paneless - multipane pager
paneless [-t -a -l -L] file <(seq 5) file ...
paneless reads its input stream from its arguments (no piping), formats them to fit the terminal, and colors them.
I also use paneless as a frontend for https://github.com/nkh/tdiff and https://github.com/nkh/tcol via a simple API which you might find convenient.
paneless will display files that contain ANSI codes if you use the --ansi option.
Install ansiexpand for proper tab expansion; ansiexpand is slower than expand so you may notice some small delay.
| short | long | function |
|---|---|---|
| -a | --ansi | input contains ANSI color codes |
| -c file | --custom=file | add custom commands |
| -e="k=v" | store option for custom commands | |
| -E=file | read option for custom commands | |
| -g | generate and exit | |
| -G | generate, echo name only, and exit | |
| -I | custom initial content | |
| -l | --line-number | overlay the top line number |
| -L | overlay the bottom line number | |
| --no-bindings | 'quit' bindings only | |
| --no-color | do not color text | |
| --status-line | reserve space for status line | |
| -t=tabsize | set tab size (8 default) | |
| -T=size | set terminal size | |
| -w | size in characters or percent | |
| -h | --help | display help |
| binding | function |
|---|---|
| q | quit |
| Q | quit leaving the panes visible |
| c | show command bindings |
| r | refresh |
| R | reload |
| CTL-B | page up |
| PGUP | page up |
| SPACE | page down |
| PGDN | page down |
| CTL-F | page down |
| j | scroll down |
| k | scroll up |
| DOWN | scroll down |
| UP | scroll up |
| gg | go to the first line |
| G | go to the last line |
| l | move right |
| RIGHT | move right |
| h | move left |
| LEFT | move left |
| / | search |
| n | find next |
| N | find previous |
| gff | fzf find |
| b | fzf find |
| zl | flip line number overlay |
| zt | flip line total display |
- Bash
- Perl
- FZF
- ansiexpand (https://github.com/tecolicom/App-ansiexpand), falls back to expand
Clone the repository and add it to your PATH; or link/copy the files to somewhere in your PATH.
The paneless file you run contains the configuration and bindings (press 'c' to see the bindings in FZF).
You can change the color used by paneless as well as the bindings (vim-like by default).
Khemir Nadim ibn Hamouda
https://github.com/nkh
CPAN ID: NKH
© Nadim Khemir 2023, Artistic licence 2.0