My ranger configuration is not very special. I like to use ranger to quickly naviagte around and edit files. Also, I have defined a couple of bindings that allow me to move directly to the wallpapers folder, change the current wallpaper with feh and change the current wallpaper and generate a new theme with pywal. For example, the following moves me directly to the wallpapers folder when I press gw:
map gw cd ~/.dotfiles/assets/wallpaper
Then, I can select a wallpaper and I can either use bg to set as background or bw to set as background, generate a new palette and apply the theme.
map bg shell cp %f ~/Pictures/wallpaper.jpg && feh --bg-fil ~/Pictures/wallpaper.jpg
map bw shell cp %f ~/Pictures/wallpaper.jpg && ~/.local/bin/wal -c && ~/.local/bin/wal -a 85 -i ~/Pictures/wallpaper.jpg
Additionally, I use a script to launch a new instance of ranger inside a kitty terminal with a specific working directory:
#!/bin/bash
# ranger-term
EDITOR=nvim && kitty ranger "$1"Whenever I need a new instance of ranger, I use the script. For example, I bind $sup+f to a new ranger-in-kitty starting at the working directory of the currently focused window in my i3 configuration:
bindsym $sup+f exec ~/.dotfiles/bin/ranger-term "`$HOME/.dotfiles/bin/xcwd`"
Or I use ranger for displaying the mounted volumes from the udiskie tray icon, starting udiskie in this manner:
exec --no-startup-id udiskie -f "/home/tsagrista/.dotfiles/bin/ranger-term" --tray