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xfm-1.3
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Here is an extract from the source distribution xfm-1.3 README file:
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XFM - The X File Manager (ver 1.3)
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(c) Simon Marlow 1990-1993 simonm@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk
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(c) Albert Graef 1994 ag@muwiinfa.geschichte.uni-mainz.de
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
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by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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any later version.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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GNU General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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This is a powerful file and applications manager program written using the X
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toolkit. It contains virtually all of the features that you would expect in a
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file manager -- move around your directory tree in multiple windows, and move,
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copy or delete files with simple mouse operations. Directory displays are
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updated automatically in regular intervals when the contents of a diaplayed
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directory changes. The integrated application manager allows you to load files
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into your favourite applications from the file manager by dragging icons. It
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can also be used as a "shelf" onto which you can place files and directories
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you are currently working with. A special LOAD action for application files
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enables you to manage different application groups.
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User-definable file types allow you to specify a command to be executed when
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double-clicking on a file or dropping other files onto it. The command can
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also prompt you for required parameters. Xfm makes it easy to configure
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special kinds of actions such as, e.g., replacing the contents of a compressed
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tar archive with a collection of selected files. A lot of corresponding
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examples can be found in the distribution, including a fully functional
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trashcan feature. Last not least, xfm can automatically mount and unmount
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special devices like floppies as you open and close the corresponding
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directories (mount points). So you won't have to fiddle around with mount or
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mtools commands any more if all you want to do is copy some files between the
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hard disk and your floppy drive.
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The original version of this program was written by Simon Marlow at the
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University of Glasgow. I included Simon's README for reference purposes; see
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README-1.2. [Most of the information in this file is outdated; please refer to
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this README file and the man page for up-to-date installation and usage
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instructions.] The current release stems from my efforts to resolve some nasty
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bugs in the 1.2 beta version distributed with Linux slackware, and to add XPM
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support for displaying color icons in the file and application windows. As it
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came out, I also added a plethora of other features to make xfm the tool I was
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looking for; see the ChangeLog for details. Realizing that my private xfm
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version might be useful for others as well, I contacted Simon and he told me
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to put together a new release and make it available on the net. So here it is!
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I hope you will find it as useful as I do -- I am now using xfm regularly, and
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can't imagine how I ever did without it. I think that this program compares
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well to other free -- and even commercial -- file managers. It is fast,
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convenient to use, and offers a lot of built-in functionality and
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configuration options. If you are not addicted to the shell and like to
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shuffle around files with one hand in order to perform tasks such as moving,
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copying, deleting, compiling, formatting, archiving, compressing, etc. etc.,
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then xfm is certainly for you.
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