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cmlr

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Re: Ranger, a textbased filemanager

Try "firefox d". In the apps.py, add c.flags += 'd' before the return [...]

I have more bookmarks than there's room for in the popup box.  We should be able to adjust the size of the box in options.py.

I don't understand why you'd want to change the size of the box. You want to make it smaller? Then even less bookmarks will fit.

"firefox d" works perfectly, thanks.

Make the box smaller?!?   For me the box only has 6 lines, so it doesn't hold all my bookmarks.

hut

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Re: Ranger, a textbased filemanager

For me, the bookmark box uses all the available space, starting at line 1, ending at line <lastline> - 2.

Note that bookmarks containing dotfiles are not displayed.

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cmlr

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Re: Ranger, a textbased filemanager

For me, the bookmark box uses all the available space, starting at line 1, ending at line <lastline> - 2.

Note that bookmarks containing dotfiles are not displayed.

You're right, it's exactly the dotfiles and dotdirectories that aren't displayed.  But shouldn't they be displayed?  The purpose of the box is to remind users of their bookmarks.

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hut

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Re: Ranger, a textbased filemanager

For me, the bookmark box uses all the available space, starting at line 1, ending at line <lastline> - 2.

Note that bookmarks containing dotfiles are not displayed.

You're right, it's exactly the dotfiles and dotdirectories that aren't displayed.  But shouldn't they be displayed?  The purpose of the box is to remind users of their bookmarks.

Update ranger

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cmlr

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Re: Ranger, a textbased filemanager

You're right, it's exactly the dotfiles and dotdirectories that aren't displayed.  But shouldn't they be displayed?  The purpose of the box is to remind users of their bookmarks.

Update ranger

Great work!  Ranger will sweep away the other file managers.

cmlr

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Re: Ranger, a textbased filemanager

One more request:  commands.py is part of /usr/share/ranger/ranger/defaults/, but when you put your own version in ~/.ranger/, it isn't read by the program.  Can you change that?

cmlr

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Re: Ranger, a textbased filemanager

I started a ArchWiki entry for Ranger at
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ranger
Needless to say, other people who know more than I do should modify it as they see fit.

hut

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Re: Ranger, a textbased filemanager

Nice, thank you.
I'll help you a bit with it later. I noticed something weird though, what's that link to the website? ^^

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yvonney

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Re: Ranger, a textbased filemanager

woohoo! thank you everyone.... GREAT tips all over here and there.

I started a ArchWiki entry for Ranger at
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ranger

I discovered RANGER during the week I heard back from the vifm dev who
told-of/confirmed that my text files not showing up in vifm was likely a
unicode thing he would be getting to sorting at some point. [paraphrased]
just checked vifm devs comment and the issue causing
':view' to not display certain text files content is:
code that prints out the file to use the wide character functions.

Really appreciated him explaining, as i was very puzzled that many of
my text files just didn't show up in vifm. True to the necessity thing,
Finding RANGER occured.

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cmlr

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Re: Ranger, a textbased filemanager

Nice, thank you.
I'll help you a bit with it later. I noticed something weird though, what's that link to the website? ^^

What's wrong with the link?

I noticed one bug, Ranger shows directories which are symbolic links as being empty.  It reads files which are symbolic links OK.

hut

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Re: Ranger, a textbased filemanager

Nice, thank you.
I'll help you a bit with it later. I noticed something weird though, what's that link to the website? ^^

What's wrong with the link?

I noticed one bug, Ranger shows directories which are symbolic links as being empty.  It reads files which are symbolic links OK.

Oops. I'll look into that.

The link... points to PCManFMs, not to Rangers website =P I fixed it though

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cmlr

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Re: Ranger, a textbased filemanager

In keys.py, the keybinding for "E" is defined twice, on lines 114 and 311.

hut

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Re: Ranger, a textbased filemanager

Nice, thank you.
I'll help you a bit with it later. I noticed something weird though, what's that link to the website? ^^

I noticed one bug, Ranger shows directories which are symbolic links as being empty.  It reads files which are symbolic links OK.

Fixed.

In keys.py, the keybinding for "E" is defined twice, on lines 114 and 311.

Yes, for a reason. Look again =P

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litemotiv

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Re: Ranger, a textbased filemanager

when i use ranger inside tmux it's window title is set to 'python' rather than 'ranger', is this something that could be overriden?

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Re: Ranger, a textbased filemanager

I started a ArchWiki entry for Ranger at
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ranger
Needless to say, other people who know more than I do should modify it as they see fit.

nice work cmlr, i'm not sure about the comparison to vifm though; most people don't know vifm and after all it's a page about ranger..

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hut

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Re: Ranger, a textbased filemanager

when i use ranger inside tmux it's window title is set to 'python' rather than 'ranger', is this something that could be overriden?

I can't think of a clean way... the dirty way would be:

ln -s /usr/bin/python /some_hidden_dir/ranger
echo 'alias ranger="/some_hidden_dir/ranger /usr/bin/ranger"' >> ~/.zshrc

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cmlr

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Re: Ranger, a textbased filemanager

I started a ArchWiki entry for Ranger at
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ranger
Needless to say, other people who know more than I do should modify it as they see fit.

nice work cmlr, i'm not sure about the comparison to vifm though; most people don't know vifm and after all it's a page about ranger..

OK, de-emphasized Vifm.

eyolf

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Re: Ranger, a textbased filemanager

Two requests:

1. Change default sort order for sort by size to descending. I don't think I've ever wanted to see the smallest files in a directory first. I know, I can just do oS instead of os, but it's annoying all the same.

2. About tabs: would it be possible to replace the plain numbers with the directory name or (a shortened version of) the path?

hut

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Re: Ranger, a textbased filemanager

1. Change default sort order for sort by size to descending. I don't think I've ever wanted to see the smallest files in a directory first. I know, I can just do oS instead of os, but it's annoying all the same.

Good idea.

2. About tabs: would it be possible to replace the plain numbers with the directory name or (a shortened version of) the path?

The last time I tried that, something got messed up. But I'll look into that again.

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JohannesSM64

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Re: Ranger, a textbased filemanager

when i use ranger inside tmux it's window title is set to 'python' rather than 'ranger', is this something that could be overriden?

tmux window name, not window title tmux (with the default automatic window renaming behavior) shows the name of the running process as the window name. Ranger is a python script, so tmux will set the window name to python. "window title" is a separate concept.

hut

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Re: Ranger, a textbased filemanager

I'll merge "devel" into the "master" branch now. I was using it for a while and noticed no bugs, help me to confirm that!

With this update, a couple of things will change:
1. The previous warnings about backwards compatibility are now errors.
2. The keys.py is redesigned and backwards incompatible. (Everything else in ~/.ranger/ is still compatible)
3. The ~/.ranger/commands.py is now used as well
4. Most config files are now "overlayed". You don't have to copy everything, just specify the changes.
This is how the options.py worked all the time, it is now also true for commands.py and keys.py.
To have this feature in apps.py, use subclassing as explained in the documentation.
5. Alt keys work, <A-X>
6. Random internal changes, check git if you're interested

If you don't like the changes, there is still the "stable" branch for you to fall back on

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cmlr

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Re: Ranger, a textbased filemanager

Here are a couple of bugs:

1.  When entering a command with ":", <Control>-C should cancel, but it doesn't.
2.  To launch a file, "l" works but <Enter> doesn't.

Update:  Ah, fixed.  Thanks for the quick work. 

Last edited by cmlr (2010-04-18 18:05:33)

Giselher

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Re: Ranger, a textbased filemanager

Wohoo ranger works in hurd.

Maybe we make ranger the default file manager X)

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eyolf

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Re: Ranger, a textbased filemanager

I have a problem with the local customization files. ~/.ranger/options.py is not read. I've tried both methods -- overlay of only changed options and a full copy of /usr/share/ranger/ranger/defaults/options.py -- but none of them work. I've moved my old ~/.ranger folder out of the way, and I am working from a fresh install from git.
bookmarks are read, though.

hut

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Re: Ranger, a textbased filemanager

I have a problem with the local customization files. ~/.ranger/options.py is not read. I've tried both methods -- overlay of only changed options and a full copy of /usr/share/ranger/ranger/defaults/options.py -- but none of them work. I've moved my old ~/.ranger folder out of the way, and I am working from a fresh install from git.
bookmarks are read, though.

Fixed

Wohoo ranger works in hurd.

Maybe we make ranger the default file manager X)

For the freedom!

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