fx

fx is my custom Terminal-based file explorer and multi-tool intended to replace explorer.exe for everyday usage.

Build

Requires .NET 8.0

git clone git@github.com:Rogue-Frontier/Terminal.Gui.git
git clone git@github.com:Rogue-Frontier/fx.git
cd fx/fx
dotnet run --configuration Release

Tabs

• [Home]
• [Expl]orer
• [Find] in Files
• [Edit] text

Controls

Common

• >: Next tab
• <: Previous tab
• Del: Close tab

[Home]

Quick Access

• /: Context menu
• Enter: Explore dir / Open file

[Expl]ore

Quick Access

• Enter: Explore dir / Open file

Path pane

• /: Context menu (selected item)
• :: Focus on Term bar
• .: Context menu (CWD)
• ;: Mark selected item
• ,: Recall (sets CWD to dir from Remember)
• ": Preview (selected item)
• ?: Properties (selected item)

Term bar

• Backspace (when empty): Focus on previous pane

[Edit]

Text pane

• Enter (READ mode): set EDIT mode.
• Shift+Enter (EDIT mode): set READ mode.
• / (READ mode): Context menu

Configuration

These files are kept in the same directory as the exe

• Commands.yaml: Provide quick commands for directories and files
• Executables.yaml: Define aliases to external program paths for use in Commands.yaml. On startup, each command is written to a script file in executables which is then set as the program's temporary PATH variable.
• fx_state.json: Saves the current state of fx user data (libraries, command logs, views)