README.adoc

@@ -52,11 +52,9 @@ To start using this navigator, put the following in your .zshrc:
 ....
 sdn-navigate () {
   # ... possibly zle-line-init
-  while eval "`sdn`"; do
+  eval "`sdn`"
   [ -z "$cd" ] || cd "$cd"
   [ -z "$insert" ] || LBUFFER="$LBUFFER$insert "
-    [ -z "$helper" ] && break
-    eval "exec </dev/tty; $helper" || break
   zle reset-prompt
   # ... possibly zle-line-finish
 }
@@ -67,22 +65,19 @@ bindkey '\eo' sdn-navigate
 bash
 ----
 Here we can't reset the prompt from within a `bind -x` handler but there is
-an acceptable workaround that sadly submits a blank line:
+an acceptable workaround:
 
 ....
 sdn-navigate () {
   SDN_L=$READLINE_LINE SDN_P=$READLINE_POINT
   READLINE_LINE=
 
-  while eval "`sdn`"; do
+  eval "`sdn`"
   [[ -z "$cd" ]] || cd "$cd"
   [[ -z "$insert" ]] || {
     SDN_L="${SDN_L:0:$SDN_P}$insert ${SDN_L:$SDN_P}"
     ((SDN_P=SDN_P+${#insert}+1))
   }
-    [[ -z "$helper" ]] && break
-    eval "$helper" || break
-  done
 }
 sdn-restore () {
   READLINE_LINE=$SDN_L READLINE_POINT=$SDN_P

sdn.cpp

@@ -504,7 +504,6 @@ static struct {
 	bool gravity;                       ///< Entries are shoved to the bottom
 	bool reverse_sort;                  ///< Reverse sort
 	bool show_hidden;                   ///< Show hidden files
-	bool ext_helpers;                   ///< Launch helpers externally
 	int max_widths[entry::COLUMNS];     ///< Column widths
 	int sort_column = entry::FILENAME;  ///< Sorting column
 	int sort_flash_ttl;                 ///< Sorting column flash TTL
@@ -513,7 +512,6 @@ static struct {
 	int message_ttl;                    ///< Time to live for the message
 
 	string chosen;                      ///< Chosen item for the command line
-	string ext_helper;                  ///< External helper to run
 	bool no_chdir;                      ///< Do not tell the shell to chdir
 	bool quitting;                      ///< Whether we should quit already
 
@@ -786,7 +784,7 @@ fun operator< (const entry &e1, const entry &e2) -> bool {
 	return a.filename < b.filename;
 }
 
-fun reload (bool keep_anchor) {
+fun reload (const string &old_cwd) {
 	g.unames.clear();
 	while (auto *ent = getpwent ())
 		g.unames.emplace (ent->pw_uid, ent->pw_name);
@@ -798,8 +796,8 @@ fun reload (bool keep_anchor) {
 	endgrent();
 
 	string anchor;
-	if (keep_anchor && !g.entries.empty ())
+	if (!g.entries.empty ())
-		anchor = g.entries.at (g.cursor).filename;
+		anchor = g.entries[g.cursor].filename;
 
 	auto now = time (NULL); g.now = *localtime (&now);
 	auto dir = opendir (".");
@@ -816,7 +814,7 @@ fun reload (bool keep_anchor) {
 	sort (begin (g.entries), end (g.entries));
 	g.out_of_date = false;
 
-	if (!anchor.empty ()) {
+	if (g.cwd == old_cwd && !anchor.empty ()) {
 		for (size_t i = 0; i < g.entries.size (); i++)
 			if (g.entries[i].filename == anchor)
 				g.cursor = i;
@@ -844,20 +842,8 @@ fun show_message (const string &message, int ttl = 30) {
 }
 
 fun run_program (initializer_list<const char*> list, const string &filename) {
-	if (g.ext_helpers) {
-		// XXX: this doesn't try them all out, though it shouldn't make any
-		// noticeable difference
-		const char *found = nullptr;
-		for (auto program : list)
-			if ((found = program))
-				break;
-		g.ext_helper = "/bin/sh -c " +
-			shell_escape (string (found) + " " + shell_escape (filename));
-		g.quitting = true;
-		return;
-	}
-
 	endwin ();
+
 	switch (pid_t child = fork ()) {
 		int status;
 	case -1:
@@ -867,8 +853,8 @@ fun run_program (initializer_list<const char*> list, const string &filename) {
 		setpgid (0, 0);
 		tcsetpgrp (STDOUT_FILENO, getpgid (0));
 
-		for (auto program : list)
+		for (auto pager : list)
-			if (program) execl ("/bin/sh", "/bin/sh", "-c", (string (program)
+			if (pager) execl ("/bin/sh", "/bin/sh", "-c", (string (pager)
 				+ " " + shell_escape (filename)).c_str (), NULL);
 		_exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
 	default:
@@ -1103,13 +1089,12 @@ fun change_dir (const string &path) {
 	auto old_cwd = g.cwd;
 	level last {g.offset, g.cursor, old_cwd, g.entries[g.cursor].filename};
 	g.cwd = full_path;
-	bool same_path = old_cwd == g.cwd;
+	reload (old_cwd);
-	reload (same_path);
 
 	if (is_ancestor_dir (last.path, g.cwd)) {
 		g.levels.push_back (last);
 		g.offset = g.cursor = 0;
-	} else if (!same_path) {
+	} else {
 		pop_levels ();
 	}
 }
@@ -1221,12 +1206,12 @@ fun handle (wint_t c) -> bool {
 	case ACTION_SORT_LEFT:
 		g.sort_column = (g.sort_column + entry::COLUMNS - 1) % entry::COLUMNS;
 		g.sort_flash_ttl = 2;
-		reload (true);
+		reload (g.cwd);
 		break;
 	case ACTION_SORT_RIGHT:
 		g.sort_column = (g.sort_column + entry::COLUMNS + 1) % entry::COLUMNS;
 		g.sort_flash_ttl = 2;
-		reload (true);
+		reload (g.cwd);
 		break;
 
 	case ACTION_UP:
@@ -1299,7 +1284,7 @@ fun handle (wint_t c) -> bool {
 		g.editor_on_confirm = [] {
 			auto mb = to_mb (g.editor_line);
 			rename (g.entries[g.cursor].filename.c_str (), mb.c_str ());
-			reload (true);
+			reload (g.cwd);
 		};
 		break;
 
@@ -1308,17 +1293,17 @@ fun handle (wint_t c) -> bool {
 		break;
 	case ACTION_REVERSE_SORT:
 		g.reverse_sort = !g.reverse_sort;
-		reload (true);
+		reload (g.cwd);
 		break;
 	case ACTION_SHOW_HIDDEN:
 		g.show_hidden = !g.show_hidden;
-		reload (true);
+		reload (g.cwd);
 		break;
 	case ACTION_REDRAW:
 		clear ();
 		break;
 	case ACTION_RELOAD:
-		reload (true);
+		reload (g.cwd);
 		break;
 	default:
 		if (c != KEY (RESIZE) && c != WEOF)
@@ -1584,8 +1569,6 @@ fun load_config () {
 			g.reverse_sort = tokens.at (1) == "1";
 		else if (tokens.front () == "show-hidden"  && tokens.size () > 1)
 			g.show_hidden  = tokens.at (1) == "1";
-		else if (tokens.front () == "ext-helpers"  && tokens.size () > 1)
-			g.ext_helpers  = tokens.at (1) == "1";
 		else if (tokens.front () == "sort-column"  && tokens.size () > 1)
 			g.sort_column  = stoi (tokens.at (1));
 		else if (tokens.front () == "history")
@@ -1602,7 +1585,6 @@ fun save_config () {
 	write_line (*config, {"gravity",      g.gravity      ? "1" : "0"});
 	write_line (*config, {"reverse-sort", g.reverse_sort ? "1" : "0"});
 	write_line (*config, {"show-hidden",  g.show_hidden  ? "1" : "0"});
-	write_line (*config, {"ext-helpers",  g.ext_helpers  ? "1" : "0"});
 
 	write_line (*config, {"sort-column",  to_string (g.sort_column)});
 
@@ -1653,7 +1635,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
 	load_colors ();
 	g.start_dir = g.cwd = initial_cwd ();
-	reload (false);
+	reload (g.cwd);
 	pop_levels ();
 	update ();
 
@@ -1691,6 +1673,5 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
 		cout << "local cd=" << endl;
 
 	cout << "local insert=" << shell_escape (g.chosen) << endl;
-	cout << "local helper=" << shell_escape (g.ext_helper) << endl;
 	return 0;
 }