This is a derived major mode that runs within dired emulating many of the features of ranger . This minor mode shows a stack of the parent directories and updates the parent buffers while nvaigating the file system. The preview window takes some of the ideas from Peep-Dired to display previews for selected files in the primary dired buffer. This package tries its best to make a seamless user experience from ranger created for python. ; FEATURES Replaces dired buffer with features from Ranger - show window stack of parent directories - show preview window of selected directory or file - fast navigation using vi-like keybindings - move through navigation history - copy and paste functionality utilizing a copy ring ; KNOWN ISSUES - window specific settings needed - current tab - history - current-file ; HISTORY version 0.9.1, 2015-07-19 changed package to ranger version 0.9.2, 2015-07-26 improve exit from ranger, bookmark support version 0.9.4, 2015-07-31 deer mode, history navigation version 0.9.5, 2015-08-20 fixed most bugs when reverting from ranger version 0.9.6, 2015-09-11 delete all accessed buffers, add details to echo version 0.9.7, 2015-09-13 copy and paste functionality added version 0.9.8, 2015-10-04 multiple ranger window support, override dired version 0.9.8.1, 2015-10-04 ranger is now a major mode version 0.9.8.3, 2016-08-23 ranger-override-dired-mode version 0.9.8.4, 2016-10-02 more mappings to match ranger