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Re: [Ranger-users] explorer mode
From: |
Michishige Kaito |
Subject: |
Re: [Ranger-users] explorer mode |
Date: |
Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:16:52 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 09:22:52AM +0100, Eduardo Suarez-Santana wrote:
> On 25/10/12 20:59, Mantas wrote:
> >Or, you can type: 'cd', and enter beginning of word, then type<TAB>
> >to auto-complete, of course, vim's 'wildmenu' auto-complete
> >functionality [1] is missing, but still, maybe this is what you
> >looking for.
> >
> >[1] vim: :h cmdline-completion
> >
> >2012/10/25 Roman Z.<address@hidden>:
> >>On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 11:08:18AM +0100, Eduardo Suarez-Santana wrote:
> >>>Is there a classic explorer mode? That is, I type the first letters
> >>>of the filename and then it gets selected. 'Enter' to go forward,
> >>>'Backspace' to go back.
> >>>
> >>>'f' does something similar, but it's not the same.
> >>>
> >>You can't do that by default. Letters are reserved for keybindings by
> >>design, not for searching by file name. However, you could remap every
> >>letter key like "map a console find a" and then "map<backspace> move
> >>left=1"
> >>and navigate only with special keys like arrow keys, page up/down, etc.
> >>if that's what you want.
> >>
> >>Roman
> Thanks for your answers.
>
> I was expecting something similar to vim modes. In vim you enter
> 'insert mode', and then keybindings do not work until you leave it.
> So that, you would enter 'explorer mode', and then you would browse
> like that until you leave it.
>
> Just an idea.
>
While I see where you are coming from, I would simply use tab
completion in the shell for that.
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