README.md

   1 ![sfm](https://github.com/afify/sfm/blob/main/sfm.png?raw=true)
   2
   3 **simple file manager**
   4
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   9
  10 Description
  11 ------------
  12 sfm is a simple file manager for unix-like systems.
  13
  14 * Use pthread to read events, no timers.
  15 * BSD kqueue(2) - kernel event notification mechanism.
  16 * Linux inotify(7) - monitoring filesystem events.
  17 * dual pane.
  18 * bookmarks.
  19 * open files by extension.
  20 * bottom statusbar.
  21 * vim-like key bindings.
  22 * filter.
  23 * no dependencies.
  24 * c99 static linking.
  25 * based on [termbox](https://github.com/nsf/termbox).
  26 * Inspired by [vifm](https://vifm.info/) and [noice](https://git.2f30.org/noice/).
  27 * Follows the suckless [philosophy](https://suckless.org/philosophy/).
  28
  29 Performance
  30 ------------
  31 ```sh
  32 $ perf stat -r 100 $filemanager
  33 ```
  34 | filemanager | cycles        | instructions  |
  35 |:------------|:--------------|:--------------|
  36 | `sfm`       | `1,137,335`   | `1,789,463`   |
  37 | `noice`     | `5,380,103`   | `9,214,250`   |
  38 | `nnn`       | `5,664,917`   | `9,790,040`   |
  39 | `lf`        | `18,874,802`  | `33,281,073`  |
  40 | `vifm`      | `38,792,656`  | `93,301,255`  |
  41 | `ranger`    | `536,225,530` | `956,977,175` |
  42
  43 <img src="https://github.com/afify/afify.github.io/raw/main/img/sfm_sc.png" alt="drawing" width="800"/>
  44
  45 Options
  46 -------
  47 ```sh
  48 $ sfm [-v]
  49 $ man sfm
  50 ```
  51
  52 **normal mode**
  53 | key      | description         |
  54 |:---------|:--------------------|
  55 | `q`      | quit                |
  56 | `h`      | back                |
  57 | `j`      | down                |
  58 | `k`      | up                  |
  59 | `l`      | open                |
  60 | `g`      | top                 |
  61 | `G`      | bottom              |
  62 | `M`      | middle              |
  63 | `ctrl+u` | scroll up           |
  64 | `ctrl+d` | scroll down         |
  65 | `n`      | create new file     |
  66 | `N`      | create new dir      |
  67 | `d`      | delete file \| dir  |
  68 | `y`      | yank                |
  69 | `p`      | paste               |
  70 | `P`      | move                |
  71 | `c`      | rename              |
  72 | `.`      | toggle dotfiles     |
  73 | `v`      | start visual mode   |
  74 | `/`      | start filter        |
  75 | `ENTER`  | find  filter        |
  76 | `ESC`    | exit  filter        |
  77 | `SPACE`  | switch pane         |
  78
  79 **visual mode**
  80 | key      | description         |
  81 |:---------|:--------------------|
  82 | `j`      | select down         |
  83 | `k`      | select up           |
  84 | `d`      | delete selection    |
  85 | `y`      | yank selection      |
  86 | `v`      | exit visual mode    |
  87 | `q`      | exit visual mode    |
  88 | `ESC`    | exit visual mode    |
  89
  90 Installation
  91 ------------
  92 **current**
  93 ```sh
  94 git clone git://git.afify.dev/sfm
  95 cd sfm/
  96 make
  97 make install
  98 ```
  99 **latest release**
 100 ```sh
 101 wget $(curl -s https://git.afify.dev/sfm/tags.xml | grep --color=never -m 1 -o "\[v.*\]" | tr -d '[]'| awk '{print "https://git.afify.dev/sfm/releases/sfm-"$1".tar.gz"}')
 102 tar -xzf sfm-*.tar.gz && cd sfm-*/
 103 make
 104 make install
 105 ```
 106 Run
 107 ---
 108 ```sh
 109 $ sfm
 110 ```
 111
 112 Configuration
 113 -------------
 114 The configuration of sfm is done by creating a custom config.h
 115 and (re)compiling the source code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.