- OutMan
OutMan is an output manager. It captures the output from command line/text based programs (such as make) and displays the output in a list. The lines in the list can be clicked on and if a line from a text file can be associated with the line of output then that text file is openned to that line in a text editor (the text editor used is configurable). One may now be asking how it is that a line of output can be associated with a line in a text file. This is the job of a filter, there is one built into OutMan that handles output from make and grep (the "filename:line number:" style). Custom filters can also be used.
OutMan is corba aware and can be run in a client/server mode. In this mode commands can be sent to a running instance of OutMan instead of starting a new one.
- Installation
OutMan uses the usual GNU software build/install method: ./configure, make, make install. You will probably have to be root in order for the last command to succeed. This should work on most platforms. Read INSTALL in the top leveldirectory of the distribution for information about configuration options and possible work-arounds for problem platforms.
OutMan is a Gnome application so it requires all the usual Gnome libraries (it is known to work with the"October Gnome" release of the libraries, your mileage may vary with older versions of the Gnome libraries). It also requires Gtk--1.0, it probably won't work with Gtk--1.1 due to changes that were made to the programming interface in the jump from 1.0 to 1.1. When Gtk--1.1 has a stable release OutMan will be updated to be compatible. Outman is known to compile properly with gcc2.95-2, older compilers may run into problems.
- Running
OutMan can be run from the command line by typing "outman" or from the "Utilities" sub-menu of the Gnome menu. For more information see the online help (accessed through the help menu in OutMan).- Author
Brett Hall <swizin@users.sourceforge.net>