Hover on dir and connect remote

README.md

@@ -22,35 +22,36 @@
 
 It runs smoothly on the Pi, [Termux](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbaauM7gUJw) (Android), Linux, macOS, BSD, Haiku, Cygwin, WSL, across DEs and GUI utilities or a strictly CLI environment.
 
-Once installed (instructions below), visit the [Wiki](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki).
+## Black magic! :dark_sunglasses:
 
-## Black magic!
+1. Load and filter thousands of files instantly
+2. Turbo navigate with automatic dir selection
+3. Select files from anywhere (not just a single dir)
+4. Run custom commands with custom hotkeys
+5. Edit and preview markdown, man page, html
+6. Open a file and auto-proceed to the next
+7. Export (filtered) list of visible files
+8. Find files by mime-type and list in `nnn`
+9. Write a plugin in any language you know
+10. Configure the middle mouse click to do anything
+11. Fuzzy search subtree and open the dir of a file
+12. Load four dirs with custom settings at once
+13. Show notifications on cp, mv completion
+14. Auto-sync selection to system clipboard
+15. Open text files detached in another pane/tab/window
+16. Create files/dirs/duplicates with parents (like `mkdir -p`)
+17. Toggle hidden with <kbd>.</kbd>, go HOME with <kbd>~</kbd> or to the last dir with <kbd>-</kbd>
+18. Pin a frequently visited dir at runtime
+19. Mount any cloud storage service in a few keypresses
+20. Mount and modify archives
+21. Filter filtered entries
+22. Sort files by access time and inode change time
+23. Access selection from another instance of `nnn`
+24. Compile out features you don't need
+25. Watch matrix text fly or read fortune messages
+26. Configure it in 5 minutes!
 
-1. Turbo navigate with automatic dir selection
+Once installed (instructions below), _**read the fine [manual](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki)**_.
-2. Select files from anywhere (not just a single dir)
-3. Run custom commands with custom hotkeys
-4. Edit and preview markdown, man page, html quickly
-5. Open a file and auto-proceed to the next
-6. Export (filtered) list of files to a text file
-7. Find files by mime-type and list in `nnn`
-8. Write a plugin in any language you know
-9. Configure the middle mouse click to do anything
-10. Fuzzy search subtree and open the directory of a file
-11. Load four dirs with custom settings at once
-12. Show notifications on cp, mv completion
-13. Auto-sync selection to system clipboard
-14. Open text files detached in another pane/tab/window
-15. Create files/dirs/duplicates with parents (like `mkdir -p`)
-16. Toggle hidden with <kbd>.</kbd>, go HOME with <kbd>~</kbd> or to the last dir with <kbd>-</kbd>
-17. Pin a frequently visited directory at runtime
-18. Mount any cloud storage service in few keypresses
-19. Mount and modify archives
-20. Filter filtered entries
-21. Sort files by access time and inode change time
-22. Access selection from another instance of `nnn`
-23. Compile out features you don't need
-24. Watch matrix text flying or read random fortune messages
-25. Configure it in 5 minutes!
 
 ## Features
 

nnn.1

@@ -252,7 +252,13 @@ There are 3 groups of keybinds to add files to selection:
 A selection can be edited, copied, moved, removed, archived or linked.
 .Pp
 Absolute paths of the selected files are copied to \fB.selection\fR file in
-the config directory.
+the config directory. The selection file is shared between multiple program
+instances. The most recent instance writing to the file overwrites the entries
+from earlier writes. If you have 2 instances if
+.Nm
+\fIopen\fR in 2 panes of a terminal multiplexer, you can select in one pane and
+use the selection (e.g. to copy or move) in the other pane (if the instance
+doesn't have any local selection already).
 .Pp
 To edit the selection use the _edit selection_ key. Use this key to remove a
 file from selection after you navigate away from its directory. Editing doesn't

src/nnn.c

@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ static const char * const messages[] = {
 	"overwrite?",
 	"'s'ave / 'l'oad / 'r'estore?",
 	"Quit all contexts?",
-	"remote name: ",
+	"remote name ('-' for hovered): ",
 	"archive name: ",
 	"open with: ",
 	"relative path: ",
@@ -3892,7 +3892,7 @@ static bool archive_mount(char *path, char *newpath)
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
-static bool remote_mount(char *newpath)
+static bool remote_mount(char *newpath, char *currentpath)
 {
 	uchar flag = F_CLI;
 	int opt;
@@ -3928,6 +3928,15 @@ static bool remote_mount(char *newpath)
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 
+	if (tmp[0] == '-' && !tmp[1]) {
+		if (!strcmp(cfgdir, currentpath) && ndents && (dents[cur].flags & DIR_OR_LINK_TO_DIR))
+			xstrlcpy(tmp, dents[cur].name, NAME_MAX + 1);
+		else {
+			printmsg(messages[MSG_FAILED]);
+			return FALSE;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* Create the mount point */
 	mkpath(cfgdir, tmp, newpath);
 	if (!xmktree(newpath, TRUE)) {
@@ -5568,7 +5577,7 @@ nochange:
 					break;
 			} // fallthrough
 		case SEL_REMOTE:
-			if (sel == SEL_REMOTE && !remote_mount(newpath)) {
+			if (sel == SEL_REMOTE && !remote_mount(newpath, path)) {
 				presel = MSGWAIT;
 				goto nochange;
 			}