Installation
To build the current version of FileEX, make sure you have these prerequisites installed via your platform's command line:
*node/npm
*git
*Then run: "git clone https://github.com/jensinthomas/FileEX.git".
*After that cd into FileEX and run:
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npm i
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npm audit fix (maybe needed)
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npm start
You can exit the window at any time by normal means, including from the command line itself (Ctrl + C), should the window freeze or the controls break.
Instructions
In the FileEX application you can:
Menu:
- Open/Open in New Window - if its a file it will just open or if its a folder you can choose to open it in a new window.
- Create New File - create a new text file in the current directory (needs refresh).
- Create New Folder - create a new folder in the current directory (needs refresh).
- Cut - move a file or folder from the current directory to another (needs refresh).
- Copy - create copy of the file or folder selected (needs refresh).
- Paste - paste the file to the required directory (needs refresh).
- Delete - delete file or folder (needs refresh).
- Light/Dark Theme - can be changed as per the user requirement.
Path
- Backward - opens the previously opened directory.
- Forward - opens the newly opened directory.
- Up - goes back 1 directory.
- Path URL - shows the current directory location.
- Home - goes to the root directory.
- Refresh - refreshes the directory(need to be used after a updation).