### X Northern Captain Commands & Functions

XNC Index: Overview Installation Panels Commands VFS_support Bookmark Extensions User Menu Hot Keys | Now we describe a full list of commands and functions of XNC with short descriptions for each one, way to use and default hot keys. Hot keys will be typed in brackets. Remember that this hot keys are default and you can redefine its in XNCSetup. Switch between panels [Tab]. Using this hotkey or pressing on panels or its headers make it active. Switch between Xterminal and Panels [Esc,Crtl-O]. Allow you to switch between panels window and xterminal window to view xterminal output or running programs in it. File execution: Execute in foreground or changing directory [Enter]. Double left click on file or pressing hotkey will execute file in foreground with output to built in xterminal. If file has no execute permission, association menu appears and you can choose command from it to execute with current file as parameter. If current file is a directory then changing to that directory and show dir listing. Execute in background [Shift-Enter]. This operation allowed only if file has execute permission. File executed in background using built in xterminal shell. File insertion to command line [Ctrl-Enter]. Pressing this combination or dragging file to command line insert this file in command. Very usefull for constructing command line parameters. File and directory selection: Manual Selectection/Deselection files and directories on panels. [Insert] Use right mouse button to do this operation with mouse. Selection/Deselection by mask. [Gray+ or Gray-] You can type any file mask with '*' and '?' in wildcard Use 'Gray +' for select files by mask and 'Gray -' for deselect. Invert selected files. [Gray *] Make currently selected files deselected and deseleted ones - became selected. File and directory manipulation: Copy file(s) [F5]. With this function you can copy files and directories to destination file system, where destination file system may be disk or archieve. Directories copying recursively. Link copying as files. Use hotkey to activate or drag file(s) to another panel or bookmark folder then drop and confirmation copy window appears. In that window you can enter another directory or another name of copying file, but this feature available if you copy single file, not a selected group. When copying selected files only confirmation window appears. Move file(s) [F6]. Same as copy files but this function move files i.e delete it from source panel after 'copying'. Delete file(s) [F8]. Delete files and directories from active panel. Directories delete recursively. Use mouse to drag files and drop it on recycle bin icon to delete. Change attributes [F9]. Change owner/group/other read/write/execute permissions of file or set/clear these permissions from selected files and directories. Change owner [Shift-F9]. Change owner and group of file(s). When activate this function owner window appears and you can choose new owner and group from list or type it on keyboard in 'owner.group' format. Make directory [F7]. Create directory with given name in current one. View file [F3]. View current file (not selected) with IVES or specified viewer. Simple View [Shift-F3]. Work only with IVES and allow view file in simple raw/HEX mode even it is an image. Edit file [F4]. Edit current file with IVES or specified editor. New file for edit [Shift-F4]. Create new file and give it to editor. Information commands: Memory information [Ctrl-M]. Shows memory information by executing 'free' command. Disk information [Ctrl-L]. Shows window with info about each mounted partition in system. Processes information [F11]. Shows working processes and allow you to send signal to selected process. Quick ScanDir [Ctrl-Q]. Switch on/off information window about current directory and its files and subdirs. Command line history commands (10 command buffer): Previous command [Shift-Up]. Shows in command line previous command from history. Next command [Shift-Down]. Next from history. Move cursor inside command [Shift-Left/Right]. Other commands: Find files [Ctrl-F]. Activate a find window where file name or mask must be specified and find results will be shown. Allow recursive directories scanning from current or from '/' directory. User Menu [F2]. Show user menu with commands and hotkeys defined for it and allow activate menu item. Man pages [F1]. Asking for man page name and options then execute 'man'. If using IVES as viewer then shows man pages in IVES HighLight View window otherwise in xterminal. Bookmark commands: Add to bookmark [Ctrl-B]. Add current directory to empty place in bookmark. If bookmark is full then addition failed. If this directory already in bookmark then folder with that dir begin flashes. Use DnD from panel header to empty bookmark area for add new bookmark folder by mouse. Switch to folder [Alt-1..9]. Switch active panel to directory stored in specified bookmark folder. If bookmark folder does not exist it creates with current directory and no switching make. Press on choosen bookmark folder with mouse to make it visible on active panel. Delete current folder from bookmark [Alt-Delete]. Delete highlighted folder from bookmark (not from file system). Also You can drag any bookmark folder to Recycle bin to delete it.

Author Leonid V. Khramov
leo@pop.convey.ru
St-Petersburg
Russia
1997