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@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Cool things you can do with `nnn`: - lock the current terminal after a specified idle time - change directory on exit -If you want to edit a file in vim with some soothing music in the background while referring to a spec in your GUI PDF viewer, `nnn` got it! [Quickstart](#quickstart) and see how `nnn` simplifies those long desktop sessions... +If you want to edit a file in vi with some soothing music in the background while referring to a spec in your GUI PDF viewer, `nnn` got it! [Quickstart](#quickstart) and see how `nnn` simplifies those long desktop sessions... Have fun with it! PRs are welcome. Check out [#1](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/issues/1). @@ -294,7 +294,18 @@ The following abbreviations are used in the detail view: #### File handling -- `nnn` uses `xdg-open` on Linux and `open(1)` on OS X as the desktop opener. +| External dependency | Operation | +| --- | --- | +| xdg-open (Linux), open(1) (OS X) | desktop opener | +| mediainfo, exiftool | multimedia file details | +| gnome-search-tool, catfish | desktop search utility | +| atool | list and extract archives | +| vidir from moreutils | batch rename, move, delete dir entries | +| vlock (Linux) | terminal locker | +| $EDITOR | edit files (fallback vi) | +| $PAGER | page through files (fallback less) | +| $SHELL | spawn a shell in dir (fallback sh) | + - To edit all text files in EDITOR (preferably CLI, fallback vi): export NNN_USE_EDITOR=1 @@ -302,9 +313,6 @@ The following abbreviations are used in the detail view: export NNN_DE_FILE_MANAGER=thunar export NNN_DE_FILE_MANAGER=nautilus -- [mediainfo](https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo) (or [exiftool](https://sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/), if specified) is required to view media information -- [atool](http://www.nongnu.org/atool/) is required to list and extract archives -- vidir from [moreutils](https://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/) is used to batch rename entries in current directory #### Help |