TKDESK(1)

📦 version 2.0, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 TKDESK(1) — ok so bestie, lemme tell you about cd-tkdesk 💖

✨ NAME ✨

cd-tkdesk — it changes the directory of TkDesk's current file browser or list window. that's it. that's the whole job. and it does it flawlessly. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

cd-tkdesk [ directory ]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea ☕ — if you invoke cd-tkdesk with no argument at all, it hands you back the path of the directory that's currently showing in TkDesk's active window. and what even is the active window, you ask? it's the file browser or the list window that your mouse pointer was last in. wherever your cursor last hung out, that's the main character. 👑

but if you do hand it a directory, then cd-tkdesk will switch the directory of TkDesk's currently active window over to that value. boom. done. ✨

here's the important bit tho — cd-tkdesk talks to TkDesk through a TCP/IP server, and that server has to be started from inside TkDesk first. how? you go to the menu entry called "TkDesk Server", which lives in TkDesk's "Options" menu. no server, no vibes, no communication. iykyk. 🫶

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • directory — the directory that TkDesk's currently active window should switch over to. like, that's the destination, bestie. that's where we're going. 🚀

🍓 FILES 🍓

  • tkdeskclient — usually chilling in "/usr/local/bin". this little legend is the program that actually does the communication with TkDesk. the real one doing the work behind the scenes. respect. 😤

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

tkdesk(1), ed-tkdesk(1), od-tkdesk(1)

the whole squad fr fr 🫶

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Christian Bolik (Christian.Bolik@mainz.netsurf.de)

and that's the page, gorgeous. this lil icon came out of the 4th Berkeley Distribution, it's TkDesk 2.0 energy, dated 04/15/2004 — vintage but still absolutely serving. go change some directories, you ate. 💅✨🎀

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