Suitcase Files

The Third Release

This build adds a few more features (dividers, spacers and mono text). The spacers and dividers allow for interfaces that, look nicer, are more Mac-like and have logical separation of data.

For example spacers, were added to support interfaces like this, SCalc calculator (read the back story)

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Features

Install

Install a Suitcase command onto your system so it can be quickly launched by the run command. You can install a running Suitcase by selecting the "Suitcase > Install" menu item.

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Controls

--dividers

Adds a visual dividing line either vertically or horizontally depending on its context.

--spacers

Adds a spacer that expands to fill the space, allows for controls to be left or right aligned.

text-mono control type

This new control type acts the same as the text type. The only difference is the font used in mono-spaced. This is useful when displaying ASCII charts and tables.

Commands

diagnostic

Outputs basic system info for attaching to bug reports. The report will be added to over time.

:::bash
$ Suitcase diagnostic⏎

run

Launch a Suitcase command placed in any of the paths in the environment variable PATH. Suitcase will search the paths in order looking for a command named "suitcase-" where <COMMAND NAME> is the argument passed to the run command.

You can install a running command using the menu item "Suitcase > Install".

:::bash
$ Suitcase run helloworld⏎