api.commands: add updated_line handler

with this feature, commands can overwrite the line after each quick()
call by changing the attribute "self.updated_line".

3 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/ranger/api/commands.py b/ranger/api/commands.py
index ce381e18..4250a5da 100644
--- a/ranger/api/commands.py
+++ b/ranger/api/commands.py
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ class Command(FileManagerAware):
 
     def __init__(self, line, quantifier=None):
         self.line = line
+        self.updated_line = line
         self.args = line.split()
         self.quantifier = quantifier
         try:
diff --git a/ranger/config/commands.py b/ranger/config/commands.py
index 14e3f918..f945ccf2 100644
--- a/ranger/config/commands.py
+++ b/ranger/config/commands.py
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 # self.args: A list of all (space-separated) arguments to the command.
 # self.quantifier: If this command was mapped to the key "X" and
 #      the user pressed 6X, self.quantifier will be 6.
+# self.updated_line: The quick() method can overwrite this attribute and
+#      the console will use it as the new line.
 # self.arg(n): The n-th argument, or an empty string if it doesn't exist.
 # self.rest(n): The n-th argument plus everything that followed.  For example,
 #      If the command was "search foo bar a b c", rest(2) will be "bar a b c"
diff --git a/ranger/gui/widgets/console.py b/ranger/gui/widgets/console.py
index 10458a54..3b2781d8 100644
--- a/ranger/gui/widgets/console.py
+++ b/ranger/gui/widgets/console.py
@@ -418,8 +418,11 @@ class Console(Widget):
             pass
         else:
             cmd = cls(self.line)
-            if cmd and cmd.quick():
-                self.execute(cmd)
+            if cmd:
+                result = cmd.quick()
+                self.line = cmd.updated_line
+                if result:
+                    self.execute(cmd)
 
     def ask(self, text, callback, choices=['y', 'n']):
         """