Ranger Custom Settings

Basic

If you want to custom your ranger,you should do the below changes:

# In your .zshrc
export RANGER_LOAD_DEFAULT_RC=false

# In the console
ranger --copy-config=all

then,you’ll see the default configretion in .config/ranger folder,also the rc.conf

filename	Description
rc.conf	The ranger configuration
rifle.conf	The default application to open a file
scope.sh	Define how to scope a file in ranger
commands.py	Custom the commands in ranger

1

• Tap hjkl can move the cursor
• Tap HJKL can move the cursor to the history action place
• Tap [ ] could get into another folder
• Tap zh or Ctrl+h to turn on/off the hidden files
• Tap o to sort the files with some rules(we can use oa ob,etc…)
• Tap / to search the file in the current folder (We can custom + - to jump to the next result)
• Tap Shift+s to get into a cursor file
• Tap yp to copy the filepath to the clipboard
• Tap cw to rename the file
• Tap yy to copy a file
• Tap pp to paste a copied file
• Tap dd to cut a file
• Tap dD to delete a file
• Tap w to get the task board(And tap dd can cancel a task)
• Tap v to select all the files in the current folder

Plugins

You can get the plugins on ranger’s official GitHub page: Ranger Plugins

ranger-devicons2

This plugin can add some cool icons for the different folders or files

• You need to install the Nerd-fonts .

git clone https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts.git
cd ./nerd-fonts
./install.sh

• You should change the iterm2(or another console applications) fonts.

• You should append these lines to the rc.conf file

default_linemode devicons2

Finally,you’ll get the dope icons