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ranger-cheatsheet.md

Ranger Cheatsheet

General

Shortcut Description
ranger Start Ranger
Q Quit Ranger
R Reload current directory
? Ranger Manpages / Shortcuts

Movement

Shortcut Description
k up
j down
h parent directory
l subdirectory
gg go to top of list
G go t bottom of list
J half page down
K half page up
H History Back
L History Forward
~ Switch the view

File Operations

Shortcut Description
<Enter> Open
r open file with
z toggle settings
o change sort order
zh view hidden files
cw rename current file
yy yank / copy
dd cut
pp paste
/ search for files :search
n next match
N prev match
<delete> Delete

Commands

Shortcut Description
: Execute Range Command
! Execute Shell Command
chmod Change file Permissions
du Disk Usage Current Directory
S Run the terminal in your current ranger window (exit to go back to ranger)

Tabs

Shortcut Description
C-n Create new tab
C-w Close current tab
tab Next tab
shift + tab Previous tab
alt + [n] goto / create [n] tab

File substituting

Shortcut Description
%f Substitute highlighted file
%d Substitute current directory
%s Substitute currently selected files
%t Substitute currently tagged files

Example for substitution

:bulkrename %s

Marker

Shortcut Description
m + <letter> Create Marker
um + <letter> Delete Marker
' + <letter> Go to Marker
t tag a file with an *
t"<any> tag a file with your desired mark

thx to the comments section for additional shortcuts! post your suggestions there!

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spacemacs-cheatsheet.md

General

Shortcut Description
SPC f e d Open Configuration
SPC f e R Reload Configuration
SPC SPC Search Emacs
SPC h SPC Search Spacemacs Layer
SPC f s Save Buffer
SPC q q Quit Emacs w/ Prompt
SPC q Q Quit Emacs w/o Prompt
SPC f t Toggle NeoTree
SPC TAB Switch window to previous buffer
SPC ? Search for Keybinding

Window Management SPC w

Shortcut Description
SPC w / Vertical Split Window
SPC w - Horizontal Split Window
SPC w d Delete Window
SPC w 2 Layout Double Columns
SPC w 3 Layout Triple Columns
SPC w h/j/k/l Window Navigation
SPC w = Balance Windows
SPC w m toggle maximize window

File Management SPC f

Shortcut Description
SPC f s Save buffer
SPC f S Save all open buffer
SPC f f Find file
SPC f t Show NeoTree Fileexplorer
SPC f R Rename current buffer

Buffer Management SPC b

Shortcut Description
SPC b b list open buffer; show actions with CTRL z
SPC b d kill current buffer
SPC b p previous buffer
SPC b n next buffer

Project Management SPC p

Shortcut Description
SPC p p Search Projects
SPC p f Search in Project
SPC p h Search in Project and open buffers

Helm Lists

Shortcut Description
CTRL k Down
CTRL j Up
CTRL h parent folder (in file view)
CTRL SPC Mark File
CTRL z Open action menu

Web Mode

see: https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/tree/master/layers/%2Blang/html

General

Shortcut Description
SPC m g p quickly navigate CSS rules using helm
SPC m e h highlight DOM errors
SPC m g b go to the beginning of current element
SPC m g c go to the first child element
SPC m g p go to the parent element
SPC m g s go to next sibling
SPC m h p show xpath of the current element
SPC m r c clone the current element
SPC m r d delete the current element (does not delete the children)
SPC m r r rename current element
SPC m r w wrap current element
SPC m z fold/unfold current element
% evil-matchit keybinding to jump to closing tag
SPC m . Transient state with further actions

Javascript

see: https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/tree/master/layers/%2Blang/javascript

JS Refactoring

Shortcut Description
SPC m w toggle js2-mode warnings and errors
SPC m r 3 i converts ternary operator to if-statement
SPC m r c a converts a multiline array to one line
SPC m r e a converts a one line array to multiline
SPC m r c o converts a multiline object literal to one line
SPC m r e o converts a one line object literal to multiline
SPC m r l t adds a console.log statement for what is at point (or region)
SPC m r s s splits a string
SPC m x m j move line down, while keeping commas correctly placed
SPC m x m k move line up, while keeping commas correctly placed

Tern

Shortcut Description
SPC m C-g brings you back to last place you were when you pressed M-..
SPC m g g jump to the definition of the thing under the cursor
SPC m g G jump to definition for the given name
SPC m h d find docs of the thing under the cursor. Press again to open the associated URL (if any)
SPC m h t find the type of the thing under the cursor
SPC m r r V rename variable under the cursor using tern

JS Doc

Shortcut Description
SPC m r d b insert JSDoc comment for current file
SPC m r d f insert JSDoc comment for function
SPC m r d t insert tag to comment
SPC m r d h show list of available jsdoc tags

GIT

Shortcut Description
SPC g s open a magit status window
SPC g S stage current file
SPC g M display the last commit message of the current line in popup
SPC g t launch the git time machine
SPC g U unstage current file
SPC m g f U show commits from current file

Org Mode

... someday

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