Note: this file partially reproduce this page:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/64904217

dragonFM, the screenreader friendly command line file manager

Features
Here are some of them (listed by the incomplete Readme):
     Folder navigation
     open files in CLI or GUI based on mime types
     tab navigation
     context menu
     search
     Type ahead
     simple keybindings (similar to GUI file managers)
     history tracking
     favorites
     compress / decompress
     flexible plugin architecture
     copy/ cut/ paste/ delete/ rename
     create file/ folder/ link
     sorting
     type ahead and first letter navigation
     send file per mail
     send file per wormhole
     advanced selection handling
     open terminal
     goto [root,home,location]

Aaand the most important, completely screen reader friendly. no overlays, no strange pseudo UI elements, no overlapping areas and proper cursor placement (no heigleight racking or any other magic required).

There might be hidden bugs. If you find some, i promise to fix them up to have an awesome easy to use accessible alternative command line file manager.  But it is used currently by a small user base for a while without bigger issues. So i think its worth a try :)!

To start, just type "dragonfm" on command line. you find your self in an folder list. 

     Arrow Left: Parent Folder
     Arrow Right / Return: Open Folder / File / activate action
     Arrow Up / Arrow Down: Navigate up and down in list
     Ctrl + D: open the detail page and context menu. 
     Ctrl + N: create a new file
     Alt + N:  create folder
     Ctrl + K: create a symlink for current focused element
     Ctrl + l: open location bar to enter an location
     F2: rename dialog
     ESC: Closes detail page and dialog boxes (like location)
     Ctrl + C: Copy
     Ctrl + X: Cut
     Ctrl + V: Paste
     Ctrl + F: search (current folder and subfolder)
     Ctrl + Q: quit dragonFM
     Delete: removes an item ( you will get asked first "do you want to delete...)
     End: go to end of the list
     Pos 1: go to first element
     Ctrl + T: open a tab
     Ctrl + W: close current tab
     Ctrl + I: go to next tab
     Ctrl + Alt + I: go to previous tab
     Ctrl + 1 - 9: go to tab 1 - 9
     Ctrl + B: start selection (arrow up / down to select)
     Ctrl + Space: un-/ select current entry
     Ctrl + A: Select all
     Alt + ~: go to home
     Alt + /: go to root
     F4: Open Terminal
     F5: Refresh ( is usually done automatically if something in current folder changes)
     Ctrl + A: add location to Favorites
     F8: show Favorites 
     Alt + U: Extract archive
     Alt + Z: Quick compress ( configurable, by default zip) other formats could be selected in detail page (context menu compress)
     and some more

After Installation the settings are located at 

/etc/dragonfm/settings/settings.conf

Per user settings could be defined at

~/.config/dragonfm/settings/settings.conf

In the settings.conf file can you configure some general settings, keyboard shortcuts, compression methods and how to open files based on mimetypes. DragonFM is very flexible to configure and plugin based.

Binding help:
showkey -a
cat -v
https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.faq.html#modified_keys
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9750588/how-to-get-ctrl-shift-or-alt-with-getch-ncurses



This should be the most important information to use dragonFM

I hope you all enjoy dragonFM!

cheers chrys