lf/docstring.go
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// DO NOT EDIT! (AUTO-GENERATED)
package main
var genDocString = `lf is a terminal file manager.
Source code can be found in the repository at
https://github.com/gokcehan/lf.
This documentation can either be read from terminal using "lf -doc" or
online at https://godoc.org/github.com/gokcehan/lf.
Reference
The following commands and default keybindings are provided by lf.
up (default "k" and "<up>")
half-up (default "<c-u>")
page-up (default "<c-b>")
down (default "j" and "<down>")
half-down (default "<c-d>")
page-down (default "<c-f>")
updir (default "h" and "<left>")
open (default "l" and "<right>")
quit (default "q")
bot (default "G")
top (default "gg")
read (default ":")
read-shell (default "$")
read-shell-wait (default "!")
read-shell-async (default "&")
search (default "/")
search-back (default "?")
toggle (default "<space>")
yank (default "y")
delete (default "d")
paste (default "p")
renew (default "<c-l>")
The following options can be used to customize the behavior of lf.
hidden bool (default off)
preview bool (default on)
scrolloff int (default 0)
tabstop int (default 8)
ifs string (default "") (not exported if empty)
shell string (default "$SHELL")
showinfo string (default "none")
sortby string (default "name")
ratios string (default "1:2:3")
The following variables are exported for shell commands.
$f current file
$fs marked file(s) separated with ':'
$fx current file or marked file(s) if any
The configuration file should either be located in
"$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lf/lfrc" or "~/.config/lf/lfrc". A sample configuration
file can be found at
https://github.com/gokcehan/lf/blob/master/etc/lfrc.example.
Prefixes
The following command prefixes are used by lf:
: read (default)
$ read-shell
! read-shell-wait
& read-shell-async
/ search
? search-back
The same evaluator is used for the command line and the configuration file.
The difference is that prefixes are not necessary in the command line.
Instead different modes are provided to read corresponding commands. Note
that by default these modes are mapped to the prefix keys above.
Syntax
Characters from "#" to the line end are comments and ignored.
There are three special commands for configuration.
"set" is used to set an option which could be (1) bool (e.g. "set hidden",
"set nohidden", "set hidden!") (2) int (e.g. "set scrolloff 10") (3) string
(e.g. "set sortby time").
"map" is used to bind a key to a command which could be (1) built-in command
(e.g. "map gh cd ~") (2) custom command (e.g. "map D trash") (3) shell
command (e.g. "map i $less "$f"", "map u !du -h . | less"). You can delete
an existing binding by leaving the expression empty (e.g. "map gh").
"cmd" is used to define a custom command or delete an existing command by
leaving the expression empty (e.g. "cmd trash").
If there is no prefix then ":" is assumed. An explicit ":" could be provided
to group statements until a "
" occurs. This is especially useful for "map"
and "cmd" commands. If you need multiline you can wrap statements in "{{"
and "}}" after the proper prefix.
Yank/Delete/Paste
lf uses the underlying "cp" and "mv" shell commands for file operations. For
this purpose, when you "yank" (i.e. copy) a file, it doesn't actually copy
the file on the disk, but only records its name to memory. The actual file
operation takes place when you do the "paste" in which case the "cp" command
is used. Similarly the "mv" command is used for "delete" (i.e. cut or kill)
followed by "paste". These traditional names (e.g. "yank" and "delete") are
picked instead of the other common convention (e.g. copy and cut) to
resemble the default keybinds for these operations.
Custom Commands
To wrap up let us write a shell command to move selected file(s) to trash.
A first attempt to write such a command may look like this:
cmd trash ${{
mkdir -p ~/.trash
if [ -z $fs ]; then
mv --backup=numbered "$f" $HOME/.trash
else
IFS=':'; mv --backup=numbered $fs $HOME/.trash
fi
}}
We check "$fs" to see if there are any marked files. Otherwise we just
delete the current file. Since this is such a common pattern, a separate
"$fx" variable is provided. We can use this variable to get rid of the
conditional.
cmd trash ${{
mkdir -p ~/.trash
IFS=':'; mv --backup=numbered $fx $HOME/.trash
}}
The trash directory is checked each time the command is executed. We can
move it outside of the command so it would only run once at startup.
${{ mkdir -p ~/.trash }}
cmd trash ${{ IFS=':'; mv --backup=numbered $fx $HOME/.trash }}
Since these are one liners, we can drop "{{" and "}}".
$mkdir -p ~/.trash
cmd trash $IFS=':'; mv --backup=numbered $fx $HOME/.trash
Finally note that we set "IFS" variable accordingly in the command. Instead
we could use the "ifs" option to set it for all commands (e.g. "set ifs
':'"). This could be especially useful for interactive use (e.g. "rm $fs"
would simply work). This option is not set by default as things may behave
unexpectedly at other places.
Opening Files
You can use "open-file" command to open a file. This is a special command
called by "open" when the current file is not a directory. Normally a user
maps the "open" command to a key (default "l") and customize "open-file"
command as desired. You can define it just as you would define any other
command.
cmd open-file $IFS=':'; vim $fx
It is possible to use different command types.
cmd open-file &xdg-open "$f"
You may want to use either file extensions or mime types with "file".
cmd open-file ${{
case $(file --mime-type "$f" -b) in
text/*) IFS=':'; vim $fx;;
*) IFS=':'; for f in $fx; do xdg-open "$f" &> /dev/null & done;;
esac
}}
lf does not come bundled with a file opener. You can use any of the existing
file openers as you like. Possible options are "open" (for Mac OS X only),
"xdg-utils" (executable name is "xdg-open"), "libfile-mimeinfo-perl"
(executable name is "mimeopen"), "rifle" (ranger's default file opener), or
"mimeo" to name a few.`