Replacement for Vern Buerg's list.com in 64 bit Windows 7

Question

I would like to find a replacement for list.com, specifically the ability to accept piped input. For example:

p4 sync -n | list

which accepts the output of the perforce command and displays the results in the viewer/editor for manipulation or saving. I know that I would send the output to a file and then open the file in the viewer/editor but I use it for temporary results.

List.com doesn't work on 64 bit Windows 7.

Answer 1

I believe someone is working on a replacment. See http://mysite.verizon.net/yellowspoon

Answer 2

A good 32-bit Windows-based alternative to Vern Buerg's List is Charles Prineas' "V". Find it at http://www.fileviewer.com.

Answer 3

The less utility can display text read from standard input. You can download 32-bit Windows binaries of the program, and Microsoft claims most programs designed for a computer running a 32-bit version of Windows will work on a computer running 64-bit versions of Windows.

Answer 4

You can simulate list.com file browsing and viewing features with vifm and less. They are both freely available for windows. After vifm installation just customize the "vi command" in the configuration file, and replace it with "less" (set vicmd = less \ -C) You can also have a single pane display if you prefer so (with the "only" option).

Finally you can create a list.bat which calls vifm and changes the current directory on exit. This is the batch file content.

@echo off
for / f "delims =" %% i in ('vifm --choose-dir -% 1') do IF "%%i" NEQ "" (cd %%i)

More details in list.com lives on my blog