dirtree

README

dirtree - a simple file tree for acme

Dirtree is a minimal, tree based file explorer for acme. (I don't like the way that acme's default handling of folders opens a new folder for each directory you click on.)

When you run dirtree it will open a new window displaying the current working directory. If you pass a directory as an argument it will use that as the starting directory.

The current directory is shown at the top of the window, wrapped in parens for easy 1-1-3 clicking to highlight, then open the directory in the normal acme style (in case you want to do file operations with the listing).

Tag commands

• Hidden

  • Toggle the display of dotfiles in the current file tree

• UpDir

  • Move the root of the file tree up to the parent directory then redraw the window.

• Reset

  • Collapse all expanded directories and re-fetch their contents

Mouse Actions

• Button 2

  • directory: Set that as the new root directory of the tree and redraw

• Button 3

  • directory: Toggle the expand / collapse of the directory contents
  • file: Open that file via using the plumber
  • user typed text: attempt to execute in the shell as per normal acme windows.
    • NOTE: the directory used for execution will be the current root of the tree.

Known Bugs

• Spaces in file names sometimes causes the plumber to fail...not sure why.
• The entire tree is redrawn on each expansion / collapse of a node. If you have expanded a lot of nodes then you will see some noticeable redraw.

Documentation

Overview

A directory tree viewer for acme