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Icons pack
and types definition ( required)
Latest screenshot
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mail with subject "subscribe")
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me :)
| Updates: |
25-Sep-1999
Update ! Release (new scrrenshot available) ! Quite large part of work
is done. Lots of changes. The most noticeable is new configuration manager,
which allows lots of neat things. Now only part of it's functionality is
used
(for run-time icons loading, so now you can start creating icon-packs
for GFB), but soon I'll code
many more useful features based on it. So, another release, which adds:
1. User-configurable icons for every item you're seeing in GFB.
2. User-configurable types definitions. (Not used yet, but soon will
be)
3. Bugfixes, thanks many of you sending me patches.
Now you need an additional file called GFB-icons.tar.gz , whihc must
be untarred to ~/.gfb directory.
Do not forget to do it. Stay tuned. GFB-0.40 coming soon !
29-Jul-1999
Whooops. Sorry. I've forgot to delete Makefile's and config.cache from
source directories before
packing them into GFB-0.30.tar.gz, so many of you reported troubles
compiling . Fixed now.
Grab an updated archive.
28-Jul-1999
Well, overworking (our salesmen and saleswomen are on vacation or on
trainings, so I'm doing their job), I'm also quite progressive on GFB.
Full cut/copy/paste set is working, along with some (not full)
errors checking, so I'm releasing GFB 0.30, as I've promised.
Some notes on this release:
This code isn't tested excessively. It could erase your home directory
(although it never happened with me), or wipe out entire disk. USE WITH
CAUTION. And please, report me any bugs you'll find.
My e-mail is in the beginning on this page.
Your response is also increasing and always very warm. Thank you very
much, and again :
DON'T YOU WANT TO JOIN A TEAM OF GFB DEVELOPERS ?
Think about this superior offer. I have all tools necessary for productive
work: Mailing list, CVS repository up and running, home page for this project
and my full support and explanations for fastest understanding of source
code.
Again, I REALLY need someone to run with. E-Mail me.
| Older news (links may be inaccurate, 'cause I don't like to keep older stuff) |
10-Jul-1999
Well, I'm tired of fighting with GFB without any help from outside,
so another call for developers. I've fixed some code in copy dialog, so
the whole routine seems more easily understandable. Also interface slightly
changed, and I like it. So, go grab a copy and play with it for a while.
And now is my wishlist :).
I want to see in GFB dev team:
1. Low-level (rm/cp/ln/mkdir/rmdir) fileops coder who could do VFS
part. Steven is missing, so I'm standing one step from making GFB really
useable. Knowledge of SMB protocol, or, at least, an ability to attach
smblib to GFB is a great plus.
2. Good interface designer. I want to have GFV as useable as filemanager
could be. OTOH, my interfaces are lacking both functionality and nice look.
3. A man (or a woman) with good knowledge of types' handling
(mime.types and so on), how it could
be done properly. My efforts would be focused on types engine, so this
person is also very important.
4. Porting guru. Some of GFB's code is platform dependant, and I want
to see #ifdef's around such places. I think, this is the toughest part
(for me, at least).
5. Good beta tester, who could put GFB in every possible situation
and tell me his or her opinion.
6. Someone with good knowledge of GTK internals. I've done some hacking,
but lack of time don't allows me do go deeper. I think GFB needs some custom
widgets made specifically for it.
7. And, of course, everybody else who's willing to help ! E-mail me,
and I'll try to answer all of your letters. Good FBing !
5-Jul-1999
Huh... Delays between updates are becoming larger. It's bad, of course,
but I'm quite busy now to update this page more often. Steven got a new
job and now accomodating and overworking (as usual).
All May I was also very busy moving our company's various services
to the new platform (and, of course, this platform is Linux :) and playing
with GTK's internals, but June was very fruitful. Lots of
smaller parts are assembled together, and I'm preparing to first barely
useable Alpha. I need real fileops (copy file, delete file, delete dir,
create a symlink). Steven promised once that he'll do this, but now his
head is filled with other things, so I'll probably will do this. Clipboard
ops are done and (hopefully) bug-free. I've done some work on standartising
dialogs also. Wait for two or three weeks and all would be in place. I've
found new FileBrowser's homepage on Tripod and will move FileBrowser's
page there in days. Stay tuned :)
7-Apr-1999
Some important news:
1. We have new member in our crew, Dany
De Bontridder , and he in turn supplied us with configure script.
2. I've set up mailing list for GFB. If you wish to subscribe, send
a letter to minimalist@yarick.relex.ru
with subject 'subscribe GFB' .
3. I'm releasing new source tarball. Get it from the Latest source
No new screenshots, 'cause interface didn't changed much. Steven have
done (again) an awesome work and created a really useful and reuseable
VFS implementation. I'm polished out filelist and starting to work
on menus.
18-Mar-1999
Update ! Update !
Some of you are definitely wondering about current status of
File Browser.Well, this project just starts to show its great field of
work. Steven and I are using almost every free minute for coding. Some
changes include:
1. Steven's greatly enhanced VFS layer. He is doing a fantastic work
enhancing and stabilising our low level
stuff.
2. I rewrote (again :) filelist using GtkList. As types engine doesn't
even started, the whole thing is unuseable, but you can look on Latest
screenshot, and if you're amazed :), grab Last source and play with it
for a while. Your opinion is always welcomed .
Also, Steven reports that he is preparing a new web/cvs server for
this project, so we'll probably move to another location soon.
17-Feb-1999
So, underground work continues. Steven released his history box sources.
Very cool piece of code, although a bit
unstable, but that is the matter of days, maybe, weeks. I, from my
side, finished large part of tree view and device recognition system. You
can grab this (relatively
large, ~70kb) screenshot , and see that different types of mounted
devices (such as HDs, floppy and network) have different look. I promise
you that they will behave differently, too :)
Next, Martin Schulze told me that he have included GFB into the Gtk
Buffet (what's this ? Someone , please enlighten me),
and asked for versioning of GFB. And I (suddenly) decided to release
another GFB develoment snapshot - just to compile
and play with for a couple of minutes. So,
sources are here . And please e-mail me what you think.
11-Feb-1999
This page is updated again, after (relatively) long time of hidden
activity.
Bunch o' changes:
Steven J. Hill reports that he is doing a history list for input line.
Unfortunately, he also reports troubles accessing
CVS, so I'll wait for troubles go away. Next, new tree layout (rewritten
from scratch) starts showing something useful.
I'm holding sources until this part is polished. Wait a little.
29-Jan-1999
Rethinked. DFM support will not be included (on current stage , at
least) due to _very_ limitative format of DFM's config files. Maybe, conversion
utility. Or we'll wait for Achim Caiser :)
28-Jan-1999
Lots of very interesting ideas came from Steven
J. Hill, along with a bunch of sources. Thanks Steven.
MenuFactory is completely replaced with Steven's itemfactory. New sources
available.
27-Jan-1999 4:00
Totally screwed up mailbox. I'm afraid I had lost some e-mails. If
you've e-mailed
me by 26 or 27 and I didn't answered you, pls resend.
Archive update - filenames in filelist are shown correctly now (long
names are truncated and tails are replaced with "..."). Try and say what
you think about all
that.
26-Jan-1999 12:00
Something strange with our primary mail server. I haven't received
e-mails _at_all_ . Try to mail me at
yarick@yarick.relex.ru
25-Jan-1999 18:00
A huge amount of e-mail from all of you. Thanks again. I have no time
to answer them all, so pls don't flame
me if I did'n answered somebody. The main my task for now is coding,
but now answering on e-mails. But, again,
thanks everybody. New command of developers is starting a long run
for victory :)
25-Jan-1999 2:00
Thanks all who mailed me. After announce on Freshmeat I've received
a lot of e-mails from people who offered their help. Feeling of your helpful
hands makes me really happy now. I'm not alone. Thanks all again.
Here's the cvs snapshot
of GFB ~0.15(version is approximate :), download it and pls
mail me at yarick@relex.ru all
your questions, TODOs, patches and all else you want to say about GFB.
Now I'm working with GTK+ 1.1.12 & GLib 1.1.12. I'm sure that GFB
WILL NOT compile with GTK 1.0.x due to some new gtk_xxx functions used,
but if you want to maintain compatibility with GTK+ 1.0.x , mail me, I
think I can give some clues.
Detailed instructions are placed in README (as usual). I think nothing
except GTK/GLib version can prevent GFB to at least compile.
And here is a
screenshot (older version, 98k).
With all the best, Yarick Rastrigin (yarick@relex.ru)
Page copyright (c)1999 Yarick Rastrigin.
