Integrate Neovim with Ranger

Install Ranger

• Mac

brew install ranger

• Ubuntu

sudo apt install ranger

• Arch

sudo pacman -S ranger

Install Ranger devicons

git clone https://github.com/alexanderjeurissen/ranger_devicons ~/.config/ranger/plugins/ranger_devicons

You can now add default_linemode devicons to your rc.conf

Install Ueberzug (Linux only)

Unfortunately Ueberzug only supports linux at the moment far as I know

• Ubuntu (Note you may experience your images being badly placed this is because pip doesn't have the newest version of ueberzug, if you find this issue please install from source)

pip install ueberzug

• Arch

yay -S python-ueberzug-git

Ranger config file

make sure you create a ranger config file and at least add the following lines

Add the following file:

mkdir ~/.config/ranger

touch ~/.config/ranger/rc.conf

Add this configuration to rc.conf

set preview_images_method ueberzug
default_linemode devicons
set show_hidden true

Add the Ranger plugin

Plug 'kevinhwang91/rnvimr', {'do': 'make sync'}

Add some config to ~/.config/nvim/plug-config/rnvimr.vim

touch ~/.config/nvim/plug-config/rnvimr.vim

Add the following:

" Make Ranger replace netrw and be the file explorer
let g:rnvimr_ex_enable = 1
nmap <space>r :RnvimrToggle<CR>

Make sure to source the config

source $HOME/.config/nvim/plug-config/rnvimr.vim

Sync your ranger config

You may need to run this

RnvimrSync

Alternative Ranger plugin

Alternative