One of my main uses for a file browser is to quickly go through a list of files and delete some of them when I clean up a directory. And nnn doesn't even support deletion...
Just for listing files "ls" is still usually the fastest way. Operations on the files is what's cumbersome, e.g. when I try to hit the right files for "rm" with tab completion. When nnn can't help with that its use case is very limited to me.
> Just for listing files "ls" is still usually the fastest way
Not really. `ls` a dir with 20K files and see the difference with nnn. ;) And then, nnn is more about navigation. Try shortcuts like `-`, `&`, `~` (tilde), `....` and of course the `navigate-as-you-type` mode. Looking for a specific file? Try filter mode with search-as-you-type.
This because they allow me to pick the individual files i want to deal with without potentially screwing up wildcards or such.
Ideas are welcome! nnn is under active development. ;)
Also, please note that the learning curve for the additional features is quite high. E.g. to batch rename, one would rather use Thunar's integrated simple visual batch file rename mode instead.
I believe once the number of shortcuts cross a certain limit, regular users normally abandon the utility out of their comfort zone.