sdn === :compact-option: 'sdn' is a simple directory navigator that you can invoke while editing shell commands. It enables you to: * take a quick peek at directory contents without running `ls` * browse the filesystem without all the mess that Midnight Commander does: there's no need to create a subshell in a new pty. The current command line can be simply forwarded if it is to be edited. What's more, it will always be obvious whether the navigator is running. The only supported platform is Linux. I wanted to try a different, simpler approach here, and the end result is very friendly to tinkering. image::sdn.png[align="center"] Packages -------- Regular releases are sporadic. git master should be stable enough. You can get a package with the latest development version from Archlinux's AUR. Building -------- Build dependencies: CMake and/or make, a C++14 compiler, pkg-config + Runtime dependencies: ncursesw, libacl // Working around libasciidoc's missing support for escaping it like \++ :doubleplus: ++ Unfortunately most LLVM libc++ versions have a bug that crashes 'sdn' on start. Use GNU libstdc{doubleplus} if you're affected. $ git clone https://git.janouch.name/p/sdn.git $ mkdir sdn/build $ cd sdn/build $ cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug $ make To install the application, you can do either the usual: # make install Or you can try telling CMake to make a package for you. For Debian it is: $ cpack -G DEB # dpkg -i sdn-*.deb There is also a Makefile you can use to quickly build a binary to be copied into the PATH of any machine you want to have 'sdn' on. Integration ----------- The package contains an installation script called 'sdn-install' which will bind 'sdn' to Alt-o in your shell's initialisation file. The supported shells are: - *zsh*: works well - *bash*: minor issue: exiting the navigator confirms an empty prompt - *fish*: works well - *elvish*: version 0.14.1 and above, an unstable API is used, works well + elvish is absolutely perverse. And so is integrating 'sdn' into it because it already includes a custom file manager, bound to Ctrl-N (though I find the ranger-like interface confusing and resource-demanding). Configuration ------------- Colours ~~~~~~~ Here is an example of a '~/.config/sdn/look' file; the format is similar to that of git, only named colours aren't supported: .... cursor 231 202 bar 16 255 ul cwd bold input cmdline 145 .... Filename colours are taken from the `LS_COLORS` environment variable. Run `dircolors` to get some defaults. Bindings ~~~~~~~~ To obtain more vifm-like controls, you may write the following to your '~/.config/sdn/bindings' file: .... normal h parent normal l choose normal ? help .... Helper programs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The F3 and F4 keys are normally bound to actions 'view' and 'edit', similarly to Norton Commander and other orthodox file managers. The helper programs used here may be changed by setting the PAGER and VISUAL (or EDITOR) environment variables. While it is mostly possible to get 'mcview' working using an invocation like `PAGER='mcview -u' sdn`, beware that this helper cannot read files from its standard input, nor does it enable overstrike processing by default (F9, could be hacked around in 'mc.ext' by turning on the `nroff` switch for a custom file extension, just without actually invoking 'nroff'), and thus it can't show the program help. 'sdn' is currently optimised for 'less' as the pager. Contributing and Support ------------------------ Use https://git.janouch.name/p/sdn to report any bugs, request features, or submit pull requests. `git send-email` is tolerated. If you want to discuss the project, feel free to join me at ircs://irc.janouch.name, channel #dev. Bitcoin donations are accepted at: 12r5uEWEgcHC46xd64tt3hHt9EUvYYDHe9 License ------- This software is released under the terms of the 0BSD license, the text of which is included within the package along with the list of authors.