From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7085BC48 for ; Mon, 2 May 2005 06:21:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j424LTxG019944 for ; Mon, 2 May 2005 06:21:29 +0200 Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA23404 for ; Mon, 2 May 2005 06:21:28 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mz1.forethought.net (mzpi3.forethought.net [216.241.36.12]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j424LRQh019936 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 2 May 2005 06:21:28 +0200 Received: from [216.241.35.41] (helo=[10.0.0.2]) by mz1.forethought.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1DSSQw-0004lU-FD for caml-list@inria.fr; Sun, 01 May 2005 22:21:26 -0600 Message-ID: <4275AAC5.5090509@havenrock.com> Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 22:21:25 -0600 From: Matt Gushee User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050108) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: [ANN] Bantam: a lightweight file manager for X11 X-Enigmail-Version: 0.86.1.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 4275AAC9.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 4275AAC7.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 posix:01 binary:01 binary:01 ...:98 arbitrary:01 short:01 configurable:02 external:02 productivity:03 let:03 long:04 tcl:05 interface:05 installed:06 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: [ ... written in OCaml, of course! ] To make a long story short: I couldn't find a file manager that had just the right combination of features, so I created Bantam. It attempts to be a fast, light, unobtrusive productivity aid for power users of POSIX/X11 systems. Important features include: * An arbitrary number of directory views * Single-keystroke commands * Internal text file viewer * Configurable interface to external viewers and editors * A minimum of visual clutter (i.e. no icons, etc.) Bantam 0.1 is now available in source and Linux binary packages. The binary should work on any system with Tcl/Tk 8.4 installed. If you have any trouble installing or running it, *please* let me know. The Bantam home page is . Enjoy! -- Matt Gushee Englewood, CO, USA