Linux and other Unix-likes

Windows (experimental, feature limitations)

Python 3.2+

ncurses (curses Python module)

C compiler (not required on Windows)

Run the command below.

  $ sudo python3 -m pip install /path/to/repository

Or run the commands below (recent Python versions will warn as deprecated).

  $ cd /path/to/repository
  $ sudo python3 -m pip install setuptools
  $ sudo python3 ./setup.py install --force --record ./install.out

Run the command below, or remove files listed in install.out from above.

  $ sudo python3 -m pip uninstall -y fileobj

[paths] are usually regular files or block devices. [paths] can be partially loaded via offset and/or length specification. Run fileobj.py on Windows.

  $ fileobj [options]... [paths]...
  $ fileobj [options]... [paths[@offset:length]]...
  $ fileobj [options]... [paths[@offset-(offset+length)]]...

Run with the following options to test appearance of ncurses.

  $ fileobj --test_screen
  $ fileobj --test_color

Run with the following option to test mouse actions on ncurses.

  $ fileobj --test_mouse