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== Ranger v.1.0.1

Ranger is a filemanager that integrates well into the linux shell and
gives you a quick way of doing operations that would otherwise require
a lot of typing, without starting up a bloated environment.

The program is written in Python since version 1.0.0 and uses
ncurses for the user interface.

== About

* Author:          hut
* Email:           hut@lavabit.com
* Git repo:        http://repo.or.cz/w/ranger.git
* Version:         1.0.1


== Features

* Multi-column display
* Preview of the selected file/directory
* Common file operations (create/chmod/copy/delete/...)
* Quickly find files or text inside files
* VIM-like controls
* Open files in external programs
* Mouse support
* Change directory of shell after exit
* Bookmarks


== Dependencies

* A Unix-like OS        (ranger is not tested on others)
* Python 2.6 or 3.1
* Python curses module


== 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

Now type in ranger to start it.

You should see 4 columns. The third is the directory where you are at
the moment. To the left, there are the the directories above the current
working dir, and the column on the right is a preview of the selected
file/directory.

Now use the arrow keys to navigate, press enter to open a file.

A list of commands with short descriptions can be viewed by
pressing ? inside the program and following the instructions.
The file code/keys.rb contains all keycombinations, so that's another
place you may want to check out.
More extensive documentation will be written when enough users ask me to :)


== Opening files with Ranger

If you use the same applications like me, you'll be able to open
files by pressing the right arrow key. If not, you will have to
specify them in ranger/defaults/apps.py. It's explained
in the docstrings how exactly to do that.

Once you've set up your applications, you can also use ranger to
open files from the shell:
    ranger blabla.pdf


== Guidelines for developers:

Tabs for indentation, spaces for tables and such

Use docstrings with pydoc in mind

Use syntax compatible to both python 2.6 and 3.1. If your feature depends
on 3.1, better display a message that indicates that when using 2.6 instead
of letting the program crash.

Version Numbering: X.Y.Z
* X: milestones
* Y: stable versions
* Z: experimental versions
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ranger v.1.7.2
==============
ranger is a console file manager with VI key bindings.  It provides a
minimalistic and nice curses interface with a view on the directory hierarchy.
It ships with "rifle", a file launcher that is good at automatically finding
out which program to use for what file type.

![screenshot](doc/screenshot.png)

This file describes ranger and how to get it to run.  For instructions on the
usage, please read the man page.  See HACKING.md for development specific
information.  For configuration, check the files in ranger/config/ or copy the
default config to ~/.config/ranger with ranger's --copy-config option.  The
examples/ directory contains several scripts and plugins that demonstrate how
ranger can be extended or combined with other programs.  These files can be
found in the git repository or in /usr/share/doc/ranger.

A note to packagers:  Versions meant for packaging are listed in the changelog
on the website.


About
-----
* Authors:     see "AUTHORS" file
* License:     GNU General Public License Version 3
* Website:     http://ranger.nongnu.org/
* Download:    http://ranger.nongnu.org/ranger-stable.tar.gz
* Bug reports: https://github.com/hut/ranger/issues
* git clone    http://git.sv.gnu.org/r/ranger.git


Design Goals
------------
* An easily maintainable file manager in a high level language
* A quick way to switch directories and browse the file system
* Keep it small but useful, do one thing and do it well
* Console based, with smooth integration into the unix shell


Features
--------
* UTF-8 Support  (if your python copy supports it)
* Multi-column display
* Preview of the selected file/directory
* Common file operations (create/chmod/copy/delete/...)
* Renaming multiple files at once
* VIM-like console and hotkeys
* Automatically determine file types and run them with correct programs
* Change the directory of your shell after exiting ranger
* Tabs, Bookmarks, Mouse support


Dependencies
------------
* Python (tested with version 2.6, 2.7, 3.1-3.5) with the "curses" module
  and (optionally) wide-unicode support.
* A pager ("less" by default)

Optional:

* The "file" program for determining file types
* The python module "chardet", in case of encoding detection problems
* "sudo" to use the "run as root"-feature
* w3m for the "w3mimgdisplay" program to preview images

Optional, for enhanced file previews (with "scope.sh"):

* img2txt (from caca-utils) for ASCII-art image previews
* highlight for syntax highlighting of code
* atool for previews of archives
* lynx, w3m or elinks for previews of html pages
* pdftotext for pdf previews
* transmission-show for viewing bit-torrent information
* mediainfo or exiftool for viewing information about media files


Installing
----------
Use the package manager of your operating system to install ranger.
Note that ranger can be started without installing by simply running ranger.py.

To install ranger manually:

    sudo make install

This translates roughly to:

    sudo python setup.py install --optimize=1 --record=install_log.txt

This also saves a list of all installed files to install_log.txt, which you can
use to uninstall ranger.


Getting Started
---------------
After starting ranger, you can use the Arrow Keys (or hjkl) to navigate, Enter
to open a file or type Q to quit.  The third column shows a preview of the
current file.  The second is the main column and the first shows the parent
directory.

Ranger can automatically copy default configuration files to ~/.config/ranger
if you run it with the switch --copy-config. (see ranger --help for a
description of that switch.)  Also check ranger/config/ for the default
configuration.