Nnn: a great (and fast) file manager

robertmeta · December 30, 2020, 4:20pm

Oh, I forgot nnn which I use literally dozens of times every single day. ,n launches it with connect from kakoune!

duncan · December 30, 2020, 4:22pm

nnn my new favorite terminal fun. thanks again Robert.

duncan · February 29, 2020, 2:29pm

Roberts a modest man so I’ll do the boasting for him.

robertmeta/kakfiles/blob/master/kakrc#L195


                github_url=$(printf "%s/blob/%s/%s#L%s" "${base_url%.git}" "$master_commit" "$relative_path" "${start_line}")
            else
                github_url=$(printf "%s/blob/%s/%s#L%s-L%s" "${base_url%.git}" "$master_commit" "$relative_path" "${start_line}" "${end_line}")
            fi
        fi
        printf "echo -debug %s\n" "$github_url"
        printf "execute-keys -draft '!printf %s $github_url | $kak_opt_system_clipboard_copy<ret>'\n"
        printf "echo -markup %%{{Information}copied canonical GitHub URL to system clipboard}\n"
    }
}
def nnn -params .. -file-completion %(connect-terminal nnn %arg(@)) -docstring "Open with nnn"
def broot -params .. -file-completion %(connect-terminal broot %arg(@)) -docstring "Open with broot"
def findit -params 1 -shell-script-candidates %{ rg --files } %{ edit %arg{1} } -docstring "Uses rg to find file"
def git-edit -params 1 -shell-script-candidates %{ git ls-files } %{ edit %arg{1} } -docstring "Uses git ls-files to find files"
def mkdir %{ nop %sh{ mkdir -p $(dirname $kak_buffile) } } -docstring "Creates the directory up to this file"
def delete-buffers-matching -params 1 %{ evaluate-commands -buffer * %{ evaluate-commands %sh{ case "$kak_buffile" in $1) echo "delete-buffer" esac } } }
def toggle-highlighter -params .. -docstring 'toggle-highlighter <argument>…: toggle an highlighter' %{
    try %{
        addhl window/%arg{@} %arg{@}
        echo -markup {green} %arg{@}
    } catch %{

Thanks.

robertmeta · December 30, 2020, 4:29pm

Also relevant: Nnn integration

todd · December 30, 2020, 10:06pm

nnn is great! The core of the file-manager is written in C, but you extend it with shell-script plugins. For example, a lot of file managers have a preview split built-in, but nnn accomplishes this with a plugin.

This means that nnn is not only one of the fastest file managers, but it’s also one of the easiest to write plugins for because you can use scripts (just like kak)!