NTC

Ncurses Tabber file Chooser

NTC

Ncurses Tabbed file Chooser

A program that, based on the contents of a folder, creates tabs (subfolders inside the selected folder) and displays their contents.

This program also support passing multiple folders (in that case that folders will be the tabs) and some layout customization options (See below ).

ntc

Why

I just wanted a convenient way to send stickers, GIFs, and files in nchat.

Usage

Bindings

Key	Action
Left/Right	Switch tabs
Up/Down	move through the list
Backspace	Go to parent dir (same as selecting [..])
Enter	Select file
Space	Preview file (`xdg`) or select a folder
.	toggle hidden files
(Alphanumeric)	Search

[!NOTE]
Keybinds don’t apply when searching

Program arguments

Usage:
  ntc [OPTION?] [FILES...] [FOLDER(S)]

Ncurses Tabbed file Chooser

Help Options:
  -h, --help                       Show help options

Application Options:
  -p, --printtofile=PATH           Print path into a file
  -e, --extensions=png,txt,...     Set the only extensions will be visible
  -d, --onlydirs                   Only show directories
  -f, --onlyfiles                  Only show files
  -s, --singlepath=PATH            Use a single path/tab
  -r, --restrictbase               Disable going up to parent directories
  -a, --noaddressbar               Hide address bar
  -t, --notabs                     Hide tabs
  -T, --title                      Custom title (replace address bar)
  -A, --titleaddress               Title+Path in address bar
  -S, --swaptabaddress             Tabs and address bar swap positions
  -v, --version                    Show program version

Example usage:
  ntc -r -p output.txt path/to/folder
This will restrict navigation and print the path to 'output.txt'.
Work folder(s) must be always at the end.
If there are 2 or more folders, they will be used as tabs instead.

Nchat example:

Set ui.conf

file_picker_command=ntc -p %1 -r ~/.FileChooser

~/.FileChooser contains herarchy:

-> tree ~/.FileChooser/
FileChooser/
├── Home -> /home/itszariep/
├── Stickers
│   ├── Random
│   │   ├── Knife.webp
│   │   ├── bn.webp
│   │   └── sadcat.webp
│   └── konqui
│       ├── elegant_konqui.webp
│       ├── katepc.webp
│       └── konqui.webp
└── gifs
    ├── yes.mp4
    └── no.mp4

Build

Dependencies

glib
gio
ncursesw/ncurses set with NCURSES make flag

git clone https://codeberg.org/ItsZariep/ntc

cd ntc/src

make

If you encounter issues with ncursesw, try building with ncurses instead:

make NCURSES=ncurses

[!WARNING] This may not display names with Unicode characters correctly.

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