Re: [Ranger-users] ranger not usable in my environment anymore

[Roman Z.]

Ah.  Apologies for breaking old config files, but I felt this was
necessary.  I think I announced it in a previous mail though:
I replaced the concept of "console modes" with plain and simple commands.

In your case, simply replace
>     map('<F8>', fm.open_console(cmode.COMMAND, 'delete y'))
with:
>     map('<F8>', fm.open_console('delete y'))


If you got any open_console()s or execute_console()s using other
cmodes, here's a list of old->new translations:

open_console(cmode.OPEN, "firefox")
is now:
open_console("shell firefox")

open_console(cmode.OPEN, "p!diff %s")
is now:
open_console("shell -p diff %s")

open_console(cmode.OPEN, "@mount")
is now:
open_console("shell mount %s")
Note: the "@" has no direct translation, but appending " %s" does the same

open_console(cmode.OPEN_QUICK, "mplayer")
is now:
open_console("open_with mplayer")

open_console(cmode.SEARCH, "sometext")
is now:
open_console("search sometext")

open_console(cmode.COMMAND_QUICK, "find foo")
is now:
open_console("find foo")


As you see, every line got shorter and less weird.

It just slightly bothers me that pressing "/" doesn't present you with
the usual vim like "/" prompt anymore.  Maybe I'm going to visually
simulate it, maybe I'll simply leave it like this.

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 12:03:51PM +0530, Sitaram Chamarty wrote:
> ok first -- apologies...  I still have a problem but not as big as I thought.
> 
> 2 things conspired.  One is the INSTALL doc no longer actually *says*
> you can run it standalone, which I assumed was bad.
> 
> Second, I moved my config over very carefully before I tried it.
> 
> After sending off that email I tried by removing my config, and it worked.
> 
> It seems it is barfing on this line in my ~/.config/ranger/keys.py
> (which used to be ~/.ranger/keys.py before this but I don't suppose
> that makes a difference):
> 
>     map('<F8>', fm.open_console(cmode.COMMAND, 'delete y'))
> 
> It complains thus:
> 
>     NameError: name 'cmode' is not defined
> 
> So... not an earth shaking problem, but useful for me to have.
> 
> apologies for the false alarm again!
> 
> sitaram
> 
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Roman Z. <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:00:16AM +0530, Sitaram Chamarty wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have a rather unique "environment".  I carry around all my essential
> >> software in a single directory because I often have to work on strange
> >> machines where I don't want to/can't install stuff.
> >>
> >> Till recently, ranger's "you dont have to install anything" used to
> >> work great for me.  I'd just set PYTHONPATH to the right place and off
> >> I'd go.
> >>
> >> Now even the good old standby doesn't work, and this is apparently by 
> >> design.
> >>
> >> I'm not a python programmer, and I do not know how to "fake out" an
> >> install to get things working.
> >>
> >> Can someone help me?  If my use case is not clear I'd be glad to
> >> explain in more detail.  Just don't tell me to "install it".  That is
> >> not an option, and honestly, in a standalone program like this with
> >> its own libraries, as long as the requisite ncurses etc are present,
> >> it *ought* to be able to work in standalone "do not touch the rest of
> >> the system dammit" mode.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> --
> >> Sitaram
> >>
> >
> > Hmm, it should work as a standalone app, just by running ./ranger.py,
> > so, explain in detail please :)
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Sitaram