WISH File Rusher 2015 file manager

[pa_mcclamrock]

WISH File Rusher 2015 is a light, fast two-column file manager.



It requires Tcl and Tk 8.5 or greater. (I write code in Tcl for some of the same reasons I speak English: I learned how to do it a long time ago; it works; and I haven't found anything better that would be easy to learn.) For best results, download and install ActiveTcl 8.6.4 Community Edition (http://www.activestate.com/activetcl/downloads), then add your ActiveTcl /bin directory to your PATH and also s-link the "tclsh" and "wish" executables to /usr/bin.

Features, in addition to the basic two-column file management ones, include browser-like navigation buttons (Bookmarks, Home, Back, Forth, Go); easy-to-use listing of file associations with programs for opening and editing files; assortment of built-in or custom color schemes; listing of selected files in default text editor; quick backup of files in listed directories that have been added or modified since last backup date; directory size calculation, and more.

I think I checked it out fairly thoroughly for bugs, but suggestions for bugfixes (if any) or improvements are welcome.

David McClamrock

[Keisha]

Installed from the pet: no workee:

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root# ./wishrush
Error in startup script: can't read "::cutlines": no such variable
    while executing
"set figlines "# WISH File Rusher configuration file (rushfig.tcl) \n\nset ask $::ask \nset show $::show \nset dir(left) \"$::dir(left)\" \nset dir(rig..."
    (procedure "savefig" line 4)
    invoked from within
"savefig"
    (procedure "read_dir" line 69)
    invoked from within
"read_dir left"
    (file "./wishrush" line 2689)

libtcl and libtk are both version 8.6.

[pa_mcclamrock]

Oops, looks like a worthless variable needed to be cut out of the script. (Don't know why it hasn't shown up on my computer.) I cut it out; try the revised .PET that's now attached above and see if you have any more problems.

[Keisha]

Works now. Looks nice. Not going to have much time to play with it for a week or two though. But, still, thanks for updating it

[pa_mcclamrock]

You're welcome! Let me know if you think it needs any improvements after you've used it for a little while.