File Manager

Functionality

• Supports cut-and-paste (x for cut, v for paste)
• Supports copy-and-paste (c for copy, v for paste)
• Adapts to the size of the window
• Supports plugins (more on this later)
• Highlights filenames based on their type
• Supports modes for hidden files (h to toggle)
• Written in pure C (no third-party libs)

Build the project

From the root of the repository, run following commands:

mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make

Plugins

Manager supports plugins to open different file types:

In order for it to work, you have create a folder named file-manager-plugins in the directory from which the executable is called.

On the event of Enter being pressed on a file with specified extension, manager looks for a lib<extension>.so file and looks for a defined void open_file(const char filename)* handle.

e.g. if Enter is pressed on a file called "a.txt", the required lib is libtxt.so

If the required handle is found, it is called with filename parameter being equal to the absolute path to the filename.