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Re:File Pilot: A file explorer built for speed with a modern... by vjekoslav on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @05:55AM (#43100774)
It was written from scratch with a custom OpenGL renderer (a DirectX port is in progress for Windows) and a custom IMGUI layer on top.
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Re:File Pilot: A file explorer built for speed with a modern... by zerr on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @10:48AM (#43103365)
You mean all those complex UI stuff code is written in immediate GUI? How maintainable/readable is the resulting code?
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Re:File Pilot: A file explorer built for speed with a modern... by vjekoslav on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @11:55AM (#43104324)
Way more maintainable than anything from MS that I'd have to deal with.
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Re:File Pilot: A file explorer built for speed with a modern... by zerr on Thursday February 20, 2025 @09:17AM (#43114909)
How about the CPU usage? Running a main loop at 60hz for a file manager sounds bit overkill.

Agree about the MS offerings. That's why I use cross-platform frameworks (wx, qt) even for the Win-only apps.

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Re:File Pilot: A file explorer built for speed with a modern... by GuestHNUser on Thursday February 20, 2025 @04:00PM (#43120135)
Give the demo a try. I compared the CPU usage to the win10 file explorer, and they look identical (both are minuscule); it's super impressive.
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Re:File Pilot: A file explorer built for speed with a modern... by qingcharles on Friday February 21, 2025 @09:12PM (#43135403)
How is the support for CJK and insane Unicode like emoji surrogates? Dealing with some of those edge cases can break a man.
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