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c/rust · by KillTheMule@programming.dev · 48d

BlazePilot - Graphical Filemanager for Linux

https://github.com/Jhanfer/blazepilot

I'm kinda still shopping around for a good graphical filemanager. This is of course still very raw, but the tagging system might actually take care of the bookmark aspect, which is very important to me.

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BB_C@programming.dev · 7 pts · 47d

  • Unused deps: cfg-if, mime_guess, sysinfo

  • Unused dep openssl. There are mentions of it being used for "remote compilation". I have no idea what that means, or how it would work by adding a dependency like this. Not only openssl is not referenced anywhere in code, but it's not even a build/dev dependency, and there is no build.rs file.

  • Depends on ffmpeg-sidecar which apparently downloads ffmpeg binaries from weird places if ffmpeg is not in $PATH, a crate apparently "inspired" by webshits, and based on a GitHub action (which clearly has a very different threat model compared to executing those binaries on end-user machines).

felsiq@piefed.zip · 6 pts · 48d (2 replies)

This looks good but the readme gives major AI vibes - anyone know more about the AI usage on this project? I’ll trust a clanker with translating / formatting the readme but absolutely not with writing code to handle my files lol

natecox@programming.dev · 3 pts · 47d

They directly link deepwiki so I think plausible-bullshit-generator usage is a safe bet.

KillTheMule@programming.dev · -1 pts · 48d

I've no idea. I kinda assume AI is basically used everywhere, but unless explicitely stated one can seldom be sure.

Calfpupa@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 48d (7 replies)

What are you looking for in a file manager?

KillTheMule@programming.dev · 1 pts · 47d (6 replies)
  • Real bookmark management (a flat list of places doesn't do, especially not if the name of the bookmark must be the name of the folder)
  • I need 2 side by side, so let me disable the sidebar and react to the keypress +<Left/Right> (or make it a double-panel thing)
  • Tree view (where I can open subfolders) that keeps as much state as possible when refreshing
  • Configurable hotkeys (I especially want to open a terminal in either the folder I'm in or the folder I've selected or the folder the file I've selected is in)
  • Configurable file associations - image and program to open. That xdg-mime stuff doesn't cut it. It's fine to just do it by extension, and it's fine to just configure it for the file manager.
  • File operations don't block the GUI
  • Configurable context menu (the right click thing) - let me remove actions I don't want, and let me add my own
  • Bonus: A terminal below the panel that stays in the directory the panel is in (konqueror had this some time in the past, I loved that)
  • Bonus: When I drag&drop a file, ask me if I want to copy/move/link the file, don't use some sort of filesystem-based heuristics
Calfpupa@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 47d (5 replies)

I assume that you've already tried KDEs dolphin? The shortcomings off your list it has that I see:

  • Flat bookmarks (but they can be renamed)
  • Tree view does remember when you refresh but doesn't when you return
  • I'm not sure what File commands don't block GUI means, but custom shortcuts would seem to fix this?

It does the rest though, is there something about it you don't like?

KillTheMule@programming.dev · 2 pts · 47d (4 replies)

Dolphin is somewhat ok-ish, exactly like you say. It's slightly better than that gnome-thingy I'm forced to use at work, but the bookmarks aspect it important enough for me to avoid it for personal usage (where I'm free to choose).

"File commands don’t block GUI" means: If I e.g. copy a file, I want to directly use the filemanager, even while the copy is still running. I think most of the more popular file managers do this, but it is really important :)

Calfpupa@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 47d (3 replies)

I wish you luck finding what you need. How would you have your bookmarks, something like subfolders?

KillTheMule@programming.dev · 1 pts · 47d (2 replies)

Thank you :) I've not been successfull really thus far. My best hope is that someone cooks up something in Rust that I can contribute to/fork to make it into what I want. One can dream ;) I use doublecmd right now, which ticks many boxes, but has some other oddities.

Yeah, so, bookmarks, I "just" need to be able to organize them, like with a folder structure (or even subfolders, but I don't want to get greedy), and name them independently of their target. Using tags as a folder substitute is probably ok, that's why I looked at blazepilot. I also don't want that dreaded "places" list wasting my screen space, so maybe putting them into a menu or behind a shortcut is in order...

Calfpupa@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 47d (1 reply)

Do you have any experience with C++? I bet if you could tweak Dolphins Folder panel to display a certain folder instead of mirroring current location, you could then direct it to a folder (with subfolders!) with symlinks in it.

KillTheMule@programming.dev · 1 pts · 47d

Ha, nice idea, but I don't know C++ and that's a yak I won't shave :) I've also tried working with a folder with symlinks, and I discarded the idea for some reason I'm not really sure on (I think it has something to do with the fact that entering a symlinked directory will have you work inside the symlink, rather than the symlink's target).