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authorhut <hut@lavabit.com>2013-03-01 10:52:38 +0100
committerhut <hut@lavabit.com>2013-03-01 10:52:38 +0100
commitd7d2b7dd1d597b5ac9c2162921ad858ccb306279 (patch)
treedeaff21c60f1c47d650a01816df3d5691fae5dd8
parentc139ec86237c2800f55ea2064f18c1b5bc4e9523 (diff)
downloadranger-d7d2b7dd1d597b5ac9c2162921ad858ccb306279.tar.gz
doc/ranger.1: documented :scout command
-rw-r--r--doc/ranger.127
-rw-r--r--doc/ranger.pod24
-rw-r--r--ranger/config/commands.py21
3 files changed, 70 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ranger.1 b/doc/ranger.1
index 8bfb7747..291e6d69 100644
--- a/doc/ranger.1
+++ b/doc/ranger.1
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 .\" ========================================================================
 .\"
 .IX Title "RANGER 1"
-.TH RANGER 1 "ranger-1.6.0" "02/28/2013" "ranger manual"
+.TH RANGER 1 "ranger-1.6.0" "03/01/2013" "ranger manual"
 .\" For nroff, turn off justification.  Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
 .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
 .if n .ad l
@@ -745,6 +745,7 @@ ranger.  For your convenience, this is a list of the \*(L"public\*(R" commands i
 \& relink newpath
 \& rename newname
 \& save_copy_buffer
+\& scout [\-FLAGS] pattern
 \& search pattern
 \& search_inc pattern
 \& set option value
@@ -909,6 +910,30 @@ will fail.  Also try the key binding A for appending something to a file name.
 .IX Item "save_copy_buffer"
 Save the copy buffer to \fI~/.config/ranger/copy_buffer\fR.  This can be used to
 pass the list of copied files to another ranger instance.
+.IP "scout [\-\fIflags\fR...] [\-\-] \fIpattern\fR" 2
+.IX Item "scout [-flags...] [--] pattern"
+Swiss army knife command for searching, traveling and filtering files.
+The command takes various flags as arguments which can be used to
+influence its behaviour:
+.Sp
+.Vb 10
+\& \-a = automatically open a file on unambiguous match
+\& \-e = open the selected file when pressing enter
+\& \-f = filter files that match the current search pattern
+\& \-g = interpret pattern as a glob pattern
+\& \-i = ignore the letter case of the files
+\& \-k = keep the console open when changing a directory with the command
+\& \-l = letter skipping; e.g. allow "rdme" to match the file "readme"
+\& \-m = mark the matching files after pressing enter
+\& \-M = unmark the matching files after pressing enter
+\& \-p = permanent filter: hide non\-matching files after pressing enter
+\& \-s = smart case; like \-i unless pattern contains upper case letters
+\& \-t = apply filter and search pattern as you type
+\& \-v = inverts the match
+.Ve
+.Sp
+Multiple flags can be combined.  For example, \*(L":scout \-gpt\*(R" would create
+a :filter\-like command using globbing.
 .IP "search \fIpattern\fR" 2
 .IX Item "search pattern"
 Search files in the current directory that match the given (case insensitive)
diff --git a/doc/ranger.pod b/doc/ranger.pod
index beaf1030..e418e1ea 100644
--- a/doc/ranger.pod
+++ b/doc/ranger.pod
@@ -747,6 +747,7 @@ ranger.  For your convenience, this is a list of the "public" commands including
  relink newpath
  rename newname
  save_copy_buffer
+ scout [-FLAGS] pattern
  search pattern
  search_inc pattern
  set option value
@@ -944,6 +945,29 @@ will fail.  Also try the key binding A for appending something to a file name.
 Save the copy buffer to I<~/.config/ranger/copy_buffer>.  This can be used to
 pass the list of copied files to another ranger instance.
 
+=item scout [-I<flags>...] [--] I<pattern>
+
+Swiss army knife command for searching, traveling and filtering files.
+The command takes various flags as arguments which can be used to
+influence its behaviour:
+
+ -a = automatically open a file on unambiguous match
+ -e = open the selected file when pressing enter
+ -f = filter files that match the current search pattern
+ -g = interpret pattern as a glob pattern
+ -i = ignore the letter case of the files
+ -k = keep the console open when changing a directory with the command
+ -l = letter skipping; e.g. allow "rdme" to match the file "readme"
+ -m = mark the matching files after pressing enter
+ -M = unmark the matching files after pressing enter
+ -p = permanent filter: hide non-matching files after pressing enter
+ -s = smart case; like -i unless pattern contains upper case letters
+ -t = apply filter and search pattern as you type
+ -v = inverts the match
+
+Multiple flags can be combined.  For example, ":scout -gpt" would create
+a :filter-like command using globbing.
+
 =item search I<pattern>
 
 Search files in the current directory that match the given (case insensitive)
diff --git a/ranger/config/commands.py b/ranger/config/commands.py
index b95260c6..b5b774a0 100644
--- a/ranger/config/commands.py
+++ b/ranger/config/commands.py
@@ -942,9 +942,28 @@ class pmap(map_):
 
 
 class scout(Command):
-    """:scout [-FLAGS] <string>
+    """:scout [-FLAGS] <pattern>
 
     Swiss army knife command for searching, traveling and filtering files.
+    The command takes various flags as arguments which can be used to
+    influence its behaviour:
+
+    -a = automatically open a file on unambiguous match
+    -e = open the selected file when pressing enter
+    -f = filter files that match the current search pattern
+    -g = interpret pattern as a glob pattern
+    -i = ignore the letter case of the files
+    -k = keep the console open when changing a directory with the command
+    -l = letter skipping; e.g. allow "rdme" to match the file "readme"
+    -m = mark the matching files after pressing enter
+    -M = unmark the matching files after pressing enter
+    -p = permanent filter: hide non-matching files after pressing enter
+    -s = smart case; like -i unless pattern contains upper case letters
+    -t = apply filter and search pattern as you type
+    -v = inverts the match
+
+    Multiple flags can be combined.  For example, ":scout -gpt" would create
+    a :filter-like command using globbing.
     """
     AUTO_OPEN       = 'a'
     OPEN_ON_ENTER   = 'e'