The most information and control packed area of AxY FTP is local and remote system panels containing detailed directory listing, current directory name, and vertical column of per-site controls.
Each row in the listing corresponds to a file (or directory) entry on either local or remote site. There are five columns of information for each entry:
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upper level directory |
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symbolic link |
![]() | "normal" file |
You may resize the columns.
You may select entries by clicking on the row of interest with left mouse button. It is also possible to select multiple entries with clicking or dragging the pointer with either Shift or Ctrl key pressed.
Double-click on a directory entry to change to it.
There are no sorting capabilities of directory listing in the current version of the program.
The area with the name of the current directory is displayed is located on top of the directory listing.
You may click on the arrow right to the name to access the history list. Current directory always appears selected in this list. Selecting any other entry will make the program to change to the directory you selected.
You may directly edit the text filed with directory name by first clicking on it with left mouse button. Pressing Enter key will make the program to change to the directory you entered. If you misspelled the directory name or if it was not possible to change to it for any other reason, text in the directory name field is still the one you entered and is NOT a valid name of the directory being displayed. History list, however, has the correct name of the current directory selected. You may pull the history list down and click on selected entry to restore correct directory name in the text field.
Main functionality of AxY FTP is provided through these columns of local and remote controls. Each column consists of the following:
Following rules are used to select the viewer:
Internal viewer is used for the remote file.
For local file AxY FTP attempts to start the viewer specified by $XEDITOR
environment variable (or "gvim" if not set). If fails, the program attempts
to start xterm and execute a viewer specified by $EDITOR environment
variable in it. If $EDITOR is not set, "vi" editor is executed in xterm
window.