Transgender

A minimalistic TUI file explorer with zero dependencies except libc, written by a ranger hater.

Works on Linux & MacOS

quick start

before compilation, make sure you have rust's environment installed, if not, goto HERE

compile & install

make
make install

paste this function to your shell configuration file, depends on what shell you use (~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, source ~/.zshrc, ~/.config/fish/config.fish)

function ts() {
  cd $(transgender 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3 3>&- | tail -n 1)
}

refresh your shell configuration, or open up a new terminal window

# bash
source ~/.bashrc
# or
source ~/.bash_profile

# zsh
source ~/.zshrc

# fish
source ~/.config/fish/config.fish

enjoy

ts

keys

keys	function
hjkl(vim bindings) or arrow keys	scroll/enter/exit a directory
o or <ENTER>	go to directory/open file under cursor
i	go to current directory(in left side window)
q	quit
/	search
n	jump to next search match

config file

located at

~/.tsrc

if ~/.tsrc doesn't exist, user has to create one

currently only supports changing editor

change what's after equal sign to your favorite editor

editor = emacs

that will be the editor opened after hitting o or ENTER when cursor is on a file

the default editor is vi

uninstall

if you want to uninstall Transgender

make uninstall

Features:

• file exploring
• cd to directories
• search directories

WHY DO I MAKE TRANS?

In my opinion trans is simpler than ranger. Creeping
featurism, growing size made ranger less attractive. 
Also, ranger is not a good software, it is filled
with bad designs that irritate its users.

Todo:

• Read utf-8 input

• Better full-width character handling

• Config file to change text editor(default to vi)