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authorhut <hut@lavabit.com>2013-02-22 00:48:20 +0100
committerhut <hut@lavabit.com>2013-02-22 00:48:20 +0100
commit9bc0f18ed1c17a180e72e1c710b7cc6bcdc45e23 (patch)
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downloadranger-9bc0f18ed1c17a180e72e1c710b7cc6bcdc45e23.tar.gz
doc/ranger.1: updated the CONCEPTS section
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-rw-r--r--doc/ranger.116
-rw-r--r--doc/ranger.pod14
2 files changed, 27 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ranger.1 b/doc/ranger.1
index 6d9afbb0..d3d6841c 100644
--- a/doc/ranger.1
+++ b/doc/ranger.1
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 .\" ========================================================================
 .\"
 .IX Title "RANGER 1"
-.TH RANGER 1 "ranger-1.5.5" "02/18/2013" "ranger manual"
+.TH RANGER 1 "ranger-1.5.5" "02/22/2013" "ranger manual"
 .\" For nroff, turn off justification.  Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
 .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
 .if n .ad l
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ typing \fI"<tagname>\fR.
 .SS "\s-1PREVIEWS\s0"
 .IX Subsection "PREVIEWS"
 By default, only text files are previewed, but you can enable external preview
-scripts by setting the option \f(CW\*(C`use_preview_script\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`preview_files\*(C'\fR to True.
+scripts by setting the option \f(CW\*(C`use_preview_script\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`preview_files\*(C'\fR to true.
 .PP
 This default script is \fI~/.config/ranger/scope.sh\fR. It contains more
 documentation and calls to the programs \fIlynx\fR and \fIelinks\fR for html,
@@ -235,6 +235,14 @@ documentation and calls to the programs \fIlynx\fR and \fIelinks\fR for html,
 .PP
 Install these programs (just the ones you need) and scope.sh will automatically
 use them.
+.PP
+Independently of the preview script, there is a feature to preview images
+by drawing them directly into the terminal.  This does not work over ssh,
+requires certain terminals (tested on \*(L"xterm\*(R" and \*(L"urxvt\*(R") and is incompatible
+with tmux, although it works with screen.
+.PP
+To enable this feature, install the program \*(L"w3m\*(R" and set the option
+\&\f(CW\*(C`preview_images\*(C'\fR to true.
 .SS "\s-1SELECTION\s0"
 .IX Subsection "SELECTION"
 The \fIselection\fR is defined as \*(L"All marked files \s-1IF\s0 \s-1THERE\s0 \s-1ARE\s0 \s-1ANY\s0, otherwise
@@ -270,6 +278,10 @@ are in different directories:
 .PP
 Macros for file paths are generally shell-escaped so they can be used in the
 \&\f(CW\*(C`shell\*(C'\fR command.
+.PP
+Additionally, if you create a key binding that uses <any>, a special statement
+which accepts any key, then the macro \f(CW%any\fR (or \f(CW%any0\fR, \f(CW%any1\fR, \f(CW%any2\fR, ...) can be
+used in the command to get the key that was pressed.
 .SS "\s-1BOOKMARKS\s0"
 .IX Subsection "BOOKMARKS"
 Type \fBm<key>\fR to bookmark the current directory. You can re-enter this
diff --git a/doc/ranger.pod b/doc/ranger.pod
index a8800498..b5a14b76 100644
--- a/doc/ranger.pod
+++ b/doc/ranger.pod
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ typing I<"<tagnameE<gt>>.
 =head2 PREVIEWS
 
 By default, only text files are previewed, but you can enable external preview
-scripts by setting the option C<use_preview_script> and C<preview_files> to True.
+scripts by setting the option C<use_preview_script> and C<preview_files> to true.
 
 This default script is F<~/.config/ranger/scope.sh>. It contains more
 documentation and calls to the programs I<lynx> and I<elinks> for html,
@@ -141,6 +141,14 @@ I<pdftotext> for PDFs and I<mediainfo> for video and audio files.
 Install these programs (just the ones you need) and scope.sh will automatically
 use them.
 
+Independently of the preview script, there is a feature to preview images
+by drawing them directly into the terminal.  This does not work over ssh,
+requires certain terminals (tested on "xterm" and "urxvt") and is incompatible
+with tmux, although it works with screen.
+
+To enable this feature, install the program "w3m" and set the option
+C<preview_images> to true.
+
 =head2 SELECTION
 
 The I<selection> is defined as "All marked files IF THERE ARE ANY, otherwise
@@ -174,6 +182,10 @@ are in different directories:
 Macros for file paths are generally shell-escaped so they can be used in the
 C<shell> command.
 
+Additionally, if you create a key binding that uses <any>, a special statement
+which accepts any key, then the macro %any (or %any0, %any1, %any2, ...) can be
+used in the command to get the key that was pressed.
+
 =head2 BOOKMARKS
 
 Type B<m<keyE<gt>> to bookmark the current directory. You can re-enter this