feature request: easy updates

[magnetophon]

Is there a way to keep this wonderful plugin up to date that doesn't involve manually checking this repo?

As a partial solution I suggest changing the line that is inserted to rc.conf to include where the plugin came from:

# a plugin that adds file glyphs / icon support to Ranger:
# https://github.com/alexanderjeurissen/ranger_devicons
default_linemode devicons

That way, when you update ranger, and diff rc.conf, you are reminded to have a look here.

[alexanderjeurissen]

Hi @magnetophon Thanks so much for filing this issue, it has definitely come to my attention that this is indeed a limitation currently. One which I myself am not confronted with as seeing as the author of this plugin I have a copy of the repo laying around on all my machines.

I'll implement your suggestion to include a comment for now, and think about how we can improve the update process.

[magnetophon]

Dank je wel!

[alexanderjeurissen]

I thought about this some more and I think that wrapping this plugin in a PyPy package could be a potential improvement, the only trick would be to get the files in the .config/ranger directory

resources for my own reference sake:

• http://peterdowns.com/posts/first-time-with-pypi.html
• --target option causes issues when upgrading or re-installing pypa/pip#1489

This would allow for the following installation flow:

$ pip install ranger-devicons
$ ranger-devicons --install

The second command would actually symlink the files to the ranger directory, so that a future pip install --upgrade ranger-devicons can pull in the latest version.

Removal of the plugin could be done like this:

$ ranger-devicons --remove (removes the symlinks)
$ pip uninstall ranger-devicons

@magnetophon would a flow as outlined above meet you're expectations of a easier update/installation/removal process ?

[magnetophon]

Sounds great, thanks!

[alexanderjeurissen]

Closed by #37

[magnetophon]

Cool, thanks!