module Fm def self.get_help() helptext = < To quit: Q or ZZ or or (quickly twice in a row) And always take care of which keys you press. This tool not only makes it easy to access files but also to destroy them. key:s Mouse keys: Left click: Point at specific files. If those files are not in the current directory, you will enter this directory. Left doubleclick: Executes a file in mode 0. CTRL + left double click: Executes a file in mode 1. Right click: Navigates. if clicked inside columns which are above the current directory, you will cd 1 dir up. if clicked inside the preview column, you cd into the selection if it is a folder or run the selection in mode 0 if its a file. # Left click on the adress bar: Go to the pointed directory. key:? Movement: h,j,k,l or arrow-keys Run file or enter dir: l or RIGHT or ENTER Move 1 directory back: h or LEFT or BACKSPACE R: Refresh the view : Reload everything Space: Mark a file. v: Reverse markings. V: Clear markings Bookmark directories with mX and re-enter them with 'X To search, type / or f followed by the text If you use f, the first non-ambiguous match will be entered/run mkdir or touch to create dirs or files move file to ~/.trash: dd delete selection forever: delete copy file: cp or yy cut file: cut paste file: p move/rename: mv or cw key:m R refresh the view completely reloads the file memory k or UP move 1 item up j or DOWN move 1 item down K move half the screen up J move half the screen down PAGE UP move the whole screen up PAGE DOWN move the whole screen down HOME or gg move to the top END or G move to the bottom h or LEFT or BACKSPACE move one directory back l or RIGHT or ENTER enter the directory or run the file. H like h, but if if pwd is on a symlink, you get to the original location key:g m bookmark this directory um un-marks the specified bookmark ' shows an overview of all bookmarks ' re-enter bookmarked directory. TAB equivalent to '' the quote ', backquote ` and the command "go" do the same g0 go to / gu go to /usr/ gm go to /media/ gn go to /mnt/ ge go to /etc/ gs go to /srv/ gh go to ~/ gt go to ~/.trash/ all of this commands, and also quitting the program, will save the old directory at ` so you can re-enter it by typing `` or '' or TAB key:f / Search for a "regular expression" f Like / but enters/runs the first non-ambiguous match F Shows only files which match the regular expression. n or N goes to the next or previous match. if you search for nothing, n goes to the newest file. What is a regular expression: A very flexible way of defining patterns in text. By writing Special characters, you can specify what to search: . matches any character \\d matches any digit \\w matches any letter (ascii) \\s matches any whitespace | either the preceding or next expression may match {m,n} at least m and at most n repetitions of the preceding * zero or more repetitions of the preceding + one or more repetitions of the preceding ? at most one repetition of the preceding ^ or $ the beginning or the end of the string More at: http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/UsersGuide/rg/regexp.html If you're just searching or a simple string, it's usually enough to write it down. To escape the special characters, precede them with a \\ key:l Space: Mark a file. v: Reverse markings V: Clear markings l or RIGHT Enter the directory or run the file in mode 0, flag "a" L Run in a different way: mode 1, no flags rr Run with mode and flags . example: r3adr Default mode: 0, default flags: no flags at all i and I Like l and L but without the flag "a" What are flags: Letters that specify details on how ranger should run the program. Capital letters reverse the function. use as many flags as you want. a Run the selection rather than just the highlighted file t Run in a detached terminal (implies d) d or e Run as a detached process inside the current terminal w Wait for a after execution of the programm What are modes: A number from 0 to infinity that specifies what shell command should be executed, since most file types have different ways to be run. You can set up the commands for each type in the file ranger/data/apps.rb key:c the word "selection" means if you marked something: all marked items and NOT the highlighted item otherwise: the selected item. mkdir creates directory touch creates file cm: chmod. str can be like 777 or rwxr--r-- co:: chown. n is the name, g is the group cmr, cor: chmod and chown recursively yy or cp Memorize selection cut like cp, but move instead of copy if "p" is pressed p Copy memorized files here. o Copy selection to the bookmarked dir (see ?g) use deleteing commands with caution! dd: Move selection to ~/.trash and memorize it's new path (so it can be pasted with p) delete: Remove whole selection with all contents recursively mv: move/rename file to cw: same as mv A: write "cw " to the key buffer key:o t Toggle Option e Edit configuration files S Change Sorting. capital letter for reversed sorting E Edit file s Enter Shell ! Executes command !! Executes command and waits for enter-press afterwards term Runs a detached terminal in the current directory tar Packs the selection into the file pack.tar grep Displays text in files matching block Blocks the program, until you write: stop gf Finds files containing X in their filename - or = decreases or increases audio volume (alsa) key:z One possible use of ranger is navigating quickly to a directory, exit ranger, return to the shell but stay at the location where you left with ranger. To use this feature, you have to start ranger with: . /path/to/ranger The dot and space at the start is important! of course you can create an alias in our ~/.bashrc alias fm='. /path/to/ranger' I use fm (which means filemanager) because it's quick to type and because fm was the working title of ranger in the early days. If you're inside ranger and decide to stay in the original directory after all, you can type tc or quit with ZX END hash = {} current = nil helptext.gsub("\t", " ").each_line do |l| if l =~ /^\s*key:(.*)$/ current = hash[$1] = "" elsif current and l !~ /^#/ current << l end end return hash end HELP = get_help end