X Northern Captain Panels

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X Northern Captain has two panels. Each panel is a window with directory listing assigned to it. At the top of the panel located VFS directory header. This header shows path to directory which contents displayed in the window. If this is normal disk file system then header show full path from '/' directory, and if we are inside archieve then header shows name of archieve support, name of archieve, and path relative to the top of the archieve. There is a directory listing under the header. This listing can be one/two/three or four columns aligned and in brief(names only) or full mode sorted by names/extensions/size or time. Swithing between this modes by pressing in color rectange in the header of panel. Under the listing we see information bar which shows information about current file or about selected files. When no files selected bar shows permissions of currect file in octal format (press on it to change), then name of file and its size. If this is link then link destination point shows too. For selected files - bar shows number of selected files and its size.
These two panels have three orientations(layouts):
  • Vertical layout. In this layout panels located in vetrical mode - we see right and left panels with identical y coordinates but different x one.
  • Horizontal Layout. Panels located one over another (Top and Bottom panels).
  • Page layout. Panels located as book pages. You can see only one panel at a time and only header of another(invisible) panel. When You switch to invisible panel it become visible and raise upon another panel.

This layout can be change in '.xnc.ini' file by editing resource 'xnc.panel.layout' or in XNCSetup program.

Author Leonid V. Khramov
leo@pop.convey.ru
St-Petersburg
Russia
1997