objects in current working directory in direction downwards-from up to selected file. Set this method as default binding for META-S. * [PLUGIN] New method :vfs:vfsutils:remove() Method shows a dialog for [recursively] deleting VFSObjects. Bound to F8. * [PLUGIN] New method :vfs:vfsutils:copy() Method shows a dialog for [recursively] copying VFSObjects. Bound to F5. * [PLUGIN] New method :vfs:vfsutils:move() Method shows a dialog for [recursively] moving VFSObjects. Bound to F6. * [PLUGIN] New plugin :misc:where. Plugin provides an ability to load/restore path locations on both panels * [PLUGIN] New plugin :fsrules:magic. Plugin adds an ability to match files based on magic database. * [VFS] Implemented Tar VFS module. Default actions set to use it on *.tar, *.tar.gz and *.tar.bz2 named files. * [CORE] New events and hooks mechanism. It is now possible to set own hooks on all events. * [SKINS] New box rule attribute - input. It is used for any text input widgets Homepage: http://xyzcmd.syhpoon.name/ -- ~syhpoon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations/
ANN: xyzcmd-0.0.1beta
xyzcmd 0.0.1beta released I am pleased to announce the first beta release of xyzcmd About: -- xyzcmd is a pure console visual file manager. Main features: * Tight integration with python run-time system -- most of the settings can be changed on the fly via management console. * Powerful configuration system -- define own actions, aliases, internal commands, key bindings. * Extensible plug-in system -- even core functionality implemented mainly using plug-ins, keeping base system small and clean. * Customizable look-n-feel -- every widget component as well as file-system objects look can be changed via skins. Homepage: http://xyzcmd.syhpoon.name/ Note: --- xyzcmd is currently in early beta state, it still lacks a lot of features, like VFS support, readline auto-completion, internationalization, hooks and so on. All these features are planned for the next releases. -- ~syhpoon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations/
