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diff --git a/ranger/help/starting.py b/ranger/help/starting.py index 29921ffc..8fd8b0da 100644 --- a/ranger/help/starting.py +++ b/ranger/help/starting.py @@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ in the class CustomApplications which starts with "app_" can be used as a program in the "open with" prompt. You're encouraged to add your own program definitions to the list. Refer to -documentation in ranger/applications.py for more information on this subject. +the existing examples in the apps.py, it should be easy to adapt it for your +purposes. ============================================================================== @@ -75,8 +76,8 @@ documentation in ranger/applications.py for more information on this subject. Sometimes there are multiple variants to open a file. For example, ranger gives you 2 ways of opening a video (by default): - 0 fullscreen - 1 windowed + 0 windowed + 1 fullscreen By specifying a mode, you can select one of those. The "l" key will start a file in mode 0. "4l" will start the file in mode 4 etc. @@ -92,12 +93,15 @@ For a list of all programs and modes, see ranger/defaults/apps.py Flags give you a way to modify the behaviour of the spawned process. s Silent mode. Output will be discarded. - d Detach the process. + d Detach the process. (Run in background) p Redirect output to the pager For example, "open with: p" will pipe the output of that process into the pager. +An uppercase flag has the opposite effect. If a program will be detached by +default, use "open with: D" to not detach it. + Note: Some combinations don't make sense, eg: "vim d" would open the file in vim and detach it. Since vim is a console application, you loose grip of that process when you detach it. It's up to you to do such sanity checks. |