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| author | Přemysl Eric Janouch <p@janouch.name> | 2020-09-28 21:18:08 +0200 |
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| committer | Přemysl Eric Janouch <p@janouch.name> | 2020-09-28 21:26:33 +0200 |
| commit | 9a2f6ab5cfcea44eeae0689b8c3c4c1d452156c0 (patch) | |
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README.adoc: talk about view and edit helpers
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diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc index 3e713af..e49cbce 100644 --- a/README.adoc +++ b/README.adoc @@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ bind -x '"\201": sdn-restore' bind '"\eo":"\200\C-m\201"' .... -Colors ------- +Colours +------- Here is an example of a '~/.config/sdn/look' file; the format is similar to -that of git, only named colors aren't supported: +that of git, only named colours aren't supported: .... cursor 231 202 @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ cwd bold input .... -Filename colors are taken from the `LS_COLORS` environment variable. +Filename colours are taken from the `LS_COLORS` environment variable. Run `dircolors` to get some defaults. Bindings @@ -115,6 +115,20 @@ normal l choose normal ? help .... +Helper programs +--------------- +The F3 and F4 keys are normally bound to actions 'view' and 'edit', similarly to +Norton Commander and other orthodox file managers. The helper programs used +here may be changed by setting the PAGER and VISUAL (or EDITOR) environment +variables. + +While it is mostly possible to get 'mcview' working using an invocation like +`PAGER='mcview -u' sdn`, beware that this helper cannot read files from its +standard input, nor does it enable overstrike processing by default (F9, could +be hacked around in 'mc.ext' by turning on the `nroff` switch for a custom file +extension, just without actually invoking 'nroff'), and thus it can't show the +program help. 'sdn' is currently optimised for 'less' as the pager. + Similar software ---------------- * https://elvish.io/ is an entire shell with an integrated ranger-like file |