File Explorer

Ki's file explorer is rendered using YAML, for example:

- 📂  docs/:
    - 🙈  .gitignore
    - 📁  book/:
    - 📄  book.toml
    - 📂  src/:
        - 📚  SUMMARY.md
        - 📂  components/:
            - 📚  file-explorer.md
            - 📚  index.md
        - 📚  configurations.md
        - 📚  core-concepts.md
        - 📚  features.md
        - 📁  insert-mode/:
        - 📚  installation.md
        - 📚  modes.md
        - 📁  normal-mode/:
        - 📁  selection-modes/:
        - 📚  themes.md
        - 📚  universal-keybindings.md
- 📚  dummy-todo.md
- 📁  event/:
- 📁  grammar/:
- 📄  justfile

Keymap

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Meanings

Label	Action
Add Path	Add a new file/folder under the current path 1
Dup path	Duplicate current file to a new path
Delete Path	Delete current file/folder
Move Path	Move (or rename) the current file/folder 2
Refresh	Refresh the file explorer 3

Other keybinding

enter is override to mean:

• Expand/collapse folder OR
• Open file

Tips

Because the File Explorer is just a YAML file, the following actions are free¹:

Action	How?
Go to parent folder	Use [a j]4
Go to first/last file in current folder	Use First/Last with Syntax Node
Go to next/previous file/folder at current level, skipping expanded children	Use Left/Right with Syntax Node

Footnotes

1. To add a folder, append / to the file name. Can be nested, and new directories will be created as required. ↩ ↩²

2. Works like mkdir -p, it will create new directories when required. ↩

3. This is necessary sometimes because the file system is modified by external factors, and Ki does not watch for file changes. ↩

4. Free as in no extra implementations required ↩