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diff --git a/doc/ranger.pod b/doc/ranger.pod index 7420f15d..d5de3851 100644 --- a/doc/ranger.pod +++ b/doc/ranger.pod @@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ ranger is a console file manager with VI key bindings. =head1 RESOURCES -I<This manual> contains instructions on how to use and configure ranger. +This I<manual> contains instructions on how to use and configure ranger. -I<Inside ranger>, you can press I<?> for a list of key bindings, commands or +Inside I<ranger>, you can press I<?> for a list of key bindings, commands or settings. The F<README> contains install instructions. @@ -286,48 +286,45 @@ 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. +When mapping keys you can use the placeholder <any>, the key entered in that +position can be used through the %any and %any_path macros. (When using +multiple <any> placeholders you can index the macros: %any0, %any_path0, %any1, +%any_path1...) The macro %any will be replaced with the key pressed in the +position of the <any> placeholder. The macro %any_path will be replaced with +the path of the bookmark mapped to the key pressed in the position of the +<any> placeholder. For example this macro can be used to echo the key that was +pressed after "c": -The macro %rangerdir expands to the directory of ranger's python library, you -can use it for something like this command: - alias show_commands shell less %rangerdir/config/commands.py - -%confdir expands to the directory given by B<--confdir>. + map c<any> echo %any -%datadir expands to the directory given by B<--datadir>. - -The macro %space expands to a space character. You can use it to add spaces to -the end of a command when needed, while preventing editors to strip spaces off -the end of the line automatically. +%any is used in the ranger configuration to create a keybinding for adding a +bookmark. c<set_bookmark> creates a bookmark for the current directory and the +key for the bookmark is the first supplied argument. In this case the key +pressed after "m": + map m<any> set_bookmark %any -When mapping keys you can use the placeholder <any>, the key entered -in that position can be used through the %any and %any_path macros. In -this context <any> is used as a placeholder in the keybinding. The -macro %any will be replaced with the key pressed in the place of -<any>. The macro %any_path will replaced with the path of the bookmark -which is mapped to the key in the place of <any>. For example: +The %any_path macro can be used to echo the path of the bookmark that is set to +the key pressed after "c": - map c<any> echo %any + map c<any> echo %any_path -can be used to echo the key that was pressed after "c". %any is used in -the ranger configuration to create a keybinding for adding a bookmark. +A practical example of the use of %any_path is the pasting of cut/copied files +to a bookmarked directory: - map m<any> set_bookmark %any + map p'<any> paste dest=%any_path -set_bookmark creates a bookmark for the current directory and the -key for the bookmark is the first supplied argument. In this case - -the key pressed after "m". +The macro %rangerdir expands to the directory of ranger's python library, you +can use it for something like this command: + alias show_commands shell less %rangerdir/config/commands.py - map c<any> echo %any_path +%confdir expands to the directory given by B<--confdir>. -can be used to echo the path of the booksmark that is set to the key -pressed after "c". A practical example of the use of %any_path is the -pasting of the cut\copied files in a selected bookmark +%datadir expands to the directory given by B<--datadir>. - map p'<any> paste dest=%any_path +The macro %space expands to a space character. You can use it to add spaces to +the end of a command when needed, while preventing editors to strip spaces off +the end of the line automatically. To write a literal %, you need to escape it by writing %%. @@ -1412,18 +1409,26 @@ Flags: Sets the linemode of all files in the current directory. The linemode may be: - "filename": display each line as "<basename>...<size>" - "fileinfo": display each line as "<basename>...<file(1) output>" - "mtime": display each line as "<basename>...<mtime>" in ISO format - "humanreadablemtime": display each line as "<basename>...<mtime>" in a human - readable format, more precise the more recent - "permissions": display each line as "<permissions> <owner> <group> <basename>" - "sizemtime": display each line as "<basename>...<size> <mtime>" in ISO format - "humanreadablesizemtime": display each line as "<basename>...<size> <mtime>" - in a human readable format, more precise the more recent - "metatitle": display metadata from .metadata.json files if - available, fall back to the "filename" linemode if no - metadata was found. See :meta command. + "filename": + display each line as "<basename>...<size>" + "fileinfo": + display each line as "<basename>...<file(1) output>" + "mtime": + display each line as "<basename>...<mtime>" in ISO format + "humanreadablemtime": + display each line as "<basename>...<mtime>" in a human readable + format, more precise the more recent. + "sizemtime": + display each line as "<basename>...<size> <mtime>" in ISO format + "humanreadablesizemtime": + display each line as "<basename>...<size> <mtime>" in a human + readable format, more precise the more recent. + "permissions": + display each line as "<permissions> <owner> <group> <basename>" + "metatitle": + display metadata from .metadata.json files if available, fall back + to the "filename" linemode if no metadata was found. + See :meta command. The custom linemodes may be added by subclassing the I<LinemodeBase> class. See the I<ranger.core.linemode> module for some examples. |