joomer-ftxui-file-browser/README.md

joomer-ftxui-file-browser

Terminal User Interface for file browsing using ftxui

Demonstrates

• file navigation

Usage

   joomer-ftxui-file-browser [path]
[path] - path to start browsing
- use arrow keys or mouse to navigate directories
- alternatively you can press the numbers on your keyboard to select directories

[todo]

• display file size

Build

learndir/
└── FTXUI/
└── joomer-ftxui-file-browser/
└── vcpkg/

Ubuntu Linux (kasm-ubuntu)

mkdir learndir
cd learndir
git clone https://github.com/ArthurSonzogni/FTXUI
cd FTXUI
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build . --config Release
cd ../..
git clone https://git.indoodle.com/jason/joomer-ftxui-file-browser.git
cd joomer-ftxui-file-browser
make all
bin/Linux/release/joomer-ftxui-file-browser

Windows (win10 enterprise)

• Download Visual Studio Community Edition 2022
• Run VisualStudioSetup.exe
• Workload = [x] Desktop developemnt with C++
• Individial components = [x] Git For Windows
• cmake

Run x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2022

mkdir learndir
cd learndir
git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg
cd vcpkg
vcpkg install ftxui:x64-windows --triplet x64-windows
cd ..
git clone https://git.indoodle.com/jason/joomer-ftxui-file-browser.git
cd joomer-ftxui-file-browser
msbuild joomer-ftxui-file-browser.vcxproj /t:Rebuild /p:Configuration=Debug /p:Platform=x64
bin\Debug\joomer-ftxui-file-browser.exe