nnn/plugins
0xACE 262c94f696 Check for alternative name for drag/drop exec (#354)
KDE dragon player collides with the name of the drag/drop dependency. On
archlinux the binary is renamed to `dragon-drag-and-drop`.

This change tries `dragon-drag-and-drop` before defaulting to `dragon`.
2019-10-13 00:48:50 +05:30
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boom Fix plugin boom, make customizable 2019-08-25 06:17:05 +05:30
checksum Fix #328 2019-08-23 21:43:32 +05:30
drag-file Check for alternative name for drag/drop exec (#354) 2019-10-13 00:48:50 +05:30
drop-file Check for alternative name for drag/drop exec (#354) 2019-10-13 00:48:50 +05:30
dups Plugin dups: find duplicate files in dir 2019-08-24 21:23:52 +05:30
fzy-open Suppress permission denied messages 2019-10-04 20:46:57 +05:30
getplugs Add command to download plugins 2019-09-27 21:13:01 +05:30
hexview Fix hex viewer 2019-07-21 13:50:46 +05:30
imgresize Plugins! 2019-04-18 20:32:53 +05:30
imgur Plugin dups: find duplicate files in dir 2019-08-24 21:23:52 +05:30
ipinfo ipinfo shows external IP address 2019-05-24 23:14:19 +05:30
kdeconnect Fix #288 2019-06-20 19:17:00 +05:30
mediainf Implement mediainfo as a plugin 2019-08-28 00:02:33 +05:30
moclyrics Update plugin docs 2019-08-15 11:11:23 +05:30
mocplay mocplay: confirm working with selection 2019-09-16 23:35:43 +05:30
ndiff ndiff: direction to get rid of vim warning 2019-08-14 01:38:30 +05:30
nmount Supprt exit on 'q' 2019-06-10 19:47:00 +05:30
notes Add plugin to take quick notes 2019-09-26 19:56:43 +05:30
nwal Plugins! 2019-04-18 20:32:53 +05:30
oldbigfile Plugin oldbigfile: find large files by access time 2019-08-30 20:01:13 +05:30
organize Plugin organize 2019-08-19 23:01:41 +05:30
pastebin Use ix.io paste service 2019-10-04 18:45:21 +05:30
pdfview Update plugins, add mutool to view PDF 2019-06-01 00:34:07 +05:30
picker Plugins! 2019-04-18 20:32:53 +05:30
pywal Plugins! 2019-04-18 20:32:53 +05:30
readit Add text2speech plugin 2019-06-23 01:43:52 +05:30
README.md Added 2 plugins for drag and drop support (#352) 2019-10-12 07:55:30 +05:30
ringtone Small ringtone plugin fixes 2019-06-27 03:38:02 +02:00
splitjoin Add an mp3 ringtone generator 2019-06-21 22:36:34 +05:30
sxiv Plugins! 2019-04-18 20:32:53 +05:30
thumb Show image thumbnails with lsix 2019-07-12 00:16:07 +05:30
transfer Plugins! 2019-04-18 20:32:53 +05:30
uidgid Group dirs on top 2019-10-03 02:24:08 +05:30
upgrade Add command to download plugins 2019-09-27 21:13:01 +05:30
vidthumb Plugin vidthumb 2019-08-15 10:06:41 +05:30
viuimg Update plugin viuimg 2019-10-01 07:35:54 +05:30

nnn plugins

image preview with plugin thumb

Plugins extend the capabilities of nnn. They are scripts which nnn can communicate with and trigger. This mechanism fits perfectly with the fundamental design to keep the core file manager lean and fast, by delegating repetitive (but not necessarily file manager-specific) tasks to the plugins.

The currently available plugins are listed below.

Plugin (a-z) Lang Deps Description
boom sh moc Play random music from dir
dups sh find, md5sum,
sort uniq xargs
List non-empty duplicate files in current dir
checksum sh md5sum,
sha256sum
Create and verify checksums
drag-file sh dragon Drag and drop files from nnn
drop-file sh dragon Drag and drop files into nnn
fzy-open sh fzy, xdg-open Fuzzy find a file in dir subtree and edit or xdg-open
getplugs sh curl Update plugins
hexview sh xxd View a file in hex in $PAGER
imgresize sh imgp Resize images in dir to screen resolution
imgur bash - Upload an image to imgur (from imgur-screenshot)
ipinfo sh curl, whois Fetch external IP address and whois information
kdeconnect sh kdeconnect-cli Send selected files to an Android device
mediainf sh mediainfo Show media information
moclyrics sh ddgr, moc Show lyrics of the track playing in moc
mocplay sh moc Appends (and plays, see script) selection/dir/file in moc
ndiff sh vimdiff Diff for selection (limited to 2 for directories)
nmount sh pmount, udisks2 Toggle mount status of a device as normal user
notes sh - Open a quick notes file/dir in $EDITOR
nwal sh nitrogen Set image as wallpaper using nitrogen
oldbigfile sh find, sort List large files by access time
organize sh file Auto-organize files in directories by file type
pastebin sh - Paste contents of a text a file ix.io
pdfview sh pdftotext/
mupdf-tools
View PDF file in $PAGER
picker sh nnn Pick files and list one per line (to pipe)
pywal sh pywal Set image as wallpaper, change terminal colorscheme
readit sh pdftotext, mpv,
pico2wave
Read a PDF or text file aloud
ringtone sh date, ffmpeg Create a variable bitrate mp3 ringtone from file
splitjoin sh split, cat Split file or join selection
sxiv sh sxiv View images in dir, set wallpaper, copy path (config)
thumb sh lsix View thumbnail of an image or dir of images
transfer sh curl Upload file to transfer.sh
uidgid sh ls, less List user and group of all files in dir
upgrade sh curl Upgrade nnn manually on Debian 9 Stretch
vidthumb sh ffmpegthumbnailer,
lsix
Show video thumbnails in terminal
viuimg sh viu, less View an image or images in dir in $PAGER

Installing plugins

The following command installs all plugins:

curl -Ls https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jarun/nnn/master/plugins/getplugs | sh

Plugins are installed to ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/nnn/plugins. You can run the getplugs plugin later to update the plugins. It backs up earlier plugins.

NOTE: getplugs also downloads the launcher nlaunch and tries to place it at /usr/local/bin/ using sudo. If it fails you have to place nlauch manually somewhere in your $PATH.

Executing plugins

Method 1: Directly with :key:

export NNN_PLUG='o:fzy-open;p:mocplay;d:ndiff;m:nmount;n:notes;v:viuimg;t:thumb'

With this, plugin fzy-open can be run with the keybind :o, mocplay can be run with :p and so on... The key vs. plugin pairs are shown in the help and config screen. Up to 10 plugins can have such keybinds.

Method 2: Use the pick plugin shortcut to visit the plugin directory and execute a plugin. Repeating the same shortcut cancels the operation and puts you back in the original directory.

File access from plugins

Plugins can access:

  • all files in the directory (nnn switches to the dir where the plugin is to be run so the dir is $PWD for the plugin)
  • the current file under the cursor (the file name is passed as the argument to a plugin)
  • the current selection (by reading the file .selection in config dir, see the plugin ndiff)

Each script has a Description section which provides more details on what the script does, if applicable.

Create your own plugins

Plugins are scripts and all scripting languages should work. However, POSIX-compliant shell scripts runnable in sh are preferred. If that's too rudimentary for your use case, use Python, Perl or Ruby.

You can create your own plugins by putting them in ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/nnn/plugins.

For example, you could create a executable shell script git-changes:

#!/usr/bin/env sh
git log -p -- "$@"

And then trigger it by hitting the pick plugin key and selecting git-changes which will conveniently show the git log of changes to the particular file along with the code for a quick and easy review.

Contributing plugins

Please keep non-portable commands (like notify-send) commented so users from any other OS/DE aren't surprised.

The plugins should be executable. Please add an entry in the table above.