Ranger - open_with without suspending

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When I open a file into ranger with a GUI application not listed in the rifle.conf file (i.e. using the open_with command), the ranger terminal window gets "suspended" until I close the GUI app.

For this reason, I'd like to have a way to open files with a specific application, but still get the ability to navigate the files in the ranger terminal.

This is the default behaviour when you open the same file with one of the application listed in the rifle.conf file.

Is there any way to achieve the goal?

score 18 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 08 '17 at 18:26

Try open_with with the f or t flag:

open_with [application] [flags] [mode]
Open the selected files with the given application, unless it is omitted, in which case the default application is used. flags change the way the application is executed and are described in their own section in this man page. The mode is a number that specifies which application to use. The list of applications is generated by the external file opener "rifle" and can be displayed when pressing "r" in ranger.

Note that if you specify an application, the mode is ignored.

Flags give you a way to modify the behavior of the spawned process. They are used in the commands :open_with (key "r") and :shell (key "!").
 f   Fork the process.  (Run in background)
 c   Run the current file only, instead of the selection
 r   Run application with root privilege (requires sudo)
 t   Run application in a new terminal window

How to make this the default behavior for ranger? That is when I try to open a file by pressing `RIGHT`, it should open it with the `f` flag. — Inspired_Blue, Mar 12 '18 at 16:29

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 21 '20 at 08:52

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You can see here: Ranger, open file freeze the terminal

The accepted answer there is:

It seems to be, based on an sample rifle.conf file I found, that you'd need the f flag to ask Ranger to Fork the program, make it run in the background:
ext png, flag f = viewnior "$@"

edited Jul 21 '20 at 08:52

AdminBee

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answered Jul 21 '20 at 05:56

fulowl

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Welcome to the site, and thank you for your contribution. Please note that if you have identified possible duplicates among questions, the best way is to flag a post for moderator attention, rather than "copying" answers between questions. – AdminBee Jul 21 '20 at 09:05

score -2 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 16 '21 at 14:55

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I have solved the issu by adding & at the end.

ext png, flag f = viewnior "$@" &

The "&" force the program to be run in th backgournd.

answered Aug 16 '21 at 14:55

Patryk Krzyzanski

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So does the `f` flag. See the accepted answer. – Kusalananda Aug 16 '21 at 19:56

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