


JBROWSER(L)                                           JBROWSER(L)


NNAAMMEE
       jbrowser  -  configurable  Tk-based  X  Windows  directory
       browser

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       jjbbrroowwsseerr [ _d_i_r_e_c_t_o_r_y ]

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       The  jjbbrroowwsseerr  application  is  a  configurable  directory
       browser.   It  lets  you  navigate through directories and
       manipulate files in various ways.  It has a mechanism  for
       distinguishing  different  kinds  of  files based on their
       names, so that for instance it will use different underly-
       ing  Unix  commands  to  print a DVI file and a plain text
       file.

       It is written in wwiisshh, an  X  Windows  scripting  language
       based on the Tk toolkit and the Tcl scripting library (all
       three by John Ousterhout of Berkeley), and this  makes  it
       extremely  easy  to customise.  You can tell it what tools
       to use to work with various types of files,  and  you  can
       change  the  user interface (e.g. adding new menus) if you
       like.  Nevertheless, the default behaviour  is  reasonably
       flexible--you don't _n_e_e_d to configure it to use it.

       Detailed  documentation  describing how to use jjbbrroowwsseerr is
       available online via the jjhheellpp application.  If  jjhheellpp  is
       not  installed  at  your  site,  you  can  read  the  file
       `jbrowser.jhelp', included with  the  distribution,  which
       contains the source for the online help.

AAUUTTHHOORR
       Jay Sekora <js@it.bu.edu>
       Copyright  1992-1994 by Jay Sekora.  Non-commercial redis-
       tribution is permitted.  For  more  information,  see  the
       About panel in the application.





















                         20 February 1994                       1


