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		j88439h84 on Dec 3, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Big Pile of Vim-Like I don't observe a difference between `ranger` and `. ranger` in zsh. What am I supposed to notice?

grandpa on Dec 4, 2019 [–]

With `. ranger`, if you change directory and then exit, the shell's working directory changes to where you left off in Ranger.

  $ pwd
  /home/grandpa
  $ ranger
  [ ... change directory ... ]
  $ pwd
  /home/grandpa

vs

  $ . ranger
  [ ... change directory ... ]
  $ pwd
  /home/grandpa/src

j88439h84 on Dec 5, 2019 | [–]

Got it. Thanks.

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