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authorhut <hut@lepus.uberspace.de>2015-04-13 12:49:49 +0200
committerhut <hut@lepus.uberspace.de>2015-04-13 12:49:49 +0200
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+# Compatible with ranger 1.6.*
+#
+# This plugin adds the new macro %date which is substituted with the current
+# date in commands that allow macros.  You can test it with the command
+# ":shell echo %date; read"
+
+# Save the original macro function
+import ranger.core.actions
+old_get_macros = ranger.core.actions.Actions._get_macros
+
+# Define a new macro function
+import time
+def get_macros_with_date(self):
+       macros = old_get_macros(self)
+       macros['date'] = time.strftime('%m/%d/%Y')
+       return macros
+
+# Overwrite the old one
+ranger.core.actions.Actions._get_macros = get_macros_with_date