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diff --git a/README b/README index 88d9523f..b97b5ed7 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Ranger v.1.0.3 +Ranger v.1.0.4 ============== Ranger @@ -6,23 +6,28 @@ Ranger A keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region to protect the area or enforce the law. -This file browser gives you the ability to swiftly move around -and get a broad overview of your forest of directory trees. +This is the filemanager Chuck Norris the Texas Ranger would use +if he had a computer with a unix-like operating system. (He doesn't +trust computers though and prefers to do the calculations himself.) -Rangers default hotkeys make it intuitive for users of the popular -text-editor VIM, but it is fully customizable. +After all, as a professional ranger, he needs a broad overview of his +territory, and the multi-column display of ranger provides just that, +rather than restricting you to the current directory only. +You can preview the content of the selected file or directory, copy or move +files around with the VIM-like commands dd and yy, execute predefined +applications when opening a file, etc... -The program is written in Python since version 1.0.0 and uses -ncurses for the (completely text based) user interface. +Everything is fully customizable and written in Python (2.6 and 3.1 +compatible) using curses for the text-based user interface. About ----- -* Author: hut -* Email: hut@lavabit.com -* Git repo: http://repo.or.cz/w/ranger.git -* Version: 1.0.3 +* Author: Roman Zimbelmann +* Email: romanz@lavabit.com +* Git repo: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/ranger.git +* Version: 1.0.4 Features @@ -42,32 +47,39 @@ Features Dependencies ------------ -* A Unix-like OS (Linux, BSD, Mac OS, ...) +* A Unix-like Operating System * Python 2.6 or 3.1 -* Python curses module +* Python curses module (often but not always included with Python) Bugs and Feature Requests ------------------------- -Report bugs and feature requests on the bug tracker of -the ranger repository on GitHub: - http://github.com/hut/ranger/issues +Report bugs and feature requests on savannah: + https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=ranger -Alternatively you can send an email to hut@lavabit.com. +Alternatively you can send an email to romanz@lavabit.com. Please include as much relevant information as possible. Using ranger with the --debug option will abort the program and -print tracebacks in certain cases. +print tracebacks rather than a red message in the statusbar. +If this applies to you, please include such a traceback in your report. Getting Started --------------- -At first, it's a good idea to create a symlink in your bin dir: - sudo ln -s /path/to/ranger.py /usr/bin/ranger +If you just want to check out ranger without installing it, type -Now type in ranger to start it. + ./ranger.py --clean + +in the top directory of ranger. By using the --clean switch, it will +leave no trace on your system whatsoever. + +To properly install it, follow the instructions in the INSTALL file, +then type: + + ranger You should see 4 columns. The third is the directory where you are at the moment. To the left, there are the directories above the current |