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Spin-FM 2.0 RC1 released

The Python file manager has reached its next version. RC1 brings:

Moving to Pyside2:

sudo apt install pyside2-*

  • Close tabs button added: This will always close the latest opened tab.
  • Copy, paste, move to functionalities improved.
  • More tabs added.
  • Green theme added.
  • Removing permanent delete, due to its risks
  • Please notice that on all file & folder actions, the addressbar object name tells what is being processed.
  • Back and forward store only the most recent locations.

When the content of the folder or location changes and does not seem to refresh, remember to refresh the tree via addressbar navigation. For example: Type /home and hit return/enter from the keyboard.

Do not paint your selections for copying, moving or deletion with a mouse: This will likely cause issues. Press CTRL and point and click through the objects.

After selected, right-click and choose a proper menu action.

For copying and moving: Select for copying or moving. For deletion: Delete objects.

After copying or moving selection, navigate to your target location and choose Copy to.. or Move to… from the right-click menu.

Full list of features and the program itself can be found from my Github:

https://github.com/postman721/Spin-Fm/tree/2x-series-development

Finally, here are some screenshots:

Sequence FM 7.0 RC3 released

Sequence FM 7.0 RC3 has been released.

7.0 RC3 fixes and changes from RC2:

  • Copy and move made from right-click menu: Select entry or select entries by holding CTRL and clicking. Now, choose: “Select for copying or moving” from the right-click menu. Next, go to your location of choice and press either: “Copy to…” or “Move to…”

Copy and move functions read the location from addressbar to complete their actions.

  • Verification dialogs to “Copy to…” and “Move to…” : No final action should be performed without user’s acceptance.

Notice. If user cancels from any of the above dialogs then “Select for copying or moving” action needs to be redone.

Original entry from 11th of April:

7.0 RC2 fixes and new features:

  • CSS theme support.
  • 4 themes added -> set your theme with theme.py.
  • Dual panel mode is now default.
  • Listview added as shortcut place.
  • File/object descriptors added.
  • Multi-selection by holding CTRL and clicking objects is now possible.
  • File-roller integration removed as an effort to reduce external dependencies -> Open external program functionality added as a replacement.
  • Object buffer of previous releases removed and replaced with native Pyqt5 dialogs.

The new default outlook is as below:

Additonal themes along with the source code is available at:

https://github.com/postman721/Sequence-FM

Sequence FM 6.5 released

Sequence FM is now upgraded to version 6.5. The file manager has a new outlook. The interface is also enhanced by adding few useful buttons into it. Lastly, the object location is now also appearing on the statusbar when the object is clicked.

Here is a screenshot.

The code is available on my Github: https://github.com/postman721/Sequence-FM

Sequence FM v.4.1 & Gtk-Tools v.1

14th of July 2017: Sequence FM v.4.1 and Gtk-Tools v.1:  Download as a zip package.

This is a bug fix release for Sequence FM. Now the file manager can open files with external programs like it should. An added feature to this release is the terminal command support. If you write: firefox, albix, vlc (or some other program name) to the address bar and press enter then the program will open up. You can also use other terminal commands like rm -r to remove files or folders. Be cautious with terminal commands and use them only if you know what you are doing.

Older post from 2nd of June.

Here is Sequence FM v.4. Code is now a lot cleaner and minimized to (about) 189 lines. In this release I placed resources under their own respected menus and also made right-click menu layout clearer.

Also, a notable change happened to copy, paste, move and delete functionalities. The previous now have their own program: Gtk-Tools, which is dedicated to handle those actions. Gtk-Tools is made out of the old Crosslinker FM code and thus it might seem familiar.

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