Re: [Ranger-users] ranger: any quick key to go to the last modified file?

[Joshua Landau]

On 4 July 2013 05:52, Mantas <address@hidden> wrote:
> Quoting ping (2013-07-03 21:49:15)
>> not sure whywe don't borrow the same g; keyfrom vim? :D
>
> I agree with ping about vim compatibility in key bindings. Maybe it is
> possible to have separate key binding layouts, one compatible with vim,
> other same as is now in ranger.
>
> Vim has been around for very long time, so probably most ranger users
> are more familiar with vim key bindings. Also vim has very good
> documentation for every key binding, so ranger can reuse this excellent
> documentation with minor changes. Vim's key bindings made big influence
> to many other programs, including ranger...

I'm not sure it can. They're very different programs.

> So vim compatibility for key bindings is good thing, but this should not
> stop ranger for introducing other innovative or just different key
> bindings. So my suggestion to have both through key binding layouts.
> Official ranger distribution could include both layouts, with ranger's
> enabled by default, and vim layout can be changed with just one switch:
>
>     :set keybindings=vim

Ranger seems to just splurge on all the keybindings at once. In a way
that's good, but I find it irritating if all the good keys are taken
with duplicates of other things. Hence this idea is actually quite
appealing to me. (For example, I don't use "hjkl" navigation and
they're good keys.)