From d7d2b7dd1d597b5ac9c2162921ad858ccb306279 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hut Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 10:52:38 +0100 Subject: doc/ranger.1: documented :scout command --- doc/ranger.1 | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++- doc/ranger.pod | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/ranger.1 b/doc/ranger.1 index 8bfb7747..291e6d69 100644 --- a/doc/ranger.1 +++ b/doc/ranger.1 @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ .\" ======================================================================== .\" .IX Title "RANGER 1" -.TH RANGER 1 "ranger-1.6.0" "02/28/2013" "ranger manual" +.TH RANGER 1 "ranger-1.6.0" "03/01/2013" "ranger manual" .\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents. .if n .ad l @@ -745,6 +745,7 @@ ranger. For your convenience, this is a list of the \*(L"public\*(R" commands i \& relink newpath \& rename newname \& save_copy_buffer +\& scout [\-FLAGS] pattern \& search pattern \& search_inc pattern \& set option value @@ -909,6 +910,30 @@ will fail. Also try the key binding A for appending something to a file name. .IX Item "save_copy_buffer" Save the copy buffer to \fI~/.config/ranger/copy_buffer\fR. This can be used to pass the list of copied files to another ranger instance. +.IP "scout [\-\fIflags\fR...] [\-\-] \fIpattern\fR" 2 +.IX Item "scout [-flags...] [--] pattern" +Swiss army knife command for searching, traveling and filtering files. +The command takes various flags as arguments which can be used to +influence its behaviour: +.Sp +.Vb 10 +\& \-a = automatically open a file on unambiguous match +\& \-e = open the selected file when pressing enter +\& \-f = filter files that match the current search pattern +\& \-g = interpret pattern as a glob pattern +\& \-i = ignore the letter case of the files +\& \-k = keep the console open when changing a directory with the command +\& \-l = letter skipping; e.g. allow "rdme" to match the file "readme" +\& \-m = mark the matching files after pressing enter +\& \-M = unmark the matching files after pressing enter +\& \-p = permanent filter: hide non\-matching files after pressing enter +\& \-s = smart case; like \-i unless pattern contains upper case letters +\& \-t = apply filter and search pattern as you type +\& \-v = inverts the match +.Ve +.Sp +Multiple flags can be combined. For example, \*(L":scout \-gpt\*(R" would create +a :filter\-like command using globbing. .IP "search \fIpattern\fR" 2 .IX Item "search pattern" Search files in the current directory that match the given (case insensitive) diff --git a/doc/ranger.pod b/doc/ranger.pod index beaf1030..e418e1ea 100644 --- a/doc/ranger.pod +++ b/doc/ranger.pod @@ -747,6 +747,7 @@ ranger. For your convenience, this is a list of the "public" commands including relink newpath rename newname save_copy_buffer + scout [-FLAGS] pattern search pattern search_inc pattern set option value @@ -944,6 +945,29 @@ will fail. Also try the key binding A for appending something to a file name. Save the copy buffer to I<~/.config/ranger/copy_buffer>. This can be used to pass the list of copied files to another ranger instance. +=item scout [-I...] [--] I + +Swiss army knife command for searching, traveling and filtering files. +The command takes various flags as arguments which can be used to +influence its behaviour: + + -a = automatically open a file on unambiguous match + -e = open the selected file when pressing enter + -f = filter files that match the current search pattern + -g = interpret pattern as a glob pattern + -i = ignore the letter case of the files + -k = keep the console open when changing a directory with the command + -l = letter skipping; e.g. allow "rdme" to match the file "readme" + -m = mark the matching files after pressing enter + -M = unmark the matching files after pressing enter + -p = permanent filter: hide non-matching files after pressing enter + -s = smart case; like -i unless pattern contains upper case letters + -t = apply filter and search pattern as you type + -v = inverts the match + +Multiple flags can be combined. For example, ":scout -gpt" would create +a :filter-like command using globbing. + =item search I Search files in the current directory that match the given (case insensitive) -- cgit 1.4.1-2-gfad0