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tool:rox 
Description 
Features 
Source 
Related Urls 
Comments 
Version 1.2.2 
cmd:Worker 
Basic Info 

tool:rox 

Description 

The graphic file manager recommendated by the RULE project. http://www.rule-project.org/package_list.html

Features 

  • Fast scanning of directories (in the background),
  • Uncluttered display (popup menus are used throughout),
  • Background file operations (copy, move, link, delete, permissions, find),
  • Powerful expression-based find feature with on-line quick reference (eg 'mtime after 2 days ago and size > 10Mb' finds files based on their modification time and size)
  • Mounts and unmounts filesystems (just Shift-Click on the mount point),
  • Supports the XDND protocol, which provides for drag-and-drop file loading, and the new XDS extension which allows drag-and-drop saving,
  • VFS support allows browsing around inside zip files (and other types of archive),
  • Fully configurable from the Options dialog box,
  • User-defined key bindings for all menu entries,
  • A pop-up minibuffer allows navigating the filesystem using shell-style tab completion,
  • The minibuffer can also be used for quickly entering shell commands,

Related Urls 

Comments 

Things I especially like:

  • VFS support allows browsing around inside zip files
  • minibuffer allows navigating the filesystem using shell-style tab completion
  • quick shell commands minibuffer

Things I don't like:

  • Sometime the windows shrinks, even I've told it to "never" resize window
  • Unable to configure what I like to see in the list: either to less or too much
  • Good to have a command-line window, but there's no way to keep it.
  • You can have either a command-line window or a PWD window, but not both.
  • What's important: No file association. The only work around I found is to drop the file to mozilla. clumsy.
  • The other most inconvenient is that it does not have folder history. Accidentally pressed on the / and you will lost where you were.
  • I always lost the first char when editing the content of current folder in rox

Version 1.2.2 

Installation 

rpmih rox-base-1.0.2-1.noarch.rpm rox-1.2.2-1.i386.rpm