Usage

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Mainwindow

Usage

The biggest part of the window is reserved for the listers and the button-bank. The two listers can display two different directories and select files.

You can use the buttons by clicking with the left button or, if there is a second function defined, with the right button on it.
  1. Programinformation
    Displays e.g. the version and the address of the homepage.
  2. Configuration
    This opens the Configurationwindow.
You find the status-display next to it. Normally this shows the number of files and dirs, how many items are selected, size,...
Depending on the function you execute, it can display other information too.

  1. Beneath it you see the ListView-Bars. By using the right-mouse-button on them you can configure the respective lister.
Only one lister can be the current one. You can control the current lister with the keyboard and the bar will be marked with a different color. It also shows 2 additional informations.
  1. 'H' means - if visible - that hidden files are not displayed.
    '*' means that display-filters are in use.
In the lower part you see the buttonrow.
  1. The first column contains paths only. By using the right-mouse-button on this bar you can switch to the next bar with additonal paths.
  2. The last line displays the time. If you are running Worker under GNU/Linux it also displays the remaining memory. To switch the button bar just perform a right-click on this line.

Beneath the listers you see two text-input-fields. It contains the path of the current dir. By clicking into one of them you can change the path manually.
  1. These two buttons let you switch between the buffered directories. For further information about the directory-buffer read this page.

Virtual file system

Worker 2.10.0 supports a virtual file system for accessing different archives and remote computers. Read the documentation of AVFS used for this virtual file system for detailed information but here are some basics about it:

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