Re: [Ranger-users] Ranger GUI change towards MC-like multi pane

[hut]

Forward to what?  The multi-pane view?

That part of the story was actually not a joke, it's implemented and
usable.  Just press ~ in ranger to switch between views.

It's still under development, e.g. the colorscheme shows no indication
which column is the active one.  Give it a try nonetheless :)

On Tue, Apr 05, 2016 at 09:55:34PM +0200, Diederich Hessling wrote:
> Damn, I was so much looking forward to it :-(
> 
> On 04/02/2016 03:18 PM, Italo Cunha wrote:
> >Last year's was more involved.
> >
> >On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 5:52 AM, hut <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> >>Yes, and in the long run I target a merge with the MC project and a
> >>renaming to Midnight Ranger!
> >>
> >>-----
> >>In seriousness, april fools is over, reverted to the old GUI.  Soon
> >>there will be a run-time switch to change the mode on the fly, though.
> >>
> >>On Fri, Apr 01, 2016 at 06:36:56PM -0300, Italo Cunha wrote:
> >>>Looks promising! Is the plan to have the usual MC shell prompt as INSERT
> >>>mode and the usual keybindings as COMMAND mode?
> >>>
> >>>What about built-in commands? Are we going to have a different mode for
> >>>that?
> >>>
> >>>On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 5:07 PM, hut <address@hidden> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Hey there, ranger users.
> >>>>
> >>>>I think the time has come to admit that while ranger's the Miller
> >>Column
> >>>>approach to file browsing may have been an interesting experiment, the
> >>>>one and only, the true way to browse your files is demonstrated by
> >>>>Midnight Commander. The dual pane view.
> >>>>
> >>>>So we have decided to ditch the old GUI and develop a multiple pane
> >>view
> >>>>for ranger!
> >>>>
> >>>>Screenshot: http://hut.pm/ranger-mc.png
> >>>>
> >>>>Just upgrade the ranger-git package and you will experience the rush
> >>and
> >>>>intensity that, uhm, the rest of the world has since 1986 already!
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>How to navigate the panes:
> >>>>
> >>>>1. Create a new tab with Ctrl+n to create a new pane. (Yes, tabs are
> >>now
> >>>>    the same as panes!)
> >>>>2. Tab between them with <TAB>
> >>>>
> >>>>Regards, hut
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> 
>