rovr

• 8428579 fix(preview): error on unset preview
• f71d977 fix(preview): check for previewers
• ef437de Revert "ci: make pytest run every pre-commit hook"
• cbaaf9c fix(pyproject): make schema compiler a public task
• a6c9248 ci: bump multiarchive to 0.2.0
• 0caff2d ci: make pytest run every pre-commit hook
• 5daf78e fix: handle deadlocks
• ceb4661 ci(nuitka): needs not depends
• 288b70b feat: custom previewers (#374)

Small improvement release, not any new features

Changelog

Fixed

• buttons: more consistent colors #363
• filelist: deselect only if exiting select mode b833a1b
• cwd: return last known cwd if cwd is nuked 8b4a36f
• improve user facing errors 42b1c1b

Performance

• screens: defer import of screens 74cc95c 2a3e3c4
• themes: defer registering all themes except selected 775317d

Installation

uv

uv tool install rovr

'native' executables

Windows systems:

Invoke-Expression (Invoke-WebRequest "https://nspc911.github.io/rovr/install.ps1")

Non-Windows systems:

curl -fsSL https://nspc911.github.io/rovr/install.sh | bash

• The executables are from action run 35086050558

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What a lovely day it is to release v0.10.2

rovr is a stylish, batteries-included terminal file manager. There have been some improvements from the previous release (1 breaking change lie before), so let's get started!

Notable changes

New keybind system

This is the highlight of 0.10.2. Previously, configs followed the action = [<keys>] syntax, which made it much harder to expand on it for key chords and custom actions with descriptions.

For example, in the previous config

[keybinds]
"quit" = ["q", "ctrl+q"]

but now, with the new system, it would look like

[global]
"q" = { action = "quit", desc = "Quit" }
"ctrl+q" = "quit"

This system also takes advantage of Textual's action syntax, so certain actions can take in extra arguments. For example, quit can take an optional boolean to denote whether to write to --cwd-file used for cd-on-quit

[global]
"q" = { action = "quit", desc = "Quit" }
"Q" = { action = "quit(False)", desc = "Quit without cding" }

This new system will not be forced, but new configs generated will follow this system. Backwards compatibility will only exist for this version until v0.11.0 is released, so please migrate asap! For more info, check out https://nspc911.github.io/rovr/reference/keybindings

Key chords

Key chords are defined in a similar way

[global]
q.u.i.t = "quit"

in the above example, pressing q -> u -> i -> t would then quit the app. You can also set custom descriptions for each chord

[global]
q.u.i.t = "quit"
q.desc = "press u + i + t"
q.u.desc = "press i + t"
q.u.i.desc = "just press t!"

you can also define them as a table

key chords are now the default method for pseudo chords like the extra copy menu and sort order popup. if you want them back, they are still available as actions

[file_list]
"Y" = { action = "copy.open_popup", desc = "Open the copy menu" }
"," = { action = "sort_order.open_popup", desc = "Open the sort menu" }

key chords are defined under the #key_chord selector if you want to theme it

Previews

Previews have gotten a major improvement!

Cached Previews

Previews are now cached! This means SVG previews and PDF previews load much faster after the first load. Eager loading is still not done; it is cached only when explicitly previewed.

Previews are stored in a temporary directory being wiped after a restart, or explicitly using rovr --clear-cache

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7963ec46-fee1-4da8-8ca1-7afcf4b8d813

Scrollable Text Previews

For those without bat(1), now is the best time to consider so!

Without bat, rovr displays up to 256kb (default), which can be scrolled through. With bat, you can scroll through the entire document, though it takes a bit of time to render, especially large files.

• Under the hood, rovr splits a file into 256 line chunks and hands it of to bat to render, before using a custom parser to convert it into a renderable format. The chunking will take some time, especially on, say, a 1GB text file

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a6b2038a-1808-4d3c-b821-56fe49197f22

Scrollbars

rovr's scrollbars are now on the border! This will free up a bit of space, though the original scrollbar's space cant be properly used up for now

Configurable app titles

As promised in the previous release, the app title is now configurable! The default is rovr @ %ncwd, you can take a look at supported expansions at https://nspc911.github.io/rovr/features/context-menu/#command-expansions

Breaking Changes

settings.allow_tab_nav is removed; the new keybind handler lets you rebind the key to something else of your choice

Added

• preview: add scrollable text previews [#344](https://github.com/NSPC911/

Very quick release, this fixes a regression with the first launch app that doesn't let you finish setup

Full Changelog

Fixed

• preview: catch EOF error when reading archives f5b836f
• firstlaunch: use assets, not config when reading config df111f6

Refactor

• app: print tree without alternate terminal buffer ee612ff

Installation

uv

uv tool install rovr

'native' executables

Windows systems:

Invoke-Expression (Invoke-WebRequest "https://nspc911.github.io/rovr/install.ps1")

Non-Windows systems:

curl -fsSL https://nspc911.github.io/rovr/install.sh | bash

• The executables are from action run 32371648070

SHA256