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3.1. The main window
NOTE : The generic term "file" is used to design a standard file or a
directory.
The main window of the program is divided in four areas :
- 1. a menubar
- 2. the tree browser (at the left)
- 3. the file viewer
- 4. a status bar
The following menus are provided :
File : file management (see section 4)
- Copy : copy files
- Move : move files
- Delete : delete files
- Rename : rename a file
- Attributes : change the attributes of a file
- Create : create a standard file or a directory
- Exec : run commands
- Infos : show infos on a file
- View : view the contents of a file (customizable)
- Edit : edit a file (customizable)
- Quit Others: close all the fof windows except the current one
- Quit All : close all the fof windows and exit
- Quit : close the current window
Archive: archive management (see section 5)
- Tar : create a tar archive
- Untar : extract the contents of a tar archive
- Gzip : compress files
- GUnzip : uncompress files
- Encode : uuendode files
- Decode : uudecode files
- Split : split one file in fixed size files
- Unsplit : concat multiple files
Selection : selection management (see section 3.2)
- Select all : select all the files in the current directory (except ../)
- Unselect all : self-explanatory
- Filter select : select files using pattern matching
Filemanager : misc. functionnalities
- New Fof : open a new window using the current directory
- Windows : multiple windows management (see section 6)
- Tile : tile windows
- Stack : stack windows
- Cascade : cascade windows
- Other windows list : to choose another window
- Refresh : redraw functions
- Directory Tree : redraw the tree browser
- File List : redray the file list
- Home Dir : return to your $HOME directory
- Goto Dir : Goto dir dialog box (see section 7)
- View Type : current view type
- Large Icons
- Small Icons
- Full Details
- Sort Type : current sort type
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- Sort by Type : sort by type, the by extensions, then by name
- Sort by Name : sort by name
- Sort by Size : sort by size, then by name
Tools : misc. tools (see section 7)
- Shell Window : run shell commands
- File Finder : file finder using several criterias
- Find from here : use the current directory to start the search
User commands : fully customizable menu
You can associate you own commands with menu entries
See section 8 for more details about customization
Help : help menu (not available for the moment)
The tree browser shows a part of your filesystems hierarchy using a
tree representation. The name of the root filesystem is shown at the
top of the tree browser. The access permissions for the current user
are also shown for each directory at the right of the tree.

The available commands are :
- copy, move or link a directory (and the associated hierarchy) using
drag and drop (see section 3.3)
NOTE : you can resize the tree browser using the sash (button) located
at the bottom of the separation between the tree browser and the file
list. The scrollbars provided let you explore the entire tree if it
doesn't fit in the frame. The directories that share the samel level
are sorted using a simple ASCII sort.
The file list shows the current directory (selected in the tree
browser) contents.

Each directory entry (file or directory) is
represented with :
- a user customizable pixmap and a label (View type = Large Icons)

- a standard small pixmap and a label (View Type = Small Icons)

- a standard small pixmap and the following details (View Type = Full Details)

- name : the name of the file
- owner : the file's owner
- Attr. : the file's attributes
- Date/Time : Last modification date and time
- Size : the size of the file in bytes
Note : The icons are listed using a left to right - top to bottom
order. They are sorted using the Sort Type Value (Filemanager/Sort
Type menu).
The available commands are provided :
- Select files using the mouse (see section 3.2)
- Drag and Drop files (see section 3.3)
- Show custimizable contextual menus (see section 3.4)
- Run menu commands using the current selection
(see sections 3.2,4,5,7,8)
Run commands with double clicks on icons, depending on the file type:
- directory : enter the directory (new current directory)
- executable : same behaviour than File/Exec menu
(see section 4)
- devices : no operation
- other file type : run a customizable view command
(see section 8)
NOTES : by default, hitting the "RETURN" or "ENTER" key provides the
same behaviour as the double clicks. You can use the scrollbars to
browse the entire list if it doesn't fit in the frame.

The left part of the status bar shows the current date. The right part
gives informations about the current selection :
- the number of files selected
- the size of the current selection
- some details about files, dirs and devices selected.
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