ufo 0.9.0

ufo is free software.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

ufo

ufo is a universal file opener, an alternative instrument for opening files from a command line.

Official repositories:

• https://codeberg.org/os-18/ufo
• https://gitlab.com/os-18/ufo

Features

Standard tools for opening files in Linux (such as xdg-open, mimeopen, gio open, kde-open) don't always work perfectly. On top of that, the MIME type system is terribly buggy — formats of many ordinary files are determined incorrectly. The ufo utility allows you to define your own mappings of formats and programs in ~/.config/ufo/formatapps.toml. Instead of the standard MIME type system, it uses the formats and format groups from the Amalthea library.

Example configuration:

[[Group:Video]]
app = "mpv"

[[Group:Text]]
app = "nvim"
tty = true

[[Group:Text]]
app = "kwrite"

[[Directory]]
app = "vifm"
tty = true

[[Directory]]
app = "nemo"

[[PDF]]
app = "zathura"

[[DJVU]]
app = "atril"

[[ODT]]
app = "libreoffice"
pre = ["--writer"]

[[MP3]]
app = "qmmp"

[[MP3]]
app = "mplayer"
tty = true

[[Shell]]
app = "nvim"
tty = true

[[HTML]]
app = "chromium"

Formats are defined in either /etc/amalthea-gdc/fileformats.json of /etc/amalthea-ldc2/fileformats.json. This depends on which D compiler was used to compile the Amalthea library that ufo utilizes.

Formats can be assigned to both and desktop applications and console programs (ufo -t).

If the configuration at ~/.config/ufo/formatapps.toml is not set, the default MIME system will be used.

For more details:

$ man 1 ufo

Ready-made packages

See: Download Page of OS-18

The page contains information about installing several packages, including ufo.

Build from source

Preparing

Before building, you need to install a compiler for D (this project supports compilers dmd, gdc and ldc2).

This project can be built with either dynamic or static linking against the Amalthea library. Therefore, if you want to build this project from source, you must first build and install Amalthea, then return to these instructions.

Compilation and installation

To create the executable file:

$ make

You can also specify a compiler:

$ make DC=dmd

To install (by default, main directory is /usr/local/):

# make install

After installation, the program is ready to use.

The Makefile defines the following variables:

• DESTDIR — specifies the root directory for installing (empty by default);
• PREFIX — specifies the base directory, such as usr/local or usr.

The installation directory is defined as $(DESTDIR)/$(PREFIX) in the Makefile.

You can install the program files in any directory. For example, to install into $HOME/.local:

$ make install DESTDIR=$HOME PREFIX=.local

To uninstall:

# make uninstall

If installed to a non-default location, use the same paths when uninstalling:

$ make uninstall DESTDIR=$HOME PREFIX=.local

Feedback

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