Your inputs for a cookbook

[Canop]

There seems to be the need for a list of recipes, including

• some hotkey sets, for example vi or emacs related
• some alternate openers
• some very special installations
• some skins
• some tricks, or non obvious uses of broot
• etc.

Please share what, in your opinion, could be included in there.

Answer with either a recipe, part of a recipe, or a need for some specific one.

[briangordon]

I'm a big fan of

[[verbs]]
key = "left"
execution = ":parent"

[[verbs]]
key = "right"
execution = ":focus"

[kakulukia]

This should be a default!

[Canop]

@kakulukia the reason why it's hard to make it a default:

• vim-like addicted users are very able to tune the config if we provide them a cookbook
• normal human beings would be annoyed not being able to use the arrows when editing the input

[kakulukia]

hmmm .. agreed .. good point .. what about using arrow keys for editing as long as there is something to edit and use em for navigation if otherwise? even right arrow to view file?

I will definitely watch this project as it might replace three tools im currently using: ncdu, nnn, fd
Well done!

BUT: br > edit file in vim > use :q to quit vim > also closing broot 😭

[Canop]

I need also to give hints at how to do the br configuration by hand for very specific configurations.

broot --set-install-state refused --print-shell-function fish > ~/sea/br.fish

[chiefjester]

@Canop similar to @kakulukia reply. I've set Enter as the default of editing it via vim/neovim. It would be cool that if I quit it I go back to broot and traverse from there. Or maybe even better is a broot plugin for vim/neovim? like how netrw is integrated via vim vinegar?

Anyway here's what I've added so far:

[[verbs]]
key = "alt-j"
execution = ":line_down"

[[verbs]]
key = "alt-k"
execution = ":line_up"

[[verbs]]
invocation = "edit"
key = "enter"
execution = "$EDITOR {file}"

[Canop]

I note this one: overloading rm for your prefered file removal command.
#136 (comment)

[savchenko]

. It would be cool that if I quit it I go back to broot and traverse from there

This is pretty much what ranger does by default.

[E3D3]

I like to have the PS1 prompt indicating when the shell is invoked by broot.

For this I have added to the br function in the launcher script as first line:
export BROOT_ACTIVE=true
and as last line, after the default content of the function:
export BROOT_ACTIVE=

In my .bashrc I have added after my normal prompt settings:
if test -n "$BROOT_ACTIVE"; then PS1="${PS1} (in broot) "; export PS1; fi

With this (in broot) is added to the PS1 prompt when the shell is invoked with broot.

[Canop]

Oh that's cool

[E3D3]

Thank you, but broot is much cooler. Thank you much for sharing this wonderfull program.