voidrice/.config/ranger/luke_ranger_readme.md

Luke's ranger setup

Basic Ranger shortcuts

These are the basic key binds in ranger, even outside of my configs. Note that they are mostly vim-based.

• h/j/k/l -- Move left/down/up/right (where left moves up in the directory structure, right moves into a folder)
• Space -- select/highlight file
• dd -- cut selected files
• yy -- copy/yank selected files
• pp -- paste/move cut/copied files
• / -- search, when (n/N) next/previos result
• zh or CTRL-h -- show hidden files
• Renaming files:
  • cw -- rename file from scratch
  • A -- rename file adding to the end
  • aa -- rename file appending before the extension
  • I -- rename file adding at the beginning

Shortcuts

As I say in the main readme, there are shortcut commands generated for ranger based on what bookmarked directories and files you give it. For directory shortcuts, here are the "verbs":

• g -- "go or cd"
• t -- "new tab"
• m -- "move file"
• Y -- "yank or copy file"

These "verbs" take "nouns" or "arguments," like these:

• d -- "~/Documents"
• D -- "~/Downloads"
• cf -- "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME"
• And many others, including those you add to ~/.bmdirs.

Press any "verb" followed by any "argument" to perform a folder operation. "gd" will cd to ~/Documents, for example. "mD" will move the selected file(s) to ~/Downloads. "tcf" will create a new tab in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME, etc. etc.

Many little additions!

• Basic additions:
  • V -- Make a new file and edit it in vim
  • cW -- rename all selected files, editing in your text editor
  • mkd -- Make a directory/folder
  • sc -- Makes a link/shortcut (ln -sT)
  • D -- delete selected file
  • X -- Extract a zip/rar/tar.gz, whatever. Runs a script that picks the right command for the right archive.
  • Z -- zips a folder up into a .tar.gz archive.
  • CTRL-f -- Fuzzy find a file
  • CTRL-l -- Fuzzy locate a file
• Document manipulation:
  • p1s -- print this file on the default printer, one-sided (lpr)
  • p2s -- print this file on the default printer, double-sided (lpr)
  • MP -- convert to a .pdf with pandoc (I use this to convert markdown, etc.)
  • MX -- compile selected document in XeLaTeX
  • ML -- compile selected document in LaTeX
  • TC -- clear all non-visible TeX build files in this directory
  • Txa -- copy article template to new file
  • Txs -- copy slideshow/beamer template to new file
  • Txh -- copy handout template to new file
• Image commands:
  • bg -- (for i3 users) makes an image your background (assuming i3 is looking at $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/wall.png for your background)
  • bw -- runs Pywal on the selected image, making it your background and generating a color scheme based off of it.
  • C -- rotates an image (requires imagemagick)
  • F -- flips an image (requires imagemagick)
  • TR -- add transparency to image file
• mpd/mpc shortcuts
  • MS -- Start mpd
  • MK -- kill mpd
  • MN -- Start playing selected song/folder now
  • Ma -- Enqueue selected song/folder
  • Mp -- Pause
  • Mn -- Next track
  • Mb -- Previous track
  • Mo -- Restart track
• Audio tagging with eye3D:
  • Ta -- change artist name
  • TA -- change album name
  • Tb -- change album artist
  • Tt -- change title
  • Tn -- change track number
• Downloading:
  • ytv -- Download online video (paste in url) (requires youtube-dl)
  • yta -- Download audio of online video (paste in url) (requires youtube-dl)