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dfm (Dylan's File Manager)

A powerful, simple and snappy terminal file manager with minimal
resource usage.
Written in C99 with no dependencies outside of POSIX/libc.

FEATURES
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  * Tiny binary (~90KiB small, ~40KiB tiny, ~150KiB static)
  * No dynamic memory allocation (~1.5MiB static)
  * No dependencies outside of POSIX/libc
  * Vim-like keybindings
  * Incremental as-you-type search (startswith and substring modes)
  * Multiple sort modes (name, extension, size, mtime, reverse)
  * Multiple view modes (name, size, permissions, mtime, all)
  * Multi-entry marking with foreach, bulk and shell operations
  * Bookmarks (DFM_BOOKMARK_0 through DFM_BOOKMARK_9)
  * Filesystem change watching
  * CD on exit
  * UTF-8 support
  * Customizable keybindings and commands at compile-time
  * Efficient low-bandwidth partial rendering


OPTIONAL
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  * chafa  -- image preview support (DFM_IMG_MODE=chafa)
  * kitty  -- image preview support (DFM_IMG_MODE=kitty)


ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
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Set these in ~/.bashrc or ~/.profile to customize runtime behavior.

  DFM_OPENER         Program used to open files (default: xdg-open).
                     For terminal editors, use a wrapper script:

                         export DFM_OPENER="xterm -e nvi"

  DFM_BOOKMARK_[0-9] Directory bookmarks.
                         export DFM_BOOKMARK_0="$HOME/projects"

  DFM_COPYER         Clipboard tool, fed data via stdin.
                         export DFM_COPYER=xclip

  DFM_TRASH          Program used to trash files.

  DFM_TRASH_DIR      Path to the trash directory.

  DFM_SU             Privilege escalation tool (sudo, doas, etc).
                         export DFM_SU=doas

  DFM_IMG_MODE       Image preview mode: 'chafa' or 'kitty'.
                         export DFM_IMG_MODE=chafa

Maintained by: r1w1s1
Keywords: file,file manager,console
ChangeLog: dfm