Draft: Add mark plugin

[TheKhanj]

It can be useful to mark certain files, such as when watching a TV show or a course, to keep track of where you left off. I couldn't find any other plugin that does this.

However, it's a bit annoying that each time this script changes a file name, the cursor jumps back to the first file. If there's a way to fix that, I'd be happy to know about it.

[N-R-K]

However, it's a bit annoying that each time this script changes a file name, the cursor jumps back to the first file. If there's a way to fix that, I'd be happy to know about it.

There isn't currently. Patches welcome. See also: https://github.com/jarun/nnn/discussions/1889

It can be useful to mark certain files, such as when watching a TV show or a course, to keep track of where you left off.

The plugin basically just prepend/removes * to a filename, is that correct? Seems like a niche thing tbh.

[TheKhanj]

Yes, it essentially adds an '*' to the filename. It might be better to implement this as a built-in feature in nnn, though it could potentially make nnn bloated. Your call :).

Ranger has a similar feature, and in my opinion, it's very handy.

[jarun]

shellcheck in CI fails:

########## shellcheck ##########

In plugins/mark line 9:
. "$(dirname "$0")"/.nnn-plugin-helper
  ^-- SC1091 (info): Not following: ./.nnn-plugin-helper was not specified as input (see shellcheck -x).

In plugins/mark line 15:
        files="$(echo "$PWD/$1")"
               ^---------------^ SC2116 (style): Useless echo? Instead of 'cmd $(echo foo)', just use 'cmd foo'.

In plugins/mark line 18:
is_marked() { echo "$1" | grep '*$' >/dev/null 2>&1; }
                               ^--^ SC2063 (warning): Grep uses regex, but this looks like a glob.

For more information:
  https://www.shellcheck.net/wiki/SC2063 -- Grep uses regex, but this looks l...
  https://www.shellcheck.net/wiki/SC1091 -- Not following: ./.nnn-plugin-help...
  https://www.shellcheck.net/wiki/SC2116 -- Useless echo? Instead of 'cmd $(e...

Exited with code exit status 1

@N-R-K do you find it useful?

[N-R-K]

@N-R-K do you find it useful?

Personally, no. We have batch renamer which (paired with a good editor) can do this already.

[TheKhanj]

Yeah you're right, I agree, but implementing it as a builtin feature "might" be useful:)

[jarun]

In that case I am closing this feature.

We have a built-in batch renamer too. However, it has some limitations: https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Troubleshooting#default-batch-rename-limits