Thousands of text files in one window with Depeche View

June 18, 2008 - PRLog -- STUTTGART, Germany. Vincent Stahl, computer artist and software developer, has released Depeche View, a fast text browser for Windows and Linux (WINE). "The speed is made from many little steps", says the author, "like loading all text files from a directory tree into memory, and a new presentation concept: there is no switching between files, but all contents are shown in one window. The user interface is reduced to the essential, without pulldown menus or dialogue boxes. A word is searched by typing it. Phrases are searched, bookmarked, or copied to clipboard by a mouse click. Putting this all together, Depeche View provides an unusual realtime behaviour."

The tool requires no installation, and therefore runs from any USB stick. Search operators are supported: typing "foo OR bar NOT bottle" finds all lines containing "foo" or "bar", but not "bottle". A config file allows to define own commands, e.g. to open files in an editor. Bookmark lists present remembered words in a clearly readable way.

Depeche View is primarily for software developers running many repeated searches, especially within Open Source code. But whenever there ist much ASCII text to filter, like CSV exports from spreadsheets, logfiles of a webserver, or html documentation, non-developers may find it useful as well.

Depeche View Base is freeware, available for download under

http://www.stahlworks.com/dev/

A commercial edition with further scripting capabilities is also available.

Further press material is available under:
http://www.stahlworks.com/press/

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About Vincent Stahl:

Vincent Stahl is a computer artist with more than twenty years of experience in software development. His website provides creative tool solutions as well as surreal computer artworks.