Documentation
Documentation
Install it, change how it behaves, and extend it. Everything here describes the current release, 2.30.0.
Getting startedPrerequisites, installation, the first search, the search syntax, and what to do when the hotkey will not fire.ConfigurationEvery key in config.toml with its type, default, and valid range, grouped the way the file is grouped.Plugin SDKAdd results and actions with a JSON manifest. Paths, commands, keywords, and safe mode.
The essentials
- Config file
- %APPDATA%\Nex\config.toml
- Default hotkey
- Winchangeable
- Close the panel
- Escfocus returns
Search syntax
- plain text
- Fuzzy match across apps, files, and folders
- > action
- Command mode
- @apps, @files, @folders
- Narrow the search scope
- kind:file, ext:md
- Filter by type or extension
- modified:week
- Filter by date
- -term, AND, OR, NOT
- Exclude and combine terms
Command line
- nex --status
- Check whether Nex is running
- nex --quit
- Stop the running instance
- nex --restart
- Restart the instance
- nex --diagnostics-bundle
- Write a diagnostics zip