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*vifm-app.txt* For Vifm version 0.13 Last change: 2023 May 17
Email for bugs and suggestions: <xaizek@posteo.net>
|vifm-options| Command line arguments.
|vifm-general-keys| General keys, that work in the most of modes.
|vifm-normal| Normal mode keys.
|vifm-visual| Visual mode keys.
|vifm-view| View mode keys.
|vifm-command-line| Command line mode keys.
|vifm-command-line-edit| External editing of command line content.
|vifm-more| More mode keys.
|vifm-commands| How to use and set :commands.
|vifm-commands-bg| Backgrounding of commands.
|vifm-cancellation| Cancellation of commands.
|vifm-selection| How selection is handled on launching.
|vifm-patterns| Description of file match patterns.
|vifm-regexp| Regular expressions.
|vifm-globs| How globs work in vifm.
|vifm-set-options| Available options.
|vifm-mappings| Map arguments and special sequences.
|vifm-expression-syntax| Syntax of supported expressions.
|vifm-functions| List of builtin functions with description.
|vifm-menus-and-dialogs| Keys and commands for menus and dialogs.
|vifm-menus-history| Recalling previous menus.
|vifm-custom-views| Differences between regular and custom views.
|vifm-compare-views| Kinds, properties and differences of compare views.
|vifm-startup| Determining of environment variables on startup.
|vifm-configure| Configuration of vifm.
|vifm-sessions| Managing sessions.
|vifm-fuse| Using automated FUSE mounts.
|vifm-view-look| Gives general overview of view displaying variants.
|vifm-ls-view| Some details about ls-like view.
|vifm-column-view| Column view configuration details.
|vifm-color-schemes| Details on using color schemes in vifm.
|vifm-trash| Details about trash directory in vifm.
|vifm-clientserver| Client-server communication.
|vifm-ext-rename| About editing buffer of file names in an editor.
|vifm-mouse-using| Using the mouse.
|vifm-plugin| Using the vifm.vim plugin.
|vifm-reserved| List of reserved commands.
|vifm-env-vars| Environment variables that affect vifm or set by it.
|vifm-see-also| Other resources about vifm.
Tag name structure:
WHAT PREPEND EXAMPLE~
Normal mode command vifm- :help vifm-h
Visual mode command vifm-v_ :help vifm-v_u
View mode command vifm-q_ :help vifm-q_j
Menu or dialog command vifm-m_ :help vifm-m_zh
Command-line command vifm-: :help vifm-:quit
Command-line editing vifm-c_ :help vifm-c_CTRL-H
Command-line navigation vifm-a_ :help vifm-a_CTRL-Y
Vifm command argument vifm-- :help vifm--f
Option vifm-' :help vifm-'wrap'
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*vifm-options*
General format:
vifm [OPTION]... [ path [ path ] ]
vifm starts in the current directory unless it is given a different directory
on the command line or |vifm-'vifminfo'| includes "savedirs" (in which case
last visited directories are used as defaults).
vifm -
Read list of files from standard input stream and compose custom view out of
them (see |vifm-custom-views|). Current working directory is used as a base
for relative paths.
vifm /path/to/directory/one
or
vifm /path/to/directory/one /path/to/directory/two
Specifying two directories triggers split view even when vifm was in
single-view mode on finishing previous run. To suppress this behaviour
|vifm-:only| command can be put in the vifmrc file.
When only one path argument is found on command-line, the left/top pane is
automatically set as the current view.
Paths to files are also allowed in case you want vifm to start with some
archive opened.
The other command line arguments are:
--select <path> *vifm---select*
open parent directory of the given path and select specified file in it.
-f *vifm--f*
makes vifm instead of opening files write selection to $VIFM/vimfiles and
quit.
--choose-files <path>|- *vifm---choose-files*
sets output file to write selection into on exit instead of opening files.
"-" means standard output. Use empty value to disable it.
--choose-dir <path>|- *vifm---choose-dir*
sets output file to write last visited directory into on exit. "-" means
standard output. Use empty value to disable it.
--delimiter <delimiter> *vifm---delimiter*
sets separator for list of file paths written out by vifm. Empty value
means null character. Default is new line character.
--on-choose <command> *vifm---on-choose*
sets command to be executed on selected files instead of opening them.
The command may use any of |vifm-macros|. The command is executed once for
whole selection.
--plugins-dir <path> *vifm---plugins-dir*
additional plugins directory (can appear multiple times). The last one
added has the highest priority.
--logging[=<startup log path>] *vifm---logging*
log some operational details to $XDG_DATA_HOME/vifm/log or $VIFM/log. If
the optional startup log path is specified and permissions allow to open
it for writing, then logging of early initialization (before configuration
directories are determined) is put there.
--server-list *vifm---server-list*
list available server names and exit.
--server-name <name> *vifm---server-name*
name of target or this instance (sequential numbers are appended on name
conflict).
--remote *vifm---remote*
sends the rest of the command line to another instance of vifm.
--server-name is treated just like any other argument and should precede
--remote on the command line. When there is no server, quits silently.
There is no limit on how many arguments can be processed. One can combine
--remote with -c <command> or +<command> to execute commands in already
running instance of vifm. See also |vifm-clientserver|.
--remote-expr *vifm---remote-expr*
passes expression to vifm server and prints result. See also
|vifm-clientserver|.
-c <command>, +<command> *vifm--c* *vifm--+c*
run command-line mode <command> on startup. Commands in such arguments
are executed in the order they appear in command line. Commands with
spaces or special symbols must be enclosed in double or single quotes or
all special symbols should be escaped (the exact syntax strongly depends
on shell). "+" argument is equivalent to "$" and thus picks last item
of the view.
--help, -h *vifm---help* *vifm--h*
show a brief command summary and exit vifm.
--version, -v *vifm---version* *vifm--v*
show the version information and exit.
--no-configs *vifm---no-configs*
skip reading vifmrc and vifminfo.
See |vifm-startup| section below for the explanations on |vifm-$VIFM|.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*vifm-general-keys*
Ctrl-C or Escape *vifm-Escape* *vifm-CTRL-C*
cancel most operations (see |vifm-cancellation|), clear all selected files.
Ctrl-L *vifm-CTRL-L*
clear and redraw the screen. Can also reload file list in appropriate
modes (like normal and visual).
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*vifm-normal*
Basic Movement~
The basic vi key bindings are used to move through the files and pop-up windows.
k, gk or Ctrl-P - move cursor up one line. *vifm-k* *vifm-gk* *vifm-CTRL-P*
j, gj or Ctrl-N - move cursor down one line. *vifm-j* *vifm-gj* *vifm-CTRL-N*
h *vifm-h*
when |vifm-'lsview'| is off move up one directory (moves to parent
directory node in tree view), otherwise move left one file.
l *vifm-l*
when |vifm-'lsview'| is off move into a directory or launch a file,
otherwise move right one file. See |vifm-selection|.
gg - move to the first line of the file list. *vifm-gg*
G - move to the last line in the file list. *vifm-G*
gh *vifm-gh*
go up one directory regardless of view representation (regular,
ls-like). Also can be used to leave custom views including tree view.
gl or Enter *vifm-gl* *vifm-Enter*
enter directory or launch a file. See |vifm-selection|.
H *vifm-H*
move to the first file in the window.
M *vifm-M*
move to the file in the middle of the window.
L *vifm-L*
move to the last file in the window.
Ctrl-F or Page Down - move forward one page. *vifm-CTRL-F* *vifm-PageDown*
Ctrl-B or Page Up - move back one page. *vifm-CTRL-B* *vifm-PageUp*
Ctrl-D - jump back one half page. *vifm-CTRL-D*
Ctrl-U - jump forward one half page. *vifm-CTRL-U*
{n}% *vifm-%*
move to the file that is {n} percent from the top of the list (for
example 25%).
0 or ^ *vifm-0* *vifm-^*
move cursor to the first column. See |vifm-'lsview'| option description.
$ *vifm-$*
move cursor to the last column. See |vifm-'lsview'| option description.
Space - switch file lists. *vifm-Space*
*vifm-gt*
gt - switch to the next tab (wrapping around).
{n}gt - switch to the tab number {n}.
*vifm-gT*
gT - switch to the previous tab (wrapping around).
{n}gT - switch to {n}-th previous tab (wrapping around).
Movement with Count~
Most movement commands also accept a count, 12j would move down 12 files.
[count]%
move to percent of the file list.
[count]j
move down [count] files.
[count]k
move up [count] files.
[count]G or [count]gg
move to list position [count].
[count]h
go up [count] directories.
Scrolling panes~
zt - redraw pane with file in top of list. *vifm-zt*
zz - redraw pane with file in center of list. *vifm-zz*
zb - redraw pane with file in bottom of list. *vifm-zb*
Ctrl-E *vifm-CTRL-E*
scroll pane one line down or column right (in transposed ls-like view).
Ctrl-Y *vifm-CTRL-Y*
scroll pane one line up or column left (in transposed ls-like view).
Pane manipulation~
Second character can be entered with or without Control key.
Ctrl-W H - move the pane to the far left. *vifm-CTRL-W_H*
Ctrl-W J - move the pane to the very bottom. *vifm-CTRL-W_J*
Ctrl-W K - move the pane to the very top. *vifm-CTRL-W_K*
Ctrl-W L - move the pane to the far right. *vifm-CTRL-W_L*
Ctrl-W h - switch to left pane. *vifm-CTRL-W_h*
Ctrl-W j - switch to pane below. *vifm-CTRL-W_j*
Ctrl-W k - switch to pane above. *vifm-CTRL-W_k*
Ctrl-W l - switch to right pane. *vifm-CTRL-W_l*
Ctrl-W b - switch to bottom-right window. *vifm-CTRL-W_b*
Ctrl-W t - switch to top-left window. *vifm-CTRL-W_t*
Ctrl-W p - switch to previous window. *vifm-CTRL-W_p*
Ctrl-W w - switch to other pane. *vifm-CTRL-W_w*
Ctrl-W o - leave only one pane. *vifm-CTRL-W_o*
Ctrl-W s - split window horizontally. *vifm-CTRL-W_s*
Ctrl-W v - split window vertically. *vifm-CTRL-W_v*
Ctrl-W x - exchange panes. *vifm-CTRL-W_x*
Ctrl-W z - quit preview pane or view modes. *vifm-CTRL-W_z*
Ctrl-W - - decrease size of the view by count. *vifm-CTRL-W_-*
Ctrl-W + - increase size of the view by count. *vifm-CTRL-W_+*
Ctrl-W < - decrease size of the view by count. *vifm-CTRL-W_<*
Ctrl-W > - increase size of the view by count. *vifm-CTRL-W_>*
Ctrl-W | - set current view size to count. *vifm-CTRL-W_bar*
Ctrl-W _ - set current view size to count. *vifm-CTRL-W__*
Ctrl-W = - make size of two views equal. *vifm-CTRL-W_=*
For Ctrl-W +, Ctrl-W -, Ctrl-W <, Ctrl-W >, Ctrl-W | and Ctrl-W _
commands count can be given before and/or after Ctrl-W. The
resulting count is a multiplication of those two. So
"2 Ctrl-W 2 -" decreases window size by 4 lines or columns.
Ctrl-W | and Ctrl-W _ maximize current view by default.
Marks~
Marks are set the same way as they are in vi.
You can use these characters for marks [a-z][A-Z][0-9].
m[a-z][A-Z][0-9] *vifm-m*
set a mark for the file at the current cursor position.
'[a-z][A-Z][0-9] *vifm-'*
navigate to the file set for the mark.
There are also several special marks that can't be set manually:
' (single quote) - previously visited directory of the view, thus hitting
'' allows switching between two last locations
< - the first file of the last visually selected block
> - the last file of the last visually selected block
Searching~
*vifm-/*
/regular expression
search for files matching regular expression in forward direction and
advance cursor to next match.
/
perform forward search with top item of search pattern history.
*vifm-?*
?regular expression
search for files matching regular expression in backward direction and
advance cursor to previous match.
?
perform backward search with top item of search pattern history.
Trailing slash for directories is taken into account, so `/\/` searches for
directories and symbolic links to directories. At the moment `//` works too,
but this can change in the future, so consider escaping the slash if not
typing pattern by hand.
Matches are automatically selected if |vifm-'hlsearch'| is set. Enabling
|vifm-'incsearch'| makes search interactive. |vifm-'ignorecase'| and
|vifm-'smartcase'| options affect case sensitivity of search queries as well
as local filter and other things detailed in the description of
|vifm-'caseoptions'|.
[count]n *vifm-n*
go to the next file matching last search pattern. Takes last search
direction into account.
[count]N *vifm-N*
go to the previous file matching last search pattern. Takes last search
direction into account.
If |vifm-'hlsearch'| option is set, hitting n/N to perform search and go to the
first matching item resets current selection in normal mode. It is not the
case if search was already performed on files in the directory, thus selection
is not reset after clearing selection with escape key and hitting n/N key
again.
See also |vifm-regexp|.
[count]f[character] *vifm-f*
search forward for file with [character] as first character in name.
Search wraps around the end of the list.
[count]F[character] *vifm-F*
search backward for file with [character] as first character in name.
Search wraps around the end of the list.
[count]; - find the next match of f or F. *vifm-;*
[count], - find the previous match of f or F. *vifm-,*
Note: f, F, ; and , wrap around list beginning and end when they are used
alone and they don't wrap when they are used as selectors.
Filters~
*vifm-filters*
There are three basic file filters:
- dot files filter (does not affect "." and ".." special directories, whose
appearance is controlled by the |vifm-'dotdirs'| option), see
|vifm-'dotfiles'|
- permanent filter
- local filter (see |vifm-=|)
Permanent filter essentially allows defining a group of files names which are
not desirable to be seen by default, like temporary or backup files, which
might be created alongside normal ones. Just like you don't usually need to
see hidden dot files (files starting with a dot). Local filter on the other
hand is for temporary immediate filtering of file list at hand, to get rid of
uninterested files in the view or to make it possible to use % range in a
:command.
For the purposes of more deterministic editing permanent filter is split
into two parts:
- one edited explicitly via |vifm-:filter| command
- another one which is edited implicitly via |vifm-zf| shortcut
Files are tested against both parts and a match counts if at least one
of the parts matched.
Each file list has its own copy of each filter.
Filtered files are not checked in / search or :commands.
Files and directories are filtered separately. This is done by appending
a slash to a directory name before testing whether it matches the filter.
Examples:
>
" filter directories which names end with '.files'
:filter /^.*\.files\/$/
" filter files which names end with '.d'
:filter {*.d}
" filter files and directories which names end with '.o'
:filter /^.*\.o\/?$/
<
See also |vifm-patterns| and |vifm-regexp|.
The basic Vim folding key-bindings are used for managing filters.
za - toggle visibility of dot files. *vifm-za*
zo - show dot files. *vifm-zo*
zm - hide dot files. *vifm-zm*
zf - add selected files to permanent filter. *vifm-zf*
zO - reset permanent filter. *vifm-zO*
zR - save and reset all filters. *vifm-zR*
zr - clear local filter. *vifm-zr*
zM - restore all filters (undoes last zR). *vifm-zM*
zd *vifm-zd*
exclude selection or current file from a custom view. Does nothing for
regular view. For tree view excluding directory excludes that sub-tree.
For compare views zd hides group of adjacent identical files, count can
be specified as 1 to exclude just single file or selected items instead.
Files excluded this way are not counted as filtered out and can't be
returned unless view is reloaded.
=regular expression *vifm-=*
filter out files that don't match regular expression. Whether view is
updated as regular expression is changed depends on the value of the
|vifm-'incsearch'| option. This kind of filter is automatically reset
when directory is changed.
Tree-related Keys~
While some of the keys make sense outside of tree-view, they are most useful
in trees.
[z go to first sibling of current entry. *vifm-[z*
]z go to last sibling of current entry. *vifm-]z*
zj *vifm-zj*
go to next directory sibling of current entry or do nothing.
zk *vifm-zk*
go to previous directory sibling of current entry or do nothing.
zx *vifm-zx*
toggle fold under the cursor or parent entry of the current file if cursor
is not on a directory.
Other Normal Mode Keys~
[count]: *vifm-:*
enter command line mode. [count] generates range.
q: *vifm-q:*
open external editor to prompt for command-line command. See
|vifm-command-line-edit| section for details.
q/ *vifm-q/*
open external editor to prompt for search pattern to be searched
in forward direction. See |vifm-command-line-edit| section for
details.
q? *vifm-q?*
open external editor to prompt for search pattern to be searched
in backward direction. See |vifm-command-line-edit| section for
details.
q= *vifm-q=*
open external editor to prompt for filter pattern. See
|vifm-command-line-edit| section for details. Unlike other q{x}
commands this one doesn't work in Visual mode.
[count]!! and [count]!<selector> *vifm-!!*
enter command line mode with entered ! command. [count] modifies range.
Ctrl-O *vifm-CTRL-O*
go backwards through directory history of current view. Nonexistent
directories are automatically skipped.
Ctrl-I or Tab *vifm-CTRL-I* *vifm-Tab*
if |vifm-'cpoptions'| contains "t" flag (|vifm-cpo-t|), <tab> and
<c-i> switch active pane just like |vifm-Space| does, otherwise it
goes forward through directory history of current view. Nonexistent
directories are automatically skipped.
Ctrl-G *vifm-CTRL-G*
show a dialog with detailed information about current file.
See |vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for controls.
Shift-Tab *vifm-SHIFT-Tab*
enter view mode (|vifm-view|, works only after activating view pane
with |vifm-:view| command).
ga *vifm-ga*
calculate directory size. Uses cached directory sizes when possible
for better performance. As a special case calculating size of ".." entry
results in calculation of size of current directory.
gA *vifm-gA*
like ga, but force update. Ignores old values of directory sizes.
If file under cursor is selected, each selected item is processed,
otherwise only current file is updated.
gf *vifm-gf*
find link destination (like l with |vifm-'followlinks'| off, but also
finds directories). On Windows additionally follows .lnk-files.
gF *vifm-gF*
Same as gf, but resolves final path of the chain of symbolic links.
*vifm-gr*
gr {only for MS-Windows}
same as l key, but tries to run program with administrative
privileges.
av *vifm-av*
go into visual mode for updating current selection, any existing selection
is preserved.
gv *vifm-gv*
go into visual mode restoring last selection.
[reg]gs *vifm-gs*
If register is present, then all files listed in that register that are
visible in current view are selected.
When no register is specified, restore the last selection saved for this
view (similar to what |vifm-gv| does for visual mode selection). When you
leave a directory, its saved selection is remembered for that path and
visiting the directory again restores it. Selection for up to 10 distinct
file-system locations are remembered.
gu<selector> *vifm-gu*
make names of selected files lowercase.
[count]guu or [count]gugu *vifm-guu* *vifm-gugu*
make names of [count] files starting from the current one lowercase.
Without [count] only current file is affected.
gU<selector> *vifm-gU*
make names of selected files uppercase.
[count]gUU or [count]gUgU *vifm-gUU* *vifm-gUgU*
make names of [count] files starting from the current
one uppercase. Without [count] only current file is affected.
e - explore file in the current pane. *vifm-e*
i *vifm-i*
handle file (even if it's an executable and |vifm-'runexec'| option is
set).
cw *vifm-cw*
change word is used to rename a file or files. If multiple files are
selected, behaves as |vifm-:rename| command run without arguments.
cW *vifm-cW*
change WORD is used to change only name of file (without extension).
cl *vifm-cl*
change link target. If multiple files are selected, an editor is spawn
to edit paths.
*vifm-co*
co - change file owner. {only for *nix}
*vifm-cg*
cg - change file group. {only for *nix}
[count]cp *vifm-cp*
change file attributes (permission on *nix and properties on
Windows). If [count] is specified, it's treated as numerical argument
for non-recursive `chmod` command (of the form `[0-7]{3,4}`). See
|vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for controls.
[count]C *vifm-C*
clone file [count] times.
dd *vifm-dd*
move selected file or files to |vifm-trash| directory (if |vifm-'trash'|
option is set, otherwise delete).
d<selector> *vifm-d*
like dd, but accepts motions/selectors.
DD and D<selector> *vifm-D* *vifm-DD*
like dd and d<selector>, but omitting |vifm-trash|
directory (even when |vifm-'trash'| option is set).
yy or Y *vifm-yy* *vifm-Y*
yank selected files.
y<selector> *vifm-y*
yank files specified by motion/selector.
p *vifm-p*
copy yanked files to the current directory or move the files to the
current directory if they were deleted with dd or :d[elete] or yanked
from |vifm-trash| directory.
P *vifm-P*
move the last yanked files. The advantage of using P instead of d
followed by p is that P moves files only once. This isn't important in
case you're moving files in the same file system where your home
directory is, but using P to move files on some other file system (or
file systems, in case you want to move files from fs1 to fs2 and your
home is on fs3) can save your time.
al - put symbolic links with absolute paths. *vifm-al*
rl - put symbolic links with relative paths. *vifm-rl*
t - select or unselect (tag) the current file. *vifm-t*
u - undo last change. *vifm-u*
Ctrl-R - redo last change. *vifm-CTRL-R*
dp *vifm-dp*
in compare view of "ofboth grouppaths" kind makes corresponding entries
of the other pane equal to the current one. If at least one file is
selected, the command processes selection, otherwise current file.
The semantics is as follows:
- nothing is done for identical entries
- if file is missing in current view, its pair gets removed
- if file is missing or differs in other view, it is replaced
- file pairs are defined by matching relative paths
File removal obeys |vifm-'trash'| option. When the option is enabled, the
operation can be undone/redone (although results won't be visible
automatically).
Unlike in Vim, this operation is performed on a single line rather than
a set of adjacent changes.
do *vifm-do*
same as dp, but applies changes in the opposite direction.
v or V *vifm-v* *vifm-V*
start visual selection of files, clears current selection.
[count]Ctrl-A *vifm-CTRL-A*
increment first number in file name by [count] (1 by default).
[count]Ctrl-X *vifm-CTRL-X*
decrement first number in file name by [count] (1 by default).
ZQ - same as :quit!. *vifm-ZQ*
ZZ - same as |vifm-:quit|. *vifm-ZZ*
. *vifm-.*
repeat last command-line command (not normal mode command) of this
run (does nothing right after startup or |vifm-:restart| command).
The command doesn't depend on command-line history and can be used
with completely disabled history.
( *vifm-(*
go to previous group. Groups are defined by primary sorting key.
For name and iname members of each group have same first letter,
for all other sorting keys vifm uses size, uid, ...
) *vifm-)*
go to next group. See ( key description above.
{ *vifm-{*
speeds up navigation to closest previous entry of the opposite type by
moving to the first file backwards when cursor is on a directory and
to the first directory backwards when cursor is on a file. This is
essentially a special case of ( that is locked on "dirs".
} *vifm-}*
same as {, but in forward direction.
[c *vifm-[c*
go to previous mismatched entry in directory comparison view or do
nothing.
]c *vifm-]c*
go to next mismatched entry in directory comparison view or do nothing.
[d *vifm-[d*
go to previous directory entry or do nothing.
]d *vifm-]d*
go to next directory entry or do nothing.
[r same as |vifm-:siblprev|. *vifm-[r*
]r same as |vifm-:siblnext|. *vifm-]r*
[R same as |vifm-:siblprev|!. *vifm-[R*
]R same as |vifm-:siblnext|!. *vifm-]R*
[s *vifm-[s*
go to previous selected entry or do nothing.
]s *vifm-]s*
go to next selected entry or do nothing.
Using Count~
*vifm-count* *vifm-[count]*
You can use count with commands like yy.
[count]yy yank (count + 1) files starting from current cursor position
downward.
Or you can use count with motions passed to y, d or D.
d[count]j delete (count + 1) files starting from current cursor position
upward.
Registers~
*vifm-registers*
vifm supports multiple registers for temporary storing list of yanked or
deleted files.
Registers should be specified by hitting double quote key followed by a
register name. Count is specified after register name. By default
commands use unnamed register, which has double quote as its name.
Though all commands accept registers, most of commands ignores them (for
example H or Ctrl-U). Other commands can fill register or append new
files to it.
Presently vifm supports ", _, a-z and A-Z characters as register names.
_ is black hole register. It can be used for writing, but its list is always
empty.
As mentioned above " is unnamed register and has special meaning of the
default register. Every time when you use named registers (a-z and A-Z)
unnamed register is updated to contain same list of files as the last
used register.
Registers with names from a to z and from A to Z are named ones.
Lowercase registers are cleared before adding new files, while uppercase
aren't and should be used to append new files to the existing file list
of appropriate lowercase register (A for a, B for b, ...).
Registers can be changed on :empty command if they contain files under
|vifm-trash| directory.
Registers do not contain one file more than once.
Example:
"a2yy
puts names of two files to register a (and to the unnamed register).
"Ad
removes one file and append its name to register a (and to the unnamed
register).
p or "ap or "Ap
inserts previously yanked and deleted files into current directory.
Selectors~
*vifm-selectors*
y, d, D, !, gu and gU commands accept selectors. You can combine them with
any of selectors below to quickly remove or yank several files.
j, k, gg, G, H, L, M, %, f, F, ;, comma, ', ^, 0 and $ can be used as
selectors for several commands.
Also following selectors can be used:
a - all files in current view
s - selected files
S - all files except selected
For example:
dj - delete file under cursor and one below.
d2j - delete file under cursor and two below.
y6gg - yank all files from cursor position to 6th file in the list.
When you pass a count to whole command and its selector they are
multiplied. So:
2d2j - delete file under cursor and four below.
2dj - delete file under cursor and two below.
2y6gg - yank all files from cursor position to 12th file in the list.
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*vifm-visual*
Visual mode has two generic operating submodes:
- plain selection as it is in Vim;
- selection editing submode.
Both modes select files in range from cursor position at which visual mode was
entered to current cursor position (let's call it "selection region"). Each of
two borders can be adjusted by swapping them via |vifm-v_o| or |vifm-v_O| keys
and updating cursor position with regular cursor motion keys. Obviously, once
initial cursor position is altered this way, real start position becomes
unavailable.
Plain Vim-like visual mode starts with cleared selection, which is not restored
on rejecting selection (|vifm-v_Escape|, |vifm-v_CTRL-C|, |vifm-v_v|,
|vifm-v_V|). Contrary to it, selection editing doesn't clear previously
selected files and restores them after reject. Accepting selection by
performing an operation on selected items (e.g. yanking them via |vifm-y|)
moves cursor to the top of current selection region (not to the top most
selected file of the view).
In turn, selection editing supports three types of editing (look at status bar
to know which one is currently active):
- append - amend selection by selecting elements in selection region;
- remove - amend selection by deselecting elements in selection region;
- invert - amend selection by inverting selection of elements in selection
region.
No matter how you activate selection editing it starts in "append" activated.
One can switch type of operation (in the order given above) via
|vifm-v_CTRL-G| key.
Almost all normal mode keys work in visual mode, but instead of accepting
selectors they operate on selected items.
Enter *vifm-v_Enter*
save selection and go back to normal mode not moving cursor.
av *vifm-v_av*
leave visual mode if in amending mode (restores previous selection),
otherwise switch to amending selection mode.
gv *vifm-v_gv*
restore previous visual selection.
Escape, Ctrl-C *vifm-v_Escape* *vifm-v_CTRL-C*
v, V *vifm-v_v* *vifm-v_V*
leave visual mode if not in amending mode, otherwise switch to normal
visual selection.
Ctrl-G *vifm-v_CTRL-G*
switch type of amending by round robin scheme: append -> remove -> invert.
: *vifm-v_:*
enter command line mode. Selection is cleared on leaving the mode.
o, O *vifm-v_o* *vifm-v_O*
switch active selection bound.
gu, u *vifm-v_gu* *vifm-v_u*
make names of selected files lowercase.
gU, U *vifm-v_gU* *vifm-v_U*
make names of selected files uppercase.
cl *vifm-v_cl*
change target of symbolic link(s).
cw *vifm-v_cw*
same as running |vifm-:rename| command without arguments.
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*vifm-view*
This mode tries to imitate the less program. List of builtin shortcuts can be
found below. Shortcuts can be customized using |vifm-:qmap|, |vifm-:qnoremap| and
|vifm-:qunmap| command-line commands.
Shift-Tab, Tab *vifm-q_SHIFT-Tab* *vifm-q_Tab*
q, Q, ZZ *vifm-q_q* *vifm-q_Q* *vifm-q_ZZ*
return to normal mode.
[count]e, [count]Ctrl-E *vifm-q_e* *vifm-q_CTRL-E*
[count]j, [count]Ctrl-N *vifm-q_j* *vifm-q_CTRL-N*
[count]Enter *vifm-q_Enter*
scroll forward one line (or [count] lines).
[count]y, [count]Ctrl-Y *vifm-q_y* *vifm-q_CTRL-Y*
[count]k, [count]Ctrl-K *vifm-q_k* *vifm-q_CTRL-K*
[count]Ctrl-P *vifm-q_CTRL-P*
scroll backward one line (or [count] lines).
[count]f, [count]Ctrl-F *vifm-q_f* *vifm-q_CTRL-F*
[count]Ctrl-V, [count]Space *vifm-q_CTRL-V* *vifm-q_Space*
scroll forward one window (or [count] lines).
[count]b, [count]Ctrl-B *vifm-q_b* *vifm-q_CTRL-B*
[count]Alt-V *vifm-q_ALT-V*
scroll backward one window (or [count] lines).
[count]z *vifm-q_z*
scroll forward one window (and set window to [count]).
[count]w *vifm-q_w*
scroll backward one window (and set window to [count]).
[count]Alt-Space *vifm-q_ALT-Space*
scroll forward one window, but don't stop at end-of-file.
[count]d, [count]Ctrl-D *vifm-q_d* *vifm-q_CTRL-D*
scroll forward one half-window (and set half-window to [count]).
[count]u, [count]Ctrl-U *vifm-q_u* *vifm-q_CTRL-U*
scroll backward one half-window (and set half-window to [count]).
r, Ctrl-R *vifm-q_r* *vifm-q_CTRL-R*
Ctrl-L *vifm-q_CTRL-L*
repaint screen.
R *vifm-q_R*
reload view preserving scroll position.
F *vifm-q_F*
toggle automatic forwarding. Roughly equivalent to periodic file reload
and scrolling to the bottom. The behaviour is similar to `tail -F` or F
key in less.
a *vifm-q_a*
switch to the next viewer. Does nothing for preview constructed via `%q`
macro.
A *vifm-q_A*
switch to the previous viewer. Does nothing for preview constructed
via `%q` macro.
i *vifm-q_i*
toggle raw mode (ignoring of defined viewers). Does nothing for preview
constructed via `%q` macro.
[count]/pattern *vifm-q_/*
search forward for ([count]-th) matching line.
[count]?pattern *vifm-q_?*
search backward for ([count]-th) matching line.
[count]n *vifm-q_n*
repeat previous search (for [count]-th occurrence).
[count]N *vifm-q_N*
repeat previous search in reverse direction (for [count]-th occurrence).
[count]g, [count]< *vifm-q_g* *vifm-q_<*
[count]Alt-< *vifm-q_ALT-<*
scroll to the first line of the file (or line [count]).
[count]G, [count]> *vifm-q_G* *vifm-q_>*
[count]Alt-> *vifm-q_ALT->*
scroll to the last line of the file (or line [count]).
[count]p, [count]% *vifm-q_p* *vifm-q_%*
scroll to the beginning of the file (or N percent into file).
v *vifm-q_v*
invoke an editor to edit the current file being viewed. The command for
editing is taken from the |vifm-'vicmd'| or |vifm-'vixcmd'| option value and
extended with middle line number prepended by a plus sign and name of the
current file.
All "Ctrl-W x" keys above work the same was as in |vifm-normal| mode. Active
mode is automatically changed on navigating among windows. When less-like
activated on file preview is left using one by "Ctrl-W x" keys, its state is
stored until another file is displayed using preview (it's possible to leave
the mode, hide preview pane, do something else, then get back to the file and
show preview pane again with previously stored state in it).
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*vifm-command-line*
These keys are available in all submodes of the command line mode: command,
search, prompt and filtering.
Down, Up, Left, Right, Home, End and Delete are extended keys and they are not
available if vifm is compiled with --disable-extended-keys option.
Esc, Ctrl-C *vifm-c_Esc* *vifm-c_CTRL-C*
leave command line mode, cancels input. Cancelled input is saved into
appropriate history and can be recalled later.
Ctrl-M, Enter *vifm-c_CTRL-M* *vifm-c_Enter*
execute command and leave command line mode.
Ctrl-I, Tab *vifm-c_CTRL-I* *vifm-c_Tab*
complete command or its argument.
Shift-Tab *vifm-c_SHIFT-Tab*
complete in reverse order.
Ctrl-_ *vifm-c_CTRL-_*
stop completion and return original input.
Ctrl-B, Left - move cursor to the left. *vifm-c_CTRL-B* *vifm-c_Left*
Ctrl-F, Right - move cursor to the right. *vifm-c_CTRL-F* *vifm-c_Right*
Ctrl-A, Home - go to start of the line *vifm-c_CTRL-A* *vifm-c_Home*
Ctrl-E, End - go to end of the line. *vifm-c_CTRL-E* *vifm-c_End*
Alt-B - go to beginning of previous word. *vifm-c_ALT-B*
Alt-F - go to end of next word. *vifm-c_ALT-F*
Ctrl-U *vifm-c_CTRL-U*
remove characters from cursor position till beginning of the line.
Ctrl-K *vifm-c_CTRL-K*
remove characters from cursor position till end of the line.
Ctrl-H *vifm-c_CTRL-H*
Backspace *vifm-c_Backspace*
remove single character before the cursor.
Ctrl-D, Delete *vifm-c_CTRL-D* *vifm-c_Delete*
remove single character under the cursor.
Ctrl-W *vifm-c_CTRL-W*
remove characters from cursor position till beginning of previous word.
Alt-D *vifm-c_ALT-D*
remove characters from cursor position till beginning of next word.
Ctrl-T *vifm-c_CTRL-T*
swap the order of current and previous characters and move cursor forward
or, if cursor past the end of line, swap the order of two last characters
in the line.
Alt-. *vifm-c_ALT-.*
insert last part of previous command to current cursor position.
Each next call inserts part of previous command.
Ctrl-G *vifm-c_CTRL-G*
edit command-line content in external editor. See
|vifm-command-line-edit| section for details.
Ctrl-N *vifm-c_CTRL-N*
recall more recent command-line from history.
Ctrl-P *vifm-c_CTRL-P*
recall older command-line from history.
Up *vifm-c_Up*
recall more recent command-line from history, that begins as the current
command-line.
Down *vifm-c_Down*
recall older command-line from history, that begins as the current
command-line.
Ctrl-] - trigger abbreviation expansion. *vifm-c_CTRL-]*
Ctrl-R = *vifm-c_CTRL-R_=*
insert result of evaluating an expression. Expression is to be entered
via nested command-line prompt (where this key does nothing). Expansion
of an erroneous expression is empty.
Fast navigation~
In order to streamline navigation through directory tree, you can enter a
special form of command-line mode from search or local filter prompt. Once
activated, pressing Enter opens currently selected directory and clears the
prompt in anticipation of the next component of the path. If entry under the
cursor is a file, it is opened and the mode is finished.
This behaviour is embedded in a command-line mode, but doesn't update input
histories nor expands abbreviations and redefines some of the mode's mappings
for the purpose of faster navigation through the file system rather than
command-line editing. When on, prompt gets "nav" prefix.
You can enable this behaviour on search by default via a mapping like: >
nnoremap / /<c-y>
Ctrl-Y *vifm-c_CTRL-Y*
enter navigation mode. Works only for search and local filter started
from a normal mode and only when |vifm-'incsearch'| is set
(|vifm-'wrapscan'| is also nice to have set for search).
Ctrl-Y *vifm-a_CTRL-Y*
return to a regular command-line mode.
Enter, Right *vifm-a_Enter* *vifm-a_Right*
either enter a directory under the cursor without leaving the mode and
clear the prompt or leave the mode for files. If |vifm-'navoptions'|
specifies "open:all" a file under the cursor is opened after leaving the
mode.
Ctrl-O, Left *vifm-a_CTRL-O* *vifm-a_Left*
go to parent directory.
Ctrl-J *vifm-a_CTRL-J*
leave the mode without undoing cursor position or filter state.
Ctrl-N, Down *vifm-a_CTRL-N* *vifm-a_Down*
move view cursor down.
Ctrl-P, Up *vifm-a_CTRL-P* *vifm-a_Up*
move view cursor up.
Page Down *vifm-a_PageDown*
scroll view down.
Page Up *vifm-a_PageUp*
scroll view up.
Home *vifm-a_Home*
move view cursor to the first item.
End *vifm-a_End*
move view cursor to the last item.
Pasting special values~
The shortcuts listed below insert specified values into current cursor
position. Last key of every shortcut references value that it inserts:
- c - [c]urrent file
- d - [d]irectory path
- e - [e]xtension of a file name
- r - [r]oot part of a file name
- t - [t]ail part of directory path
- a - [a]utomatic filter
- m - [m]anual filter
- = - local filter, which is bound to "=" in normal mode
Values related to filelist in current pane are available through Ctrl-X
prefix, while values from the other pane have doubled Ctrl-X key as their
prefix (doubled Ctrl-X is presumably easier to type than uppercase
letters; it's still easy to remap the keys to correspond to names of
similar macros).
Ctrl-X c *vifm-c_CTRL-X_c*
name of the current file of the active pane.
Ctrl-X d *vifm-c_CTRL-X_d*
path to the current directory of the active pane.
Ctrl-X e *vifm-c_CTRL-X_e*
extension of the current file of the active pane.
Ctrl-X r *vifm-c_CTRL-X_r*
name root of current file of the active pane.
Ctrl-X t *vifm-c_CTRL-X_t*
the last component of path to the current directory of the active pane.
Ctrl-X Ctrl-X c *vifm-c_CTRL-X_CTRL-X_c*
name of the current file of the inactive pane.
Ctrl-X Ctrl-X d *vifm-c_CTRL-X_CTRL-X_d*
path to the current directory of the inactive pane.
Ctrl-X Ctrl-X e *vifm-c_CTRL-X_CTRL-X_e*
extension of the current file of the inactive pane.
Ctrl-X Ctrl-X r *vifm-c_CTRL-X_CTRL-X_r*
name root of current file of the inactive pane.
Ctrl-X Ctrl-X t *vifm-c_CTRL-X_CTRL-X_t*
the last component of path to the current directory of the inactive pane.
Ctrl-X a *vifm-c_CTRL-X_a*
value of implicit permanent filter (old name "automatic") of the active
pane.
Ctrl-X m *vifm-c_CTRL-X_m*
value of explicit permanent filter (old name "manual") of the active
pane.
Ctrl-X = *vifm-c_CTRL-X_=*
value of local filter of the active pane.
Ctrl-X / *vifm-c_CTRL-X_/*
last pattern from search history.
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*vifm-command-line-edit*
vifm provides a facility to edit several kinds of data, that is usually edited
in command-line mode, in external editor (using command specified by
|vifm-'vicmd'| or |vifm-'vixcmd'| option). This has at least two advantages
over built-in command-line mode:
- one can use full power of Vim to edit text;
- finding and reusing history entries becomes possible.
The facility is supported by four input submodes of the command-line:
- command;
- forward search;
- backward search;
- file rename (see |vifm-cw| and |vifm-cW|).
Editing command-line using external editor is activated by the |vifm-c_CTRL-G|
shortcut. It's also possible to do almost the same from Normal and Visual
modes using |vifm-q:|, |vifm-q/| and |vifm-q?| commands.
Temporary file created for the purpose of editing the line has the following
structure:
1. First line, which is either empty or contains text already entered in
command-line.
2. 2nd and all other lines with history items starting with the most recent
one. Altering this lines in any way won't change history items stored by
vifm.
After editing application is finished the first line of the file is taken as
the result of operation, when the application returns zero exit code. If the
application returns an error (see |:cquit| command in Vim), all the edits made
to the file are ignored, but the initial value of the first line is saved in
appropriate history.
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*vifm-more*
*vifm-pager*
This is the mode that appears when status bar content is so big that it
doesn't fit on the screen. One can identify the mode by "-- More --" message
at the bottom.
The following keys are handled in this mode:
Enter, Ctrl-J, j or Down - scroll one line down.
Backspace, k or Up - scroll one line up.
d - scroll one page (half of a screen) down.
u - scroll one page (half of a screen) up.
Space, f or PageDown - scroll down a screen.
b or PageUp - scroll up a screen.
G - scroll to the bottom.
g - scroll to the top.
q, Escape or Ctrl-C - quit the mode.
: - switch to command-line mode.
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*vifm-commands*
vifm-commands are executed with :command_name<Enter>
Commented out lines should start with the double quote symbol ("), which may be
preceded by whitespace characters intermixed with colons. Inline comments can
be added at the end of the line after double quote symbol, only last line of a
multi-line command can contain such comment. Not all commands support inline
comments as their syntax conflicts with names of registers and fields where
double quotes are allowed.
Most of the commands have two forms: complete and the short one.
Example: >
:noh[lsearch]
This means the complete command is nohlsearch, and the short one is noh.
*vifm-commands-and-selection*
Most of command-line commands completely reset selection in the current view.
However, there are several exceptions:
- `:invert s` most likely leaves some files selected;
- :view command;
- :normal command (when it doesn't leave command-line mode);
- :if and :else commands don't affect selection on successful execution.
*vifm-:bar*
'|' can be used to separate commands, so you can give multiple commands in one
line. If you want to use '|' in an argument, precede it with '\'.
These commands see '|' as part of their arguments even when it's escaped:
:[range]!
:amap
:anoremap
:autocmd
:cabbrev
:cmap
:cnoreabbrev
:cnoremap
:command
:dmap
:dnoremap
:filetype
:fileviewer
:filextype
:keepsel
:map
:mmap
:mnoremap
:nmap
:nnoremap
:noremap
:normal
:qmap
:qnoremap
:vmap
:vnoremap
:wincmd
:windo
:winrun
To be able to use another command after one of these, wrap it with the
|vifm-:execute| command. An example: >
if filetype('.') == 'reg' | execute '!!echo regular file' | endif
<
*vifm-:range*
:number - move to the file number.
:12 would move to the 12th file in the list.
:0 move to the top of the list.
:$ move to the bottom of the list.
See |vifm-ranges| for the ranges implemented.
:[count]command
The only builtin :[count]command are :[count]d[elete] and :[count]y[ank].
Examples:
:d3 - would delete three files starting at the current file position
moving down.
:3d - would delete one file at the third line in the list.
See |vifm-reserved| for a list of reserved command names.
The builtin commands are:
*vifm-:!*
:[range]!command
execute command via shell. Accepts macros.
:[range]!command &
Same as above, but the command is run in the background using vifm's means.
Programs that write to stderr create error dialogs showing errors of the
command. Note the space before ampersand symbol, if you omit it, command
is run in the background using job control of your shell.
*vifm-:!!*
:[range]!!command
same as :!, but pauses before returning.
:!!
repeat the last command.
*vifm-:alink*
:[range]alink[!?]
create absolute symbolic links to files in directory of inactive view.
With "?" prompts for destination file names in an editor. "!" forces
overwrite.
:[range]alink[!] path
create absolute symbolic links to files in directory specified by the path
(absolute or relative to directory of inactive view).
:[range]alink[!] name1 name2...
create absolute symbolic links of files in directory of other view giving
each next link a corresponding name from the argument list.
:[range]alink[!?] -skip ...
see |vifm-skip-param|.
*vifm-:apropos*
:apropos keyword...
create a menu of items returned by the apropos command. Selecting an item
in the menu opens corresponding man page. By default the command relies
on the external "apropos" utility, which can be customized by altering
value of the |vifm-'aproposprg'| option. See |vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for
controls.
:apropos
repeat last :apropos command.
*vifm-:autocmd* *vifm-:au*
:au[tocmd] {event} {pat} {cmd}
register autocommand for the {event}, which can be:
- DirEnter - triggered after directory is changed
Event name is case insensitive.
{pat} is a comma-separated list of modified globs patterns, which can
contain tilde or environment variables. All paths use slash ('/') as
directory separator. The pattern can start with a '!', which negates it.
Patterns that do not contain slashes are matched against the last item of
the path only (e.g. "dir" in "/path/dir"). Literal comma can be entered by
doubling it. Two modifications to globs matching are as follows:
- * - never matches a slash (i.e., can signify single directory level)
- ** - matches any character (i.e., can match path of arbitrary depth)
{cmd} is a :command or several of them separated with '|'.
Examples of patterns:
- `conf.d` - matches conf.d directory anywhere
- `*.d` - matches directories ending with ".d" anywhere
- `**.git` - matches something.git, but not .git anywhere
- `**/.git/**` - matches /path/.git/objects, but not /path/.git
- `**/.git/**/` - matches /path/.git/ only (because of trailing slash)
- `/etc/*` - matches /etc/conf.d/, /etc/X11, but not /etc/X11/fs
- `/etc/**/*.d` - matches /etc/conf.d, /etc/X11/conf.d, etc.
- `/etc/**/*` - matches /etc/ itself and any file below it
- `/etc/**/**` - matches /etc/ itself and any file below it
:au[tocmd] [{event}] [{pat}]
list those autocommands that match given event-pattern combination.
{event} and {pat} can be omitted to list all autocommands. To list any
autocommands for specific pattern one can use * placeholder in place of
{event}.
:au[tocmd]! [{event}] [{pat}]
remove autocommands that match given event-pattern combination. Syntax
is the same as for listing above.
*vifm-:bmark*
:bmark tag1 [tag2 [tag3...]]
bookmark current directory with specified tags.
:bmark! path tag1 [tag2 [tag3...]]
same as :bmark, but allows bookmarking specific path instead of current
directory. This is for use in vifmrc and for bookmarking files.
Path can contain macros that expand to single path (%c, %C, %d, %D) or
those that can expand to multiple paths, but contain only one (%f, %F,
%rx). The latter is done for convenience on using the command
interactively. Complex macros that include spaces (e.g. "%c:gs/ /_")
should be escaped.
*vifm-:bmarks*
:bmarks
display all bookmarks in a menu. See |vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for
controls.
:bmarks [tag1 [tag2...]]
display menu of bookmarks that include all of the specified tags. See
|vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for controls.
*vifm-:bmgo*
:bmgo [tag1 [tag2...]]
when there are more than one match acts exactly like :bmarks, otherwise
navigates to single match immediately (and fails if there is no match).
*vifm-:cabbrev* *vifm-:ca*
:ca[bbrev]
display menu of command-line mode abbreviations. See
|vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for controls.
:ca[bbrev] lhs-prefix
display command-line mode abbreviations which left-hand side starts with
specified prefix.
:ca[bbrev] lhs rhs
register new or overwrite existing abbreviation for command-line mode.
rhs can contain spaces and any special sequences accepted in rhs of
mappings (see |vifm-mappings|). Abbreviations are expanded non-recursively.
*vifm-:chistory* *vifm-:chi*
:chi[story]
display menu of saved menus. See |vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for controls,
also see |vifm-menus-history|.
*vifm-:cnoreabbrev*
*vifm-:cnorea*
:cnorea[bbrev]
display menu of command-line mode abbreviations. See
|vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for controls.
:cnorea[bbrev] lhs-prefix
display command-line mode abbreviations which left-hand side starts with
specified prefix.
:cnorea[bbrev] lhs rhs
same as :cabbrev, but mappings in rhs are ignored during expansion.
*vifm-:cd*
:cd or :cd ~ or :cd $HOME
change to home directory.
:cd -
go to the last visited directory.
:cd ~/dir
change directory to ~/dir.
:cd /curr/dir /other/dir
change directory of the current pane to /curr/dir and directory of the
other pane to /other/dir. Relative paths are assumed to be relative to
directory of current view. Command won't fail if one of directories is
invalid. All forms of the command accept macros.
:cd! /dir
same as :cd /dir /dir.
*vifm-:cds*
:cds[!] pattern string [flags]
navigate to path obtained by substituting first match in current path.
Arguments can include slashes, but starting first argument with a
separator will activate below form of the command. Specifying "!"
changes directory of both panes.
Available flags:
i - ignore case (the |vifm-'ignorecase'| and |vifm-'smartcase'|
options are not used)
I - don't ignore case (the |vifm-'ignorecase'| and
|vifm-'smartcase'| options are not used)
:cds[!]/pattern/string/[flags]
same as above, but with |vifm-:substitute|-like syntax. Other punctuation
characters can be used as separators.
:c[hange] *vifm-:change* *vifm-:c*
show a dialog to alter properties of files.
*vifm-:chmod*
:[range]chmod
display file attributes (permission on *nix and properties on Windows)
change dialog.
:[range]chmod[!] arg... {only for *nix}
change permissions for files. See `man 1 chmod` for arg format. "!"
means set permissions recursively.
*vifm-:chown*
{only for *nix}
:[range]chown
same as |vifm-co| key in normal mode.
:[range]chown [user][:][group]
change owner and/or group of files. Operates on directories recursively.
*vifm-:clone*
:[range]clone[!?]
clone files in current directory. With "?" prompts for destination file
names in an editor. "!" forces overwrite. Macros are expanded.
:[range]clone[!] path
clone files to directory specified with the path (absolute or relative to
current directory). Macros are expanded.
:[range]clone[!] name1 name2...
clone files in current directory giving each next clone a corresponding
name from the argument list. Macros are expanded.
*vifm-:colorscheme* *vifm-:colo*
:colo[rscheme]?
print current color scheme name on the status bar.
:colo[rscheme]
display a menu with a list of available color schemes. You can choose
primary color scheme here. It is used for view if no directory specific
colorscheme fits current path. It's also used to set border color (except
view titles) and colors in menus and dialogs. See
|vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for controls.
:colo[rscheme] color_scheme_name
change primary color scheme to color_scheme_name. In case of errors
(e.g. some colors are not supported by terminal) either nothing is
changed or color scheme is reset to builtin colors to ensure that TUI is
left in a usable state.
:colo[rscheme] color_scheme_name directory
associate directory with the color scheme. The directory argument can
be either absolute or relative path when :colorscheme command is executed
from command line, but mandatory should be an absolute path when the
command is executed in scripts loaded at startup (until vifm is
completely loaded).
:colo[rscheme] color_scheme_name color_scheme_name...
loads the first color scheme in the order given that exists and is supported
by the terminal. If none matches, current one remains unchanged.
For example: >
" use a separate color scheme for panes which are inside FUSE mounts
execute 'colorscheme in-fuse' &fusehome
:comc[lear] *vifm-:comclear* *vifm-:comc*
remove all user defined commands.
*vifm-:command* *vifm-:com*
:com[mand]
display a menu of user commands. See |vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for
controls.
:com[mand] prefix
display user defined commands that start with the prefix.
:com[mand][!] name action[ &]
set or redefine a user command. Use :com[mand]! to overwrite a
previously set command of the same name. Builtin commands can't be
redefined.
User commands must start with an upper or lower case letter. Command
name can't contain special symbols except for a single trailing
'?' or '!'. Numbers are allowed provided that they don't cause parsing
ambiguity (no command name prefix that precedes a digit can match an
existing command unless it has a digit in the same place), for example: >
" good
:command mp3 command
" good
:command mp4 command
:command mp3! command
:command mp4? command
" bad
:command mp command
:command mp44 command
" good
:command mp4c command
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User commands are run in a shell by default (see below for syntax of other
options). To run a command in the background you must mark it as a
background command by adding " &" after the command's action
(e.g., `:com rm rm %f &`).
User commands of all kinds have macros expanded in them. See
|vifm-macros| for more information.
:com[mand] name /pattern
set search pattern.
:com[mand] name =pattern
set local filter value.
:com[mand] name filter{:filter args}
set file name filter (see |vifm-:filter|). For example: >
" display only audio files
:command onlyaudio filter/.+\.\(mp3|wav|mp3|flac|ogg|m4a|wma|ape\)$/i
" display everything except audio files
:command noaudio filter!/.+\.\(mp3|wav|mp3|flac|ogg|m4a|wma|ape\)$/i
:com[mand] name :commands
set kind of an alias for internal commands (like in a shell). Passes
range given to the alias to aliased command, so running :%cp after >
:command cp :copy %a
< equals >
:%copy
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*vifm-:compare*
:compare [byname | bysize | bycontents |
listall | listunique | listdups |
ofboth | ofone |
groupids | grouppaths |
skipempty | withicase | withrcase |
showidentical | showdifferent | showuniqueleft | showuniqueright]...
compare files in one or two views according to the arguments. The default
is "bycontents listall ofboth grouppaths showidentical showdifferent
showuniqueleft showuniqueright". See |vifm-compare-views| for
details. Diff structure is incompatible with alternative representations,
so values of |vifm-'lsview'| and |vifm-'millerview'| options are ignored.
:compare! (showidentical | showdifferent | showuniqueleft |
showuniqueright)...
this invocation form works only when compare view is active and results in
redoing of the previous :compare with toggled state of the passed in
options.
:cope[n] *vifm-:copen* *vifm-:cope*
reopens the last visible menu that has navigation to files by default, if
any. See |vifm-menus-history|.
*vifm-:copy* *vifm-:co*
:[range]co[py][!?][ &]
copy files to directory of other view. With "?" prompts for destination
file names in an editor. "!" forces overwrite.
:[range]co[py][!] path[ &]
copy files to directory specified with the path (absolute or relative to
directory of other view). "!" forces overwrite.
:[range]co[py][!] name1 name2...[ &]
copy files to directory of other view giving each next file a
corresponding name from the argument list. "!" forces overwrite.
:[range]co[py][!?] -skip ...
see |vifm-skip-param|.
:cq[uit][!] *vifm-:cquit* *vifm-:cq*
same as |vifm-:quit|, but also aborts directory choosing via
|vifm---choose-dir| (empties output file) and returns non-zero exit code.
*vifm-:cunabbrev* *vifm-:cuna*
:cuna[bbrev] lhs
unregister command-line mode abbreviation by its lhs.
:cuna[bbrev] rhs
unregister command-line mode abbreviation by its rhs, so that abbreviation
could be removed even after expansion.
*vifm-:delbmarks*
:delbmarks
remove bookmarks from current directory.
:delbmarks tag1 [tag2 [tag3...]]
remove set of bookmarks that include all of the specified tags.
:delbmarks!
remove all bookmarks.
:delbmarks! path1 [path2 [path3...]]
remove bookmarks of listed paths.
:delc[ommand] user_command *vifm-:delcommand* *vifm-:delc*
remove user defined command named user_command.
*vifm-:delete* *vifm-:d*
:[range]d[elete][!] [reg] [count]
delete selected or [count] files into [reg] (" by default). "!" means
complete removal (omitting trash).
:[range]d[elete][!] [count] &
delete [count] files in background. "!" means complete removal.
*vifm-:delmarks* *vifm-:delm*
:delm[arks]!
delete all marks.
:delm[arks] marks ...
delete specified marks, each argument is treated as a set of marks.
*vifm-:delsession*
:delsession name
delete specified session if it was stored previously. Deleting current
session doesn't detach it.
*vifm-:display* *vifm-:di*
:di[splay]
display menu with registers content.
:di[splay] list
display the contents of the numbered and named registers that are
mentioned in list (for example "az to display "", "a and "z content).
:dirs *vifm-:dirs*
display directory stack in a menu. See |vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for
controls.
:ec[ho] [<expr>...] *vifm-:echo* *vifm-:ec*
evaluate each argument as an expression and output them separated with a
space. See |vifm-:let| for definition of <expr>.
:[range]e[dit] [file...] *vifm-:edit* *vifm-:e*
open selected or passed file(s) in editor. Macros and environment
variables are expanded.
:el[se] *vifm-:else* *vifm-:el*
execute commands until next matching |vifm-:endif| if all other conditions
didn't match. See also |vifm-:if| and |vifm-commands-and-selection|.
:elsei[f] {expr1} *vifm-:elseif* *vifm-:elsei*
execute commands until next matching |vifm-:elseif|, |vifm-:else| or
|vifm-:endif| if conditions of previous :if and :elseif branches were
evaluated to zero. See also |vifm-:if| and |vifm-commands-and-selection|.
:empty *vifm-:empty*
permanently remove files from all existing non-empty trash directories (see
|vifm-trash|). Trash directories which are specified via %r and/or %u also
get deleted completely. Also remove all operations from undolist that have
no sense after :empty and remove all records about files located inside
directories from all registers. Removal is performed as background task
with undetermined amount of work and can be checked via |vifm-:jobs| menu.
:en[dif] *vifm-:endif* *vifm-:en*
end conditional block. See also |vifm-:if| and |vifm-:else|.
:exe[cute] [<expr>...] *vifm-:execute* *vifm-:exe*
evaluate each argument as an expression and join results separated by a
space to get a single string which is then executed as a command-line
command. See |vifm-:let| for definition of <expr>.
:exi[t][!] *vifm-:exit* *vifm-:exi*
same as |vifm-:quit|.
*vifm-:file* *vifm-:f*
:f[ile][ &]
display menu of programs set for the file type of the current file. " &"
forces running associated program in background. See
|vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for controls.
:f[ile] arg[ &]
run associated command that begins with the arg skipping opening menu. " &"
forces running associated program in background.
*vifm-:filetype* *vifm-:filet*
:filet[ype] pattern-list [{ descr }]def_program[ &],[{ descr }]prog2[ &],...
associate given program list to each of the patterns. Associated
program (command) is used by handlers of l and Enter keys (and also in
the :file menu). If you need to insert comma into command just double
it (",,"). Space followed by an ampersand as two last characters
means running command in background. Optional description can be given to
each command to ease understanding of what command does in the :file menu.
The rest of the programs for an association is inspected if the default
one isn't found. When program entry doesn't contain any of vifm macros,
name of current file is appended as if program entry ended with %c macro
on *nix and %"c on Windows. On Windows path to executables containing
spaces can (and should be for correct work with such paths) be double
quoted. See |vifm-patterns| for pattern definition and |vifm-selection| for
how selection is handled. See also |vifm-fuse|.
Example for zip archives and several actions: >
filetype *.zip,*.jar,*.war,*.ear
\ {Mount with fuse-zip}
\ FUSE_MOUNT|fuse-zip %SOURCE_FILE %DESTINATION_DIR,
\ {View contents}
\ zip -sf %c | less,
\ {Extract here}
\ tar -xf %c,
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Note that on OS X when `open` is used to call an app, vifm is unable to
check whether that app is actually available. So if automatic skipping
of programs that aren't there is desirable, `open` should be replaced
with an actual command.
:filet[ype] filename
list (in menu mode) currently registered patterns that match specified
file name. Same as ":filextype filename".
*vifm-:filextype* *vifm-:filex*
:filex[type] pattern-list [{ description }] def_program,program2,...
same as :filetype, but this command is ignored if not running in X. In
X :filextype is equal to :filetype. See |vifm-patterns| for pattern
definition and |vifm-selection| for how selection is handled. See also
|vifm-fuse|.
For example, consider the following settings (the order might seem
strange, but it's for the demonstration purpose): >
filetype *.html,*.htm
\ {View in lynx}
\ lynx
filextype *.html,*.htm
\ {Open with dwb}
\ dwb %f %i &,
filetype *.html,*.htm
\ {View in links}
\ links
filextype *.html,*.htm
\ {Open with firefox}
\ firefox %f &,
\ {Open with uzbl}
\ uzbl-browser %f %i &,
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If you're using vifm inside a terminal emulator that is running in
graphical environment (when X is used on *nix; always on Windows), vifm
attempts to run application in this order:
1. lynx
2. dwb
3. links
4. firefox
5. uzbl
If there is no graphical environment (checked by presence of non-empty
$DISPLAY or $WAYLAND_DISPLAY environment variable on *nix; never happens
on Windows), the list will look like:
1. lynx
2. links
Just as if all :filextype commands were not there.
The purpose of such differentiation is to allow comfortable use of vifm
with same settings in desktop environment/through remote connection (SSH)/
in native console.
Note that on OS X $DISPLAY isn't defined unless you define it, so
:filextype should be used only if you set $DISPLAY in some way.
:filext[ype] filename
list (in menu mode) currently registered patterns that match specified
file name. Same as ":filetype filename".
*vifm-:fileviewer* *vifm-:filev*
:filev[iewer] pattern-list command1,command2,...
register specified list of commands as viewers for each of the patterns.
Viewer is a command which output is captured and displayed in one of the
panes of vifm after pressing |vifm-e| or running |vifm-:view| command.
When the command doesn't contain any of vifm macros, name of current file
is appended as if command ended with |vifm-%c| macro. Comma escaping and
missing commands processing rules as for |vifm-:filetype| apply to this
command. See |vifm-patterns| for pattern definition. Supports
|vifm-lua-handlers|.
Example for zip archives: >
fileviewer *.zip,*.jar,*.war,*.ear zip -sf %c, echo "No zip to preview:"
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:filev[iewer] filename
list (in menu mode) currently registered patterns that match specified
filename.
*vifm-:filter*
:filter[!] {pattern}
filter files matching the pattern out of directory listings. '!'
controls state of filter inversion after updating filter value
(see |vifm-cpo-f|). Filter is matched case sensitively on *nix and
case insensitively on Windows. See |vifm-filters| and |vifm-patterns|.
Example: >
" filter all files ending in .o from the filelist.
:filter /\.o$/
:filter[!] {empty-pattern}
same as above, but use last search pattern as pattern value.
Example: >
:filter //I
:filter
reset filter (set it to an empty string) and show all files.
:filter!
same as |vifm-:invert|.
:filter?
display information on local, name and auto filters.
*vifm-:find* *vifm-:fin*
:[range]fin[d] pattern
display results of find command in the menu. Searche among selected
files if any and no range given. Macros are accepted. By default the
command relies on the external "find" utility, which can be customized
by altering value of the |vifm-'findprg'| option. See
|vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for controls.
:[range]fin[d] -opt...
same as :find above, but user defines all find arguments. Searches among
selected files if any and no range given.
:[range]fin[d] path -opt...
same as :find above, but user defines all find arguments. Ignores
selection and range.
:[range]fin[d]
repeat last :find command.
:fini[sh] *vifm-:finish* *vifm-:fini*
stop script sourcing. Can only be used in a vifm script file. This is a
quick way to skip processing of the rest of the file without even parsing
it.
:go[to] path *vifm-:goto* *vifm-:go*
change directory if necessary and put specified path under the cursor.
The path should be existing non-root path. Macros and environment
variables are expanded.
*vifm-:grep* *vifm-:gr*
:[range]gr[ep][!] pattern
display results of "grep" command in the menu. Add "!" to request
inversion of search (look for lines that do not match pattern). Searches
among selected files if any and no range given. Ignores binary files by
default. By default the command relies on the external "grep" utility,
which can be customized by altering value of the |vifm-'grepprg'| option.
See |vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for controls.
:[range]gr[ep][!] -opt...
same as :grep above, but user defines all grep arguments, which are not
escaped. Searches among selected files if any.
:[range]gr[ep][!]
repeat last :grep command. "!" of this command inverts "!" in repeated
command.
*vifm-:help* *vifm-:h*
:h[elp]
display documentation in editor.
:h[elp] argument
same as using ':h argument' in vim. Use vifm-<something> to get help on
vifm (tab completion works and matches in the middle of the string as
well). This form of the command doesn't work when |vifm-'vimhelp'| option
is off.
:hideui *vifm-:hideui*
hide interface to show previous commands' output.
*vifm-:highlight* *vifm-:hi*
:hi[ghlight]
display information about all highlight groups active at the moment.
:hi[ghlight] clear
reset all highlighting to builtin defaults and removed all
filename-specific rules.
:hi[ghlight] clear ( {pat1,pat2,...} | /regexp/ )
remove specified rule.
:hi[ghlight] group-name | {pat1,pat2,...} | /regexp/
display information on given highlight group or file name pattern of color
scheme used in the active view.
:hi[ghlight] ( group-name | {pat1,pat2,...} | /regexp/[iI] )
cterm=style | ctermfg=color | ctermbg=color |
gui=style | guifg=color | guibg=color
set style (cterm, gui), foreground (ctermfg, guifg) and/or
background (ctermbg, guibg) parameters of highlight group or file name
pattern for color scheme used in the active view.
All style values as well as color names are case insensitive.
Available style values (some of them can be combined):
- bold
- underline
- reverse or inverse
- standout
- italic (on unsupported systems becomes reverse)
- combine - add attributes of current group to attributes of the parent in
group hierarchy (see below) instead of replacing them
- none
Available group-name values:
- Win - color of all windows (views, dialogs, menus) and default color for
their content (e.g. regular files in views)
- AuxWin - color of auxiliary areas of windows
- OtherWin - color of inactive pane
- Border - color of vertical parts of the border
- TabLine - tab line color (for |vifm-'tabscope'| set to "global")
- TabLineSel - color of the tip of selected tab (regardless of
|vifm-'tabscope'|)
- TopLine - top line color of the other pane
- TopLineSel - top line color of the current pane
- CmdLine - the command line/status bar color
- ErrorMsg - color of error messages in the status bar
- StatusLine - color of the line above the status bar
- JobLine - color of job line that appears above the status line
- WildMenu - color of the wild menu items
- SuggestBox - color of key suggestion box
- CurrLine - line at cursor position in active view
- OtherLine - line at cursor position in inactive view
- OddLine - color of every second entry line in a pane
- LineNr - line number column of views
- Selected - color of selected files
- Directory - color of directories
- Link - color of symbolic links in the views
- BrokenLink - color of broken symbolic links
- HardLink - color of regular files with more than one hard link
- Socket - color of sockets
- Device - color of block and character devices
- Executable - color of executable files
- Fifo - color of fifo pipes
- CmpMismatch - color of mismatched files in side-by-side comparison by paths
- CmpUnmatched - comparison file entry that has no pair in the other pane
- CmpBlank - entry placeholder in a compare view, paired with CmpUnmatched
- User1..User20 - 20 colors which can be used via %* |vifm-'statusline'|
macro
Available colors:
- -1 or default or none - transparent
- black and lightblack
- red and lightred
- green and lightgreen
- yellow and lightyellow
- blue and lightblue
- magenta and lightmagenta
- cyan and lightcyan
- white and lightwhite
- 0-255 - corresponding colors from 256-color palette
(for ctermfg and ctermbg)
- #rrggbb - direct ("gui", "true", 24-bit) color in hex-notation, each of
the three compontents are in the range 0x00 to 0xff
(for guifg and guibg)
Light versions of colors are regular colors with bold attribute set
automatically in terminals that have less than 16 colors. So order of arguments
of :highlight command is important and it's better to put "cterm" in front of
others to prevent it from overwriting attributes set by "ctermfg" or "ctermbg"
arguments.
For convenience of color scheme authors xterm-like names for 256 color palette
is also supported. The mapping is taken from
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Xterm256_color_names_for_console_Vim
Duplicated entries were altered by adding an underscore followed by numerical
suffix.
0 Black 86 Aquamarine1 172 Orange3
1 Red 87 DarkSlateGray2 173 LightSalmon3_2
2 Green 88 DarkRed_2 174 LightPink3
3 Yellow 89 DeepPink4_2 175 Pink3
4 Blue 90 DarkMagenta 176 Plum3
5 Magenta 91 DarkMagenta_2 177 Violet
6 Cyan 92 DarkViolet 178 Gold3_2
7 White 93 Purple 179 LightGoldenrod3
8 LightBlack 94 Orange4_2 180 Tan
9 LightRed 95 LightPink4 181 MistyRose3
10 LightGreen 96 Plum4 182 Thistle3
11 LightYellow 97 MediumPurple3 183 Plum2
12 LightBlue 98 MediumPurple3_2 184 Yellow3_2
13 LightMagenta 99 SlateBlue1 185 Khaki3
14 LightCyan 100 Yellow4 186 LightGoldenrod2
15 LightWhite 101 Wheat4 187 LightYellow3
16 Grey0 102 Grey53 188 Grey84
17 NavyBlue 103 LightSlateGrey 189 LightSteelBlue1
18 DarkBlue 104 MediumPurple 190 Yellow2
19 Blue3 105 LightSlateBlue 191 DarkOliveGreen1
20 Blue3_2 106 Yellow4_2 192 DarkOliveGreen1_2
21 Blue1 107 DarkOliveGreen3 193 DarkSeaGreen1_2
22 DarkGreen 108 DarkSeaGreen 194 Honeydew2
23 DeepSkyBlue4 109 LightSkyBlue3 195 LightCyan1
24 DeepSkyBlue4_2 110 LightSkyBlue3_2 196 Red1
25 DeepSkyBlue4_3 111 SkyBlue2 197 DeepPink2
26 DodgerBlue3 112 Chartreuse2_2 198 DeepPink1
27 DodgerBlue2 113 DarkOliveGreen3_2 199 DeepPink1_2
28 Green4 114 PaleGreen3_2 200 Magenta2_2
29 SpringGreen4 115 DarkSeaGreen3 201 Magenta1
30 Turquoise4 116 DarkSlateGray3 202 OrangeRed1
31 DeepSkyBlue3 117 SkyBlue1 203 IndianRed1
32 DeepSkyBlue3_2 118 Chartreuse1 204 IndianRed1_2
33 DodgerBlue1 119 LightGreen_2 205 HotPink
34 Green3 120 LightGreen_3 206 HotPink_2
35 SpringGreen3 121 PaleGreen1 207 MediumOrchid1_2
36 DarkCyan 122 Aquamarine1_2 208 DarkOrange
37 LightSeaGreen 123 DarkSlateGray1 209 Salmon1
38 DeepSkyBlue2 124 Red3 210 LightCoral
39 DeepSkyBlue1 125 DeepPink4_3 211 PaleVioletRed1
40 Green3_2 126 MediumVioletRed 212 Orchid2
41 SpringGreen3_2 127 Magenta3 213 Orchid1
42 SpringGreen2 128 DarkViolet_2 214 Orange1
43 Cyan3 129 Purple_2 215 SandyBrown
44 DarkTurquoise 130 DarkOrange3 216 LightSalmon1
45 Turquoise2 131 IndianRed 217 LightPink1
46 Green1 132 HotPink3 218 Pink1
47 SpringGreen2_2 133 MediumOrchid3 219 Plum1
48 SpringGreen1 134 MediumOrchid 220 Gold1
49 MediumSpringGreen 135 MediumPurple2 221 LightGoldenrod2_2
50 Cyan2 136 DarkGoldenrod 222 LightGoldenrod2_3
51 Cyan1 137 LightSalmon3 223 NavajoWhite1
52 DarkRed 138 RosyBrown 224 MistyRose1
53 DeepPink4 139 Grey63 225 Thistle1
54 Purple4 140 MediumPurple2_2 226 Yellow1
55 Purple4_2 141 MediumPurple1 227 LightGoldenrod1
56 Purple3 142 Gold3 228 Khaki1
57 BlueViolet 143 DarkKhaki 229 Wheat1
58 Orange4 144 NavajoWhite3 230 Cornsilk1
59 Grey37 145 Grey69 231 Grey100
60 MediumPurple4 146 LightSteelBlue3 232 Grey3
61 SlateBlue3 147 LightSteelBlue 233 Grey7
62 SlateBlue3_2 148 Yellow3 234 Grey11
63 RoyalBlue1 149 DarkOliveGreen3_3 235 Grey15
64 Chartreuse4 150 DarkSeaGreen3_2 236 Grey19
65 DarkSeaGreen4 151 DarkSeaGreen2 237 Grey23
66 PaleTurquoise4 152 LightCyan3 238 Grey27
67 SteelBlue 153 LightSkyBlue1 239 Grey30
68 SteelBlue3 154 GreenYellow 240 Grey35
69 CornflowerBlue 155 DarkOliveGreen2 241 Grey39
70 Chartreuse3 156 PaleGreen1_2 242 Grey42
71 DarkSeaGreen4_2 157 DarkSeaGreen2_2 243 Grey46
72 CadetBlue 158 DarkSeaGreen1 244 Grey50
73 CadetBlue_2 159 PaleTurquoise1 245 Grey54
74 SkyBlue3 160 Red3_2 246 Grey58
75 SteelBlue1 161 DeepPink3 247 Grey62
76 Chartreuse3_2 162 DeepPink3_2 248 Grey66
77 PaleGreen3 163 Magenta3_2 249 Grey70
78 SeaGreen3 164 Magenta3_3 250 Grey74
79 Aquamarine3 165 Magenta2 251 Grey78
80 MediumTurquoise 166 DarkOrange3_2 252 Grey82
81 SteelBlue1_2 167 IndianRed_2 253 Grey85
82 Chartreuse2 168 HotPink3_2 254 Grey89
83 SeaGreen2 169 HotPink2 255 Grey93
84 SeaGreen1 170 Orchid
85 SeaGreen1_2 171 MediumOrchid1
There are two colors (foreground and background) and only one bold attribute.
Thus single bold attribute affects both colors when "reverse" attribute is used
in vifm run inside terminal emulator. At the same time linux native console can
handle boldness of foreground and background colors independently, but for
consistency with terminal emulators this is available only implicitly by using
light versions of colors. This behaviour might be changed in the future.
Although vifm supports 256 colors in a sense they are supported by UI drawing
library, whether you will be able to use all of them highly depends on your
terminal. To set up terminal properly, make sure that $TERM in the
environment you run vifm is set to name of 256-color terminal (on *nixes it can
also be set via X resources), e.g. xterm-256color. One can find list of
available terminal names by listing /usr/lib/terminfo/. Number of colors
supported by terminal with current settings can be checked via "tput colors"
command.
In order to use 24-bit colors one needs a terminal that supports them,
corresponding terminfo record (probably ends in "-direct" like in
"xterm-direct") and $TERM pointing to it. When vifm detects direct color
support "cterm*" values are ignored for groups which have at least one of
"gui*" values set, otherwise they are used after translating via a builtin
palette.
Here is the hierarchy of highlight groups, which you need to know for using
transparency:
JobLine
SuggestBox
StatusLine
WildMenu
User1..User20
Border
CmdLine
ErrorMsg
Win
OtherWin
AuxWin
OddLine
File name specific highlights
Directory
Link
BrokenLink
HardLink
Socket
Device
Fifo
Executable
CmpMismatch
CmpUnmatched
CmpBlank
Selected
CurrLine
LineNr (in active pane)
OtherLine
LineNr (in inactive pane)
TopLine
TopLineSel
TabLineSel (for pane tabs)
User1..User20
TabLine
TabLineSel
User1..User20
"none" means default terminal color for highlight groups at the first level
of the hierarchy and transparency for all others.
Here file name specific highlights mean those configured via globs ({}) or
regular expressions (//). At most one of them is applied per file entry, namely
the first that matches file name, hence order of :highlight commands might be
important in certain cases.
:histnext *vifm-:histnext*
same as <c-i>. The main use case for this command is to work around the
common pain point of <tab> and <c-i> being the same ASCII character: one
could alter the terminal emulator settings to emit, for example, the `F1`
keycode when Ctrl-I is pressed, then `:noremap <f1> :histnext<cr>` in vifm,
add "t" flag to the |vifm-'cpoptions'|, and thus have both <c-i> and <tab>
working as expected.
*vifm-:history* *vifm-:his*
:his[tory]
display a menu with list of visited directories. See
|vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for controls.
:his[tory] x
where x can be:
d[ir] or . show directory history.
c[md] or : show command line history.
s[earch] or / show search history and search forward on l key.
f[search] or / show search history and search forward on l key.
b[search] or ? show search history and search backward on l key.
i[nput] or @ show prompt history (e.g. on one file renaming).
fi[lter] or = show local filter history (see |vifm-=|).
e[xprreg] show expression register history (see |vifm-c_Ctrl-R_=|).
mc[md] show command-line history of menus.
See |vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for controls.
:histprev *vifm-:histprev*
same as <c-o>.
:if {expr1} *vifm-:if*
start conditional block. Commands are executed until next matching
|vifm-:elseif|, |vifm-:else| or |vifm-:endif| command if {expr1} evaluates
to non-zero, otherwise they are ignored. See also
|vifm-commands-and-selection|.
Example: >
if $TERM == 'screen.linux'
highlight CurrLine ctermfg=lightwhite ctermbg=lightblack
elseif $TERM == 'tmux'
highlight CurrLine cterm=reverse ctermfg=black ctermbg=white
else
highlight CurrLine cterm=bold,reverse ctermfg=black ctermbg=white
endif
<
*vifm-:invert*
:invert [f]
invert file name filter.
:invert? [f]
display current filter state.
:invert s
invert selection. See also |vifm-commands-and-selection|.
:invert o
invert sorting order of the primary sorting key.
:invert? o
display sorting order of the primary sorting key.
:jobs *vifm-:jobs*
display menu of current backgrounded processes. See
|vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for controls.
:keepsel [command...] *vifm-:keepsel*
preserve selection during some :command by default. Note that this
doesn't save and restore selection to preserve it no matter what, but
precludes its clearing at the end of a command and thus won't help if
selection is cleared explicitly during operation.
Example: >
:keepsel view
<
*vifm-:let*
:let $ENV_VAR = <expr>
set an environment variable. Note: setting environment variable to an
empty string on Windows removes it.
:let $ENV_VAR .= <expr>
append value to environment variable.
:let &[l:|g:]opt = <expr>
sets option value.
:let &[l:|g:]opt .= <expr>
append value to string option.
:let &[l:|g:]opt += <expr>
increasing option value, adding sub-values.
:let &[l:|g:]opt -= <expr>
decreasing option value, removing sub-values.
Where <expr> could be a single-quoted string, double-quoted string, an
environment variable, function call or a concatanation of any of them in any
order using the '.' operator. Any whitespace is ignored.
*vifm-:locate*
:locate filename
use "locate" command to create a menu of file names. Selecting a file
from the menu reloads current file list in vifm to navigate to the file.
By default the command relies on the external "locate" utility (it's
assumed that its database is already built), which can be customized by
altering value of the |vifm-'locateprg'| option. See
|vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for controls.
:locate
repeat last :locate command.
:ls *vifm-:ls*
list windows of active terminal multiplexer (only when terminal
multiplexer is used). This is achieved by issuing proper command for
active terminal multiplexer, thus the list is not handled by vifm.
:lstrash *vifm-:lstrash*
display a menu with list of files in trash. Each element of the list is
original path of a deleted file, thus the list can contain duplicates.
See |vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for controls.
:[range]ma[rk][?] x /full/path [filename] *vifm-:mark* *vifm-:ma*
set mark x (a-zA-Z0-9) at /full/path and filename. By default current
directory is used. If no filename was given and /full/path is current
directory then last file in [range] is being used. Using of macros is
allowed. Question mark stops command from overwriting existing marks.
*vifm-:marks*
:marks
display menu of all marks. See |vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for controls.
:marks list ...
display the contents of the marks that are mentioned in list.
*vifm-:media*
:media {only for *nix}
display media management menu. See |vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for
controls. See also |vifm-'mediaprg'| option.
:mes[sages] *vifm-:messages* *vifm-:mes*
display previously given status bar messages (up to 50).
:[line]mkdir[!] dir... *vifm-:mkdir*
create directories at specified paths. The [line] can be used to pick
node in a tree-view. "!" means make parent directories
as needed. Macros are expanded.
*vifm-:move* *vifm-:m*
:[range]m[ove][!?][ &]
move files to directory of other view. With "?" prompts for destination
file names in an editor. "!" forces overwrite.
:[range]m[ove][!] path[ &]
move files to directory specified with the path (absolute or relative to
directory of other view). "!" forces overwrite.
:[range]m[ove][!] name1 name2...[ &]
move files to directory of other view giving each next file a
corresponding name from the argument list. "!" forces overwrite.
:[range]m[ove][!?] -skip ...
see |vifm-skip-param|.
:noh[lsearch] *vifm-:nohlsearch* *vifm-:noh*
clear selection in current pane.
:norm[al][!] commands *vifm-:normal* *vifm-:norm*
execute normal mode commands. If "!" is used, user defined mappings are
ignored. Unfinished last command is aborted as if <esc> or <c-c> was
typed. A ":" should be completed as well. Commands can't start with a
space, so put a count of 1 (one) before it.
:on[ly] *vifm-:only* *vifm-:on*
switch to a one window view.
*vifm-:plugin*
:plugin load
loads all plugins. To be used in configuration file to manually load
plugins at an earlier point. The plugins can be loaded only once,
additional calls will do nothing.
:plugin blacklist {plugin}
adds {plugin} to the list of plugins to be ignored.
:plugin whitelist {plugin}
adds {plugin} to the list of plugins to be loaded while ignoring all
other plugins. This list should normally be empty.
:plugins *vifm-:plugins*
open plugins menu. See |vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for controls.
:popd *vifm-:popd*
remove pane directories from stack.
*vifm-:pushd*
:pushd[!] /curr/dir [/other/dir]
add pane directories to stack and process arguments like :cd command.
:pushd
exchange top two items of the directory stack.
:[line]pu[t][!] [reg] [ &] *vifm-:put* *vifm-:pu*
put files from specified register (" by default) into current directory.
The [line] can be used to pick node in a tree-view. "!" moves files
from their original location instead of copying them. During this
operation no confirmation dialogs will be shown, all checks are performed
beforehand.
:pw[d] *vifm-:pwd* *vifm-:pw*
display the present working directory.
:qa[ll]! *vifm-:qall* *vifm-:qa*
exit vifm (add ! to skip saving changes and checking for active
backgrounded commands).
:q[uit][!] *vifm-:quit* *vifm-:q*
if there is more than one tab, close the current one, otherwise exit
vifm (add ! to skip saving state and checking for active backgrounded
commands).
:redr[aw] *vifm-:redraw* *vifm-:redr*
redraw the screen immediately.
*vifm-:regedit* *vifm-:rege*
:rege[dit] [{reg}]
edit register contents using external editor (see |vifm-'vicmd'|).
If {reg} is omitted, unnamed register will be edited by default.
Edited paths are normalized (no extra `.`, `..`, `/`, etc.) and all
relative paths are treated as starting in the directory of the current
view.
*vifm-:registers* *vifm-:reg*
:reg[isters]
display menu with registers content.
:reg[isters] list
display the contents of the numbered and named registers that are
mentioned in list (for example "az to display "", "a and "z content).
:regular *vifm-:regular*
switch to regular view leaving custom view.
*vifm-:rename*
:[range]rename[!]
rename files by editing their names in an editor. "!" renames files
recursively in subdirectories. See |vifm-ext-rename|.
:[range]rename name1 name2...
rename each of selected files to a corresponding name.
*vifm-:restart*
:restart
free a lot of things (histories, commands, etc.), reread vifminfo, vifmrc
and session files and run startup commands passed in the argument list,
thus losing all unsaved changes (e.g. recent history or keys mapped after
starting this instance). Session that wasn't yet stored gets reset.
While many things get reset, some basic UI state and current locations
are preserved, including tabs.
:restart full
variation of :restart that makes no attempt to preserve anything.
:[range]restore *vifm-:restore*
restore file from |vifm-trash| directory, doesn't work outside one of trash
directories.
*vifm-:rlink*
:[range]rlink[!?]
create relative symbolic links to files in directory of other view. With
"?" prompts for destination file names in an editor. "!" forces overwrite.
:[range]rlink[!] path
create relative symbolic links of files in directory specified with the
path (absolute or relative to directory of other view). "!" forces
overwrite.
:[range]rlink[!] name1 name2...
create relative symbolic links of files in directory of other view giving
each next link a corresponding name from the argument list. "!" forces
overwrite.
:[range]rlink[!?] -skip ...
see |vifm-skip-param|.
*vifm-:screen*
:screen
toggle whether to use the terminal multiplexer or not. A terminal
multiplexer uses pseudo terminals to allow multiple windows to be used in
the console or in a single xterm. Starting vifm from terminal multiplexer
with appropriate support turned on causes vifm to open a new terminal
multiplexer window for each new file edited or program launched from vifm.
This requires screen version 3.9.9 or newer for the screen -X argument or
tmux (1.8 version or newer is recommended).
:screen!
enable integration with terminal multiplexers.
:screen?
display whether integration with terminal multiplexers is enabled.
Note: the command is called screen for historical reasons (when tmux wasn't
yet supported) and might be changed in future releases, or get an alias.
*vifm-:select*
:[range]select
select files in the given range (current file if no range is given).
:select {pattern}
select files that match specified pattern. Possible {pattern} forms are
described in |vifm-patterns|. Trailing slash for directories is taken
into account, so `:select! */ | invert s` selects only files.
:select //[iI]
same as item above, but reuses last search pattern.
:select !{external command}
select files from the list supplied by external command. Files are
matched by full paths, relative paths are converted to absolute ones
beforehand.
:[range]select! [{pattern}|!{external command}]
same as above, but resets previously selected items before proceeding.
*vifm-:session*
:session?
print name of the current session.
:session
detach current session without saving it. Resets |vifm-v:session|.
:session name
create or load and switch to a session with the specified name. Name
can't contain slashes. Session active at the moment is saved before the
switch. Session is also automatically saved when quiting the
application in usual ways. Sets |vifm-v:session|.
:session -
switch to a previous session if it still exists (wasn't removed or
detached from without saving).
*vifm-:set* *vifm-:se*
:se[t]
display all options that differ from their default value.
:se[t] all
display all options.
:se[t] opt1=val1 opt2='val2' opt3="val3" ...
sets given options. For |vifm-local-options| both values are set.
You can use the following syntax:
- for all options - option, option? and option&
- for boolean options - nooption, invoption and option!
- for integer options - option=x, option+=x and option-=x
- for string options - option=x and option+=x
- for string list options - option=x, option+=x, option-=x and option^=x
- for enumeration options - option=x, option+=x and option-=x
- for set options - option=x, option+=x, option\-=x and option^=x
- for charset options - option=x, option+=x, option-=x and option^=x
the meaning:
- option - turn option on (for boolean) or print its value (for all
others)
- nooption - turn option off
- invoption - invert option state
- option! - invert option state
- option? - print option value
- option& - reset option to its default value
- option=x or option:x - set option to x
- option+=x - add/append x to option
- option-=x - remove (or subtract) x from option
- option^=x - toggle x presence among values of the option
Option name can be prepended and appended by any number of whitespace
characters.
*vifm-:setglobal* *vifm-:setg*
:setg[lobal]
display all global options that differ from their default value.
:setg[lobal] all
display all global options.
:setg[lobal] opt1=val1 opt2='val2' opt3="val3" ...
same as |vifm-:set|, but changes/prints only global options or global
values of local options. Changes to the latter might be not visible until
directory is changed.
*vifm-:setlocal* *vifm-:setl*
:setl[ocal]
display all local options that differ from their default value.
:setl[ocal] all
display all local options.
:setl[ocal] opt1=val1 opt2='val2' opt3="val3" ...
same as |vifm-:set|, but changes/prints only local values of local
options.
:sh[ell][!] *vifm-:shell* *vifm-:sh*
start a shell in current directory. "!" suppresses spawning dedicated
window of terminal multiplexer for a shell. To make vifm adaptive to
environment it uses $SHELL if it's defined, otherwise |vifm-'shell'|
value is used.
:[count]siblnext[!] *vifm-:siblnext*
change directory to [count]th next sibling directory of current path
using value of global sort option of current pane. "!" enables wrapping.
For example, say, you're at `/boot` and root listing starts like this: >
bin/
boot/
dev/
...
< Issuing :siblnext will navigate to `/dev`.
:[count]siblprev[!] *vifm-:siblprev*
same as :siblnext, but in the opposite direction.
:sor[t] *vifm-:sort* *vifm-:sor*
display dialog with different sorting methods, where one can select
the primary sorting key. When |vifm-'viewcolumns'| options is empty and
|vifm-'lsview'| is off, changing primary sorting key also affects view
look (in particular the second column of the view is changed).
See |vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for controls.
:so[urce] file *vifm-:source* *vifm-:so*
read command-line commands from the file.
*vifm-:split* *vifm-:sp*
:sp[lit]
switch to a two window horizontal view.
:sp[lit]!
toggle horizontal window splitting.
:sp[lit] path
split window horizontally to show both file directories. Also changes
other pane to the path (absolute or relative to current directory of
active pane).
*vifm-:stop* *vifm-:st*
:st[op]
suspend vifm (same as pressing Ctrl-Z). Does nothing if this instance
isn't running in a shell. The command exists to allow mapping to the
action of Ctrl-Z.
*vifm-:substitute* *vifm-:s*
:[range]s[ubstitute]/pattern/string/[flags]
for each file in range replace a match of pattern with string. String
can contain \0...\9 to link to capture groups (0 - all match, 1 - first
group, etc.). Pattern is stored in the search history.
Available flags:
i - ignore case (the |vifm-'ignorecase'| and |vifm-'smartcase'|
options are not used)
I - don't ignore case (the |vifm-'ignorecase'| and
|vifm-'smartcase'| options are not used)
g - substitute all matches in each file name (each g toggles this)
:[range]s[ubstitute]/pattern
substitute pattern with an empty string.
:[range]s[ubstitute]//string/[flags]
use last pattern from search history.
:[range]s[ubstitute]
repeat previous substitution command.
*vifm-:sync*
:sync [relative path]
change the other pane to the current pane directory or to some path
relative to the current directory. Using of macros is allowed.
:sync!
change the other pane to the current pane directory and synchronize
cursor position. If current pane displays custom list of files, position
before entering it is used (current one might not make any sense).
:sync! [location | cursorpos | localopts | filters | filelist | tree | all]...
change enumerated properties of the other pane to match corresponding
properties of the current pane. Arguments have the following meanings:
- location - current directory of the pane;
- cursorpos - cursor position (doesn't make sense without "location");
- localopts - all local options;
- filters - all filters;
- filelist - list of files for custom view (implies "location");
- tree - tree structure for tree view (implies "location");
- all - all of the above.
:tabc[lose] *vifm-:tabclose* *vifm-:tabc*
close current tab, unless it's the only one open at current scope.
:tabm[ove] [N] *vifm-:tabmove* *vifm-:tabm*
without the argument or with `$` as the argument, current tab becomes
the last tab. With the argument, current tab is moved after the tab
with the specified number. Argument of `0` moves current tab to the
first position.
:tabname [name] *vifm-:tabname*
set, update or reset (when no argument is provided) name of the current
tab.
:tabnew [path] *vifm-:tabnew*
create new tab. Accepts optional path for the new tab. Macros and
environment variables are expanded.
*vifm-:tabnext* *vifm-:tabn*
:tabn[ext]
switch to the next tab (wrapping around).
:tabn[ext] {n}
go to the tab number {n}. Tab numeration starts with 1.
*vifm-:tabonly* *vifm-:tabo*
:tabo[nly]
close all tabs but the current one. Closes pane tabs only at the active
side.
*vifm-:tabprevious* *vifm-:tabp*
:tabp[revious]
switch to the previous tab (wrapping around).
:tabp[revious] {n}
go to the {n}-th previous tab. Note that |vifm-:tabnext| handles its
argument differently.
:[line]touch file... *vifm-:touch*
create files at specified paths. Aborts on errors. Doesn't update time
of existing files. The [line] can be used to pick node in a tree-view.
Macros are expanded.
:[range]tr/pattern/string/ *vifm-:tr*
for each file in range transliterate the characters which appear in
pattern to the corresponding character in string. When string is shorter
than pattern, it's padded with its last character.
*vifm-:trashes*
:trashes
list all valid trash directories in a menu. Only non-empty and writable
trash directories are shown. This is exactly the list of directories that
are cleared when |vifm-:empty| command is executed.
:trashes?
same as :trashes, but also displays size of each trash directory. See
|vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for controls.
*vifm-:tree*
:tree [depth=N]
turn pane into tree view with current directory as its root. The tree
view is implemented on top of a custom view, but is automatically kept in
sync with file system state and considers all the filters. Thus the
structure corresponds to what one would see on visiting the directories
manually. As a special case for trees built out of custom view
file-system tracking isn't performed.
To leave tree view go up from its root or use |vifm-gh| at any level of
the tree. Any command that changes directory will also do, in
particular, `:cd ..`
Tree structure is incompatible with alternative representations, so
values of |vifm-'lsview'| and |vifm-'millerview'| options are ignored.
The "depth" argument specifies nesting level on which loading of
subdirectories won't happen (they will be folded). Values start at 1.
:tree!
toggle current view in and out of tree mode.
:undol[ist] *vifm-:undolist* *vifm-:undol*
display list of latest changes. Use "!" to see actual commands.
See |vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for controls.
:unl[et][!] $ENV_VAR1 $ENV_VAR2 ... *vifm-:unlet* *vifm-:unl*
remove environment variables. Use "!" to omit displaying of warnings
about nonexistent variables.
*vifm-:unselect*
:[range]unselect
unselect files in the given range (current file if no range is given).
:unselect {pattern}
unselect files that match specified pattern. Possible {pattern} forms are
described in |vifm-patterns|. Trailing slash for directories is taken
into account, so `:unselect */` unselects directories.
:unselect !{external command}
unselect files from the list supplied by external command. Files are
matched by full paths, relative paths are converted to absolute ones
beforehand.
:unselect //[iI]
same as item above, but reuses last search pattern.
:ve[rsion] *vifm-:version* *vifm-:ve*
display menu with version information.
:vifm *vifm-:vifm*
same as :version.
*vifm-:view* *vifm-:vie*
:vie[w]
toggle on and off the quick file view (preview of file's contents).
See also |vifm-'quickview'| option and |vifm-commands-and-selection|.
:vie[w]!
turn on quick file view if it's off.
*vifm-:volumes*
:volumes {only for MS-Windows}
display menu with volume list. Hitting l (or Enter) key opens
appropriate volume in the current pane. See |vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for
controls.
*vifm-:vsplit* *vifm-:vs*
:vs[plit]
switch to a two window vertical view.
:vs[plit]!
toggle window vertical splitting.
:vs[plit] path
split the window vertically to show both file directories. Also changes
other pane to the path (absolute or relative to current directory of active
pane).
:[count]winc[md] {arg} *vifm-:wincmd* *vifm-:winc*
same as running Ctrl-W [count] {arg}.
:windo [command...] *vifm-:windo*
execute command for each pane (same as :winrun % command).
:winrun type [command...] *vifm-:winrun*
execute command for pane(s), which is determined by type argument:
- ^ - top-left pane
- $ - bottom-right pane
- % - all panes
- . - current pane
- , - other pane
:w[rite] *vifm-:write* *vifm-:w*
write current state to vifminfo and session files (if a session is
active).
:wq[!] *vifm-:wq*
same as |vifm-:quit|, but "!" disables only the check of backgrounded
commands, while state of the application is always written.
:wqa[ll][!] *vifm-:wqall* *vifm-:wqa*
same as |vifm-:qall|, but ! disables only the check of backgrounded
commands, while state of the application is always written.
:xa[ll][!] *vifm-:xall* *vifm-:xa*
same as |vifm-:qall|.
:x[it][!] *vifm-:xit* *vifm-:x*
same as |vifm-:quit|.
:[range]y[ank] [reg] [count] *vifm-:yank* *vifm-:y*
yank files to the reg register.
*vifm-:map*
:map lhs rhs
map lhs key sequence to rhs in normal and visual modes.
:map! lhs rhs
map lhs key sequence to rhs in command line mode.
*vifm-:amap*
*vifm-:cmap* *vifm-:cm*
*vifm-:dmap* *vifm-:dm*
*vifm-:mmap* *vifm-:mm*
*vifm-:nmap* *vifm-:nm*
*vifm-:qmap* *vifm-:qm*
*vifm-:vmap* *vifm-:vm*
:amap lhs rhs - map lhs to rhs in navigation mode.
:cm[ap] lhs rhs - map lhs to rhs in command line mode.
:dm[ap] lhs rhs - map lhs to rhs in dialog modes.
:mm[ap] lhs rhs - map lhs to rhs in menu mode.
:nm[ap] lhs rhs - map lhs to rhs in normal mode.
:qm[ap] lhs rhs - map lhs to rhs in view mode.
:vm[ap] lhs rhs - map lhs to rhs in visual mode.
:amap - list all maps of navigation mode.
:cm[ap] - list all maps of command line mode.
:dm[ap] - list all maps of dialog modes.
:mm[ap] - list all maps of menu mode.
:nm[ap] - list all maps of normal mode.
:qm[ap] - list all maps of view mode.
:vm[ap] - list all maps of visual mode.
:amap beginning
list all maps of navigation mode that start with the beginning.
:cm[ap] beginning
list all maps of command line mode that start with the beginning.
:dm[ap] beginning
list all maps of dialog modes that start with the beginning.
:mm[ap] beginning
list all maps of menu mode that start with the beginning.
:nm[ap] beginning
list all maps of normal mode that start with the beginning.
:qm[ap] beginning
list all maps of view mode that start with the beginning.
:vm[ap] beginning
list all maps of visual mode that start with the beginning.
*vifm-:noremap* *vifm-:no*
:no[remap] lhs rhs
map the key sequence lhs to rhs for normal and visual modes, but
don't expand user mappings in rhs.
:no[remap]! lhs rhs
map the key sequence lhs to rhs for command line mode, but don't expand
user mappings in rhs.
*vifm-:anoremap*
*vifm-:cnoremap* *vifm-:cno*
*vifm-:dnoremap* *vifm-:dn*
*vifm-:mnoremap* *vifm-:mn*
*vifm-:nnoremap* *vifm-:nn*
*vifm-:qnoremap* *vifm-:qn*
*vifm-:vnoremap* *vifm-:vn*
:anoremap lhs rhs
map the key sequence lhs to rhs for navigation mode, but don't expand
user mappings in rhs.
:cno[remap] lhs rhs
map the key sequence lhs to rhs for command line mode, but don't expand
user mappings in rhs.
:dn[oremap] lhs rhs
map the key sequence lhs to rhs for dialog modes, but don't expand user
mappings in rhs.
:mn[oremap] lhs rhs
map the key sequence lhs to rhs for menu mode, but don't expand user
mappings in rhs.
:nn[oremap] lhs rhs
map the key sequence lhs to rhs for normal mode, but don't expand user
mappings in rhs.
:qn[oremap] lhs rhs
map the key sequence lhs to rhs for view mode, but don't expand user
mappings in rhs.
:vn[oremap] lhs rhs
map the key sequence lhs to rhs for visual mode, but don't expand user
mappings in rhs.
*vifm-:unmap* *vifm-:unm*
:unm[ap] lhs
remove user mapping of lhs from normal and visual modes.
:unm[ap]! lhs
remove user mapping of lhs from command line mode.
*vifm-:aunmap*
*vifm-:cunmap* *vifm-:cu*
*vifm-:dunmap* *vifm-:du*
*vifm-:munmap* *vifm-:mu*
*vifm-:nunmap* *vifm-:nun*
*vifm-:qunmap* *vifm-:qun*
*vifm-:vunmap* *vifm-:vu*
:aunmap lhs - remove user mapping of lhs from navigation mode.
:cu[nmap] lhs - remove user mapping of lhs from command line mode.
:du[nmap] lhs - remove user mapping of lhs from dialog modes.
:mu[nmap] lhs - remove user mapping of lhs from menu mode.
:nun[map] lhs - remove user mapping of lhs from normal mode.
:qun[map] lhs - remove user mapping of lhs from view mode.
:vu[nmap] lhs - remove user mapping of lhs from visual mode.
:command parameters~
*vifm-:command-params*
Some of the command-line commands accept parameters in the form of
`-paramname`. Arguments of such commands can be split into two groups:
parameters and positional arguments. Items from the two groups cannot be
interleaved and parameters always come first. List of parameters is
terminated implicitly by the first argument that doesn't start with a
dash ("-") or explicitly via "--" separator (needs to be a separate
argument), which is just discarded. These strict rules allow arbitrary
positional arguments, such as file names that start with a dash.
-skip *vifm-skip-param*
This parameter makes |vifm-:copy|, |vifm-:move|, |vifm-:alink| and
|vifm-:rlink| automatically skip source files that already exist at the
destination rather than refusing to perform the operation.
Ranges~
*vifm-ranges*
The ranges implemented include:
2,3 - from second to third file in the list (including it)
% - the entire directory.
. - the current position in the filelist.
$ - the end of the filelist.
't - the mark position t.
Examples:
:%delete would delete all files in the directory.
:2,4delete would delete the files in the list positions 2 through 4.
:.,$delete would delete the files from the current position to the end
of the filelist.
:3delete4 would delete the files in the list positions 3, 4, 5, 6.
If a backward range is given :4,2delete - an query message is given and
user can chose what to do next.
The builtin commands that accept a range are :d[elete] and :y[ank].
Command macros~
*vifm-macros*
The command macros may be used in user commands.
*vifm-%a*
%a user arguments. When user arguments contain macros, they are
expanded before preforming substitution of %a.
*vifm-%c*
%c %"c the current file under the cursor.
*vifm-%C*
%C %"C the current file under the cursor in the other directory.
*vifm-%f*
%f %"f all of the selected files or the current file, but see
|vifm-selection|.
*vifm-%F*
%F %"F same as %f, %"f, but for the inactive pane.
*vifm-%l*
%l %"l list of selected files. Unlike %f from above, this is only for
explicit selection (i.e., not via a range) and is empty if no
files are selected.
*vifm-%L*
%L %"L same as %l and %"l, but for the inactive pane.
*vifm-%b*
%b %"b same as %f %F.
*vifm-%d*
%d %"d full path to current directory.
*vifm-%D*
%D %"D full path to other file list directory.
*vifm-%r*
%rx %"rx full paths to files in the register {x}. In case of invalid
symbol in place of {x}, it's processed with the rest of the
line and default register is used.
*vifm-%m*
%m show command output in a menu.
*vifm-%M*
%M same as %m, but l (or Enter) key is handled like for :locate
and :find commands.
*vifm-%u*
%u process command output as list of paths and compose custom view
out of it.
*vifm-%U*
%U same as %u, but implies less list updates inside vifm, which is
absence of sorting at the moment.
*vifm-%Iu*
%Iu same as %u, but gives up terminal before running external
%command.
*vifm-%IU*
%IU same as %U, but gives up terminal before running external
%command.
*vifm-%S*
%S show command output in the status bar.
*vifm-%q*
%q redirect command output to quick view, which is activated if
disabled.
*vifm-%s*
%s execute command in horizontal split window of active terminal
multiplexer (ignored if not running inside one).
*vifm-%v*
%v same as %s, but splits vertically.
*vifm-%n*
%n forbid use of terminal multiplexer to run the command.
*vifm-%N*
%N do not detach viewer from terminal session (keeps `/dev/tty`
available) or process group (keeps the command in the set of
foreground clients of the terminal).
*vifm-%i*
%i run in background and suppress error dialogs, but collect
errors internally for viewing via |vifm-:jobs| menu.
*vifm-%Pl*
%Pl pipe list of files to standard input of a command.
*vifm-%Pz*
%Pz same as %Pl, but separates paths by null ('\0') character.
*vifm-%pc*
%pc marks the end of the main command and the beginning of the
clear command for graphical preview, which is invoked on
closing preview of a file.
*vifm-%pd*
%pd marks a preview command as one that directly communicates
with the terminal. Beware that this is for things like sixel
which are self-contained sequences that depend only on current
cursor position, using this with anything else is likely to
mangle terminal state.
*vifm-%pu*
%pu uncached preview. Intended to be used for commands that just
send file path somewhere for preview.
The following dimensions and coordinates are in characters:
*vifm-%px*
%px x coordinate of top-left corner of preview area.
*vifm-%py*
%py y coordinate of top-left corner of preview area.
*vifm-%pw*
%pw width of preview area.
*vifm-%ph*
%ph height of preview area.
Use %% if you need to put a percent sign in your command.
Note that %i, %Iu, %IU, %m, %M, %n, %q, %s, %S, %u, %U and %v macros are
mutually exclusive. Only the last one of them on the command will take
effect.
Note that %Pl and %Pz are mutually exclusive. Only the last one of them on
the command will take effect.
*vifm-filename-modifiers*
You can use file name modifiers after %c, %C, %f, %F, %b, %d and %D macros.
Supported modifiers are:
:p - full path
:u - UNC name of path (e.g. "\\server" in "\\server\share"),
Windows only. Expands to current computer name for not
UNC paths.
:~ - relative to the home directory
:. - relative to current directory
:h - head of the file name
:t - tail of the file name
:r - root of the file name (without last extension)
:e - extension of the file name (last one)
:s?pat?sub? - substitute the first occurrence of "pat" with "sub". You
can use any character for '?', but it must not occur in pat
or sub
:gs?pat?sub? - like :s, but substitutes all occurrences of "pat" with
"sub".
See |filename-modifiers| for the detailed description.
Using %x means expand corresponding macro escaping all characters that have
special meaning. And %"x means using of double quotes and escape only backslash
and double quote characters, which is more useful on Windows systems.
Position and quantity (if there is any) of %m, %M, %S or %s macros in the
command is unimportant. All their occurrences are removed from the resulting
command.
%c and %f macros are expanded to file names only, when %C and %F are expanded
to full paths. %f and %F follow this in %b too.
:com move mv %f %D - set the :move command to move all of the files
selected in the current directory to the other directory.
The %a macro is replaced with any arguments given to an alias command. All
arguments are considered optional.
:com lsl !!ls -l %a - set the lsl command to execute ls -l with or without an
argument.
:lsl<Enter> will list the directory contents of the current directory.
:lsl filename<Enter> will list only the given filename.
The macros can also be used in directly executing commands.
:!mv %f %D - would move the current directory selected files to the other
directory.
Appending & to the end of a command causes it to be executed in the
background. Typically you want to run two kinds of external commands in the
background:
- GUI applications that doesn't fork thus block vifm (:!sxiv %f &);
- console tools that do not work with terminal (:!mv %f %D &).
You don't want to run terminal commands which require terminal input or
output something in background because they will mess up vifm's TUI. Anyway,
if you did run such a command, you can use Ctrl-L key to update vifm's TUI.
Rewriting the example command with macros given above with backgrounding:
>
:!mv %f %D &
<
%m, %M, %s, %S, %u and %U macros cannot be combined with background
mark (" &") as it doesn't make much sense.
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*vifm-commands-bg*
Copy and move operation can take a lot of time to proceed. That's why vifm
supports backgrounding of this two operations. To run :copy, :move or :delete
command in the background just add " &" at the end of a command.
For each background operation a new thread is created. Job cancellation can
be requested in the |vifm-:jobs| menu via dd shortcut.
You can see if command is still running in the :jobs menu. Backgrounded
commands have progress instead of process id at the line beginning.
Background operations cannot be undone.
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*vifm-cancellation*
Note that cancellation works somewhat different on Windows platform due to
different mechanism of break signal propagation. One also might need to use
Ctrl-Break shortcut instead of Ctrl-C.
There are two types of operations that can be cancelled:
- file system operations;
- mounting with FUSE (but not unmounting as it can cause loss of data);
- calls of external applications.
Note that vifm never terminates applications, it sends SIGINT signal and lets
the application quit normally.
When one of set of operations is cancelled (e.g. copying of 5th file of 10
files), further operations are cancelled too. In this case undo history will
contain only actually performed operations.
Cancelled operations are indicated by "(cancelled)" suffix appended to
information message on status bar.
File system operations~
Currently the following commands can be cancelled: |vifm-:alink|, |vifm-:chmod|,
|vifm-:chown|, |vifm-:clone|, |vifm-:copy|, |vifm-:delete|, |vifm-:mkdir|, |vifm-:move|,
|vifm-:restore|, |vifm-:rlink|, |vifm-:touch|. File putting (|vifm-p|, |vifm-P|) can
be cancelled as well. It's not hard to see that these are mainly
long-running operations.
Cancelling commands when they are repeated for undo/redo operations is allowed
for convenience, but is not recommended as further undo/redo operations might
get blocked by side-effects of partially cancelled group of operations.
These commands can't be cancelled: |vifm-:empty|, |vifm-:rename|,
|vifm-:substitute|, |vifm-:tr|.
Mounting with FUSE~
It's not considered to be an error, so only notification on the status bar is
shown.
External application calls~
Each of this operations can be cancelled: |vifm-:apropos|, |vifm-:find|,
|vifm-:grep|, |vifm-:locate|.
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*vifm-selection*
If there is a selection, it's stashed before proceeding further unless file
under the cursor is part of that selection. This means that when macros are
expanded for |vifm-:filetype| or |vifm-:filextype| programs, `%f` and `%F`
become equivalent to `%c` and `%C` respectively if current file is not selected.
So you run selection by running one of selected files, otherwise you're
running a single file even if there are other selected entries.
When running a selection it must not include broken symbolic links, has to be
consistent and set of file handlers must be compatible. Consistency means
that selection contains either only directories (including links to them) or
only files, but not their mix.
Compatibility is a more sophisticated check, but it's defined in a natural way
so that you get what you'd expect. The following properties of selection are
taken into account while checking it for compatibility and deciding how to
handle it:
1. If there any files for which handler isn't defined, then all files are
opened using |vifm-'vicmd'| or |vifm-'vixcmd'|.
2. If all handlers match the following criteria:
- backgrounded
- include `%c` and/or `%C`
- include neither `%f` nor `%F`
then each file is executed independently of the rest.
3. If all handlers are equal, the common handler is executed. This
handler might ignore selection and process only file under the cursor.
4. Otherwise, an error is reported, because handlers differ and they
don't support parallel execution.
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*vifm-patterns*
|vifm-:highlight|, |vifm-:filetype|, |vifm-:filextype|, |vifm-:fileviewer|
commands and |vifm-'classify'| option support globs, regular expressions and
mime types to match file names or their paths.
There are six possible ways to write a single pattern:
1. [!]{comma-separated-name-globs}
2. [!]{{comma-separated-path-globs}}
3. [!]/name-regular-expression/[iI]
4. [!]//path-regular-expression//[iI]
5. [!]<comma-separated-mime-type-globs>
6. undecorated-pattern
First five forms can include leading exclamation mark that negates pattern
matching.
The last form is implicitly refers to one of the others. |vifm-:highlight|
does not accept undecorated form, while |vifm-:filetype|, |vifm-:filextype|,
|vifm-:fileviewer|, |vifm-:select|, |vifm-:unselect| and |vifm-'classify'|
treat it as list of name globs.
Path patterns receive absolute path of the file that includes its name
component as well.
To combine several patterns (AND them), make sure you're using one of the
first five forms and write patterns one after another, like this: >
<text/plain>{*.vifm}
Mind that if you make a mistake the whole string will be treated as the sixth
form.
|vifm-:filetype|, |vifm-:filextype| and |vifm-:fileviewer| commands accept
comma-separated list of patterns instead of a single pattern, thus effectively
handling OR operation on them: >
<text/plain>{*.vifm},<application/pdf>{*.pdf}
Forms that accept comma-separated lists of patterns also process them as
lists of alternatives.
Patterns with regular expressions~
Regular expression patterns are case insensitive by default, see description
of commands, which might override default behaviour.
Flags of regular expressions mean the following:
- "i" makes filter case insensitive;
- "I" makes filter case sensitive.
They can be repeated multiple times, but the later one takes precedence (e.g.
"iiiI" is equivalent to "I" and "IiIi" is the same as "i").
There are no implicit `^` or `$`, so make sure to specify them explicitly if
the pattern should match the whole name or path.
Patterns with globs~
|vifm-globs| section provides short overview of globs and some important points
that one needs to know about them.
Patterns with mime-types~
Mime type matching is essentially globs matching applied to mime type of a file
instead of its name/path. Note: mime types aren't detected on Windows.
Examples~
Associate `evince` to PDF-files only inside `/home/user/downloads/` directory
(excluding its subdirectories): >
:filextype //^/home/user/downloads/[^/]*\.pdf$// evince %f
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*vifm-regexp*
All regular expressions are extended. See `man 7 regex` for more details on
what's supported.
The following special sequences are additionally parsed:
- `\c` forces matching ignoring case of letters
- `\C` forces matching respecting case of letters
`\c` and `\C` have the highest priority in determining whether case is matched
or not and exist to override |vifm-'ignorecase'|, |vifm-'smartcase'| and
`i`/`I` flags when necessary.
If multiple sequences are present, the one which appears later takes
precedence.
Note that unlike in Vim character classes are affected by settings and
sequences that control case sensitivity in regular expressions.
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*vifm-globs*
Globs are always case insensitive as it makes sense in general case.
`*`, `?`, `[` and `]` are treated as special symbols in the pattern. E.g. >
:filetype * less %c
matches all files. One can use character classes for escaping, so >
:filetype [*] less %c
matches only one file name, the one which contains only asterisk symbol.
`*` means any number of any characters (including slash) and can match an empty
substring, with one exception: asterisk at the pattern beginning doesn't match
dot in the first position. E.g. >
:fileviewer *.zip,*.jar zip -sf %c
associates using of `zip` program to preview all files with `zip` or `jar`
extensions as listing of their content, but `.file.zip` won't be matched.
`?` means any character at this position. E.g. >
:fileviewer ?.out file %c
calls `file` tool for all files which have exactly one character before their
extension (e.g. a.out, b.out).
Square brackets designate character class, which means that whole character
class matches against any of characters listed in it. For example >
:fileviewer *.[ch] highlight -O xterm256 -s dante --syntax c %c
makes vifm call `highlight` program to colorize source and header files in C
language for a 256-color terminal. Equal command would be >
:fileviewer *.c,*.h highlight -O xterm256 -s dante --syntax c %c
Inside square brackets `^` or `!` can be used for symbol class negotiation and
the `-` symbol to set a range. `^` and `!` should appear right after the opening
square bracket. For example >
:filetype *.[!d]/ inspect_dir
associates `inspect_dir` as additional handler for all directories that have one
character extension unless it's "d" letter. And >
:filetype [0-9].jpg sxiv
associates `sxiv` picture viewer only for JPEG-files that contain single digit
in their name.
If you need to include literal comma, which is normally separates multiple
globs, double it.
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*vifm-set-options*
*vifm-local-options*
These are kind of options that are local to a specific view. So you can set
ascending sorting order for left pane and descending order for right pane.
In addition to being local to views, each such option also has two values:
- local to current directory (value associated with current location);
- global to current directory (value associated with the pane).
The idea is that current directory can be made a temporary exception to
regular configuration of the view, until directory change. Use
|vifm-:setlocal| for that. |vifm-:setglobal| changes view value not affecting
settings until directory change. |vifm-:set| applies changes immediately to
all values.
*vifm-'aproposprg'*
aproposprg
type: string
default: "apropos %a"
Specifies format for an external command to be invoked by the |vifm-:apropos|
command. The format supports expanding of macros, specific for a particular
*prg option, and %% sequence for inserting percent sign literally. This
option should include the %a macro to specify placement of arguments passed
to the |vifm-:apropos| command. If the macro is not used, it will be
implicitly added after a space to the value of this option.
*vifm-'autocd'*
autocd
type: boolean
default: false
When enabled unknown command-line commands are interpreted as implicit
invocation of |vifm-:cd| with one argument and no escaping. Tilde is
expanded, but not macros or environment variables.
*vifm-'autochpos'*
autochpos
type: boolean
default: true
When disabled vifm will set cursor to the first line in the view after :cd and
:pushd commands instead of saved cursor position. Disabling this will also
make vifm clear information about cursor position in the view history on :cd
and :pushd commands (and on startup if 'autochpos' is disabled in the vifmrc).
l key in the ":history ." and ":trashes" menus are treated like :cd command.
This option also affects marks so that navigating to a mark doesn't restore
cursor position.
When this option is enabled, more fine grained control over cursor position
is available via |vifm-'histcursor'| option.
*vifm-'caseoptions'*
caseoptions
type: charset
default: ""
This option gives additional control over case sensitivity by allowing
overriding default behaviour to either always be case sensitive or
always be case insensitive. Possible values form pairs of lower and upper
case letters that configure specific aspect of behaviour:
p - always ignore case of paths during completion.
P - always match case of paths during completion.
g - always ignore case of characters for f/F/;/,.
G - always match case of characters for f/F/;/,.
At most one item of each pair takes affect, if both or more are present, only
the last one matters. When of none pair's elements are present, the behaviour
is default (depends on operating system for path completion and on values of
|vifm-'ignorecase'| and |vifm-'smartcase'| options for file navigation).
*vifm-'cdpath'* *vifm-'cd'*
cdpath cd
type: string list
default: value of $CDPATH with commas instead of colons
Specifies locations to check on changing directory with relative path that
doesn't start with "./" or "../". When non-empty, current directory is
examined after directories listed in the option.
This option doesn't affect completion of |vifm-:cd| command.
Example: >
set cdpath=~
This way ":cd bin" will switch to "~/bin" even if directory named "bin" exists
in current directory, while ":cd ./bin" command will ignore value of 'cdpath'.
*vifm-'chaselinks'*
chaselinks
type: boolean
default: false
When enabled path of view is always resolved to real path (with all symbolic
links expanded).
*vifm-'classify'*
classify
type: string list
default: ":dir:/"
Specifies file name prefixes and suffixes depending on file type or name.
The format is either of:
- [{prefix}]:{filetype}:[{suffix}]
- [{prefix}]::{pattern}::[{suffix}]
Possible {pattern} forms are described in |vifm-patterns|.
Priority rules:
- file name patterns have priority over type patterns
- file name patterns are matched in left-to-right order of their appearance
in this option
Either {prefix} or {suffix} or both can be omitted (which is the default for
all unspecified file types), this means empty {prefix} and/or {suffix}.
{prefix} and {suffix} should consist of at most eight characters. Elements
are separated by commas. Neither prefixes nor suffixes are part of file names,
so they don't affect commands which operate on file names in any way. Comma
(',') character can be inserted by doubling it. List of file type names can be
found in the description of |vifm-filetype()| function.
*vifm-'columns'* *vifm-'co'*
columns co
type: integer
default: terminal width on startup
Terminal width in characters.
*vifm-'confirm'* *vifm-'cf'*
confirm cf
type: set
default: delete,permdelete
Defines which operations require confirmation:
- delete - moving files to trash (on |vifm-d| or |vifm-:delete|);
- permdelete - permanent deletion of files (on |vifm-D| or :delete!
command or on undo/redo operation).
*vifm-'cpoptions'* *vifm-'cpo'*
cpoptions cpo
type: charset
default: "fst"
Contains a sequence of single-character flags. Each flag enables behaviour of
older versions of vifm. Flags:
*vifm-cpo-f*
f - when included, running |vifm-:filter| command results in not inverted
(matching files are filtered out) and :filter! in inverted (matching files
are left) filter, when omitted, meaning of the exclamation mark changes to
the opposite;
*vifm-cpo-s*
s - when included, |vifm-yy|, |vifm-dd| and |vifm-DD| normal mode commands act on
selection, otherwise they operate on current file only;
*vifm-cpo-t*
t - when included, <tab> (thus <c-i>) behave as <space> and switch active
pane, otherwise <c-i> goes forward in the view history. It's possible to
make both <tab> and <c-i> to work as expected by setting up the terminal
to emit a custom sequence when <c-i> is pressed; see :histnext for
details.
*vifm-'cvoptions'*
cvoptions
type: set
default:
Specifies whether entering/leaving custom views triggers events that normally
happen on entering/leaving directories:
- autocmds - trigger autocommands on entering/leaving custom views;
- localopts - reset local options on entering/leaving custom views;
- localfilter - reset local filter on entering/leaving custom views.
*vifm-'deleteprg'*
deleteprg
type: string
default: ""
Specifies program to run on files that are permanently removed. When empty,
files are removed as usual, otherwise this command is invoked on each file by
appending its name. If the command doesn't remove files, they will remain on
the file system.
*vifm-'dirsize'*
dirsize
type: enumeration
default: size
Controls how size of directories is displayed in file views. The following
values are possible:
- size - size of directory (i.e., size used to store list of files)
- nitems - number of entries in the directory (excluding . and ..)
Size obtained via ga/gA overwrites this setting so seeing count of files and
occasionally size of directories is possible.
*vifm-'dotdirs'*
dotdirs
type: set
default: nonrootparent,treeleafsparent
Controls displaying of dot directories. The following values are possible:
- rootparent - show "../" in root directory of file system
- nonrootparent - show "../" in non-root directories of file system
- treeleafsparent - show "../" in empty directories of tree view
Note that empty directories always contain "../" entry regardless of value of
this option. "../" disappears at the moment at least one file is created.
*vifm-'dotfiles'*
dotfiles
type: boolean
default: false
Whether dot files are shown in the view. Can be controlled with z* bindings.
*vifm-'fastrun'*
fastrun
type: boolean
default: false
With this option turned on you can run partially entered commands with
unambiguous beginning using :! (e.g. :!Te instead of :!Terminal or :!Te<tab>).
*vifm-'fillchars'* *vifm-'fcs'*
fillchars fcs
type: string list
default: ""
Sets characters used to fill borders.
item default used for ~
vborder:c ' ' left, middle and right vertical borders
hborder:c '' middle horizontal border
A null string for vborder is equivalent to a space.
A null string for hborder omits the horizontal border.
Example: >
set fillchars=vborder:".",hborder:""
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*vifm-'findprg'*
findprg
type: string
default: "find %s %a -print , -type d \( ! -readable -o ! -executable \) -prune"
Specifies format for an external command to be invoked by the |vifm-:find|
command. The format supports expansion of macros specific for this particular
option and %% sequence for inserting percent sign literally. The macros are:
macro value/meaning~
%s literal arguments of :find or
list of paths to search in
%A empty or
literal arguments of :find
%a empty or
literal arguments of :find or
predicate followed by escaped arguments of :find
%p empty or
literal arguments of :find or
escaped arguments (parameters) of :find
%u redirect output to custom view instead of showing a menu
%U redirect output to unsorted custom view instead of showing a menu
Predicate in %a is "-name" on *nix and "-iname" on Windows.
If both %u and %U are specified, %U is chosen.
Some macros can be added implicitly:
- if %s isn't present, it's appended
- if neither of %a, %A and %p is present, %a is appended
- if neither of %s, %a, %A and %p is present, %s and %a are appended in this
order
The macros slightly change their meaning depending on format of :find's
arguments:
- if the first argument points to an existing directory, %s is assigned all
arguments while %a, %A and %p are left empty
- otherwise:
- %s is assigned a dot (".") meaning current directory or list of
selected file names, if any
- %a, %A and %p are assigned literal arguments when first argument starts
with a dash ("-"), otherwise %a gets an escaped version of the arguments
with a predicate and %p contains escaped version of the arguments
Starting with Windows Server 2003 a `where` command is available. One can
configure vifm to use it in the following way: >
set findprg="where /R %s %A"
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As the syntax of this command is rather limited, one can't use |vifm-:find|
command with selection of more than one item because the command ignores all
directory paths except for the last one.
When using find port on Windows, another option is to setup 'findprg' like
this: >
set findprg="find %s %a"
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*vifm-'followlinks'*
followlinks
type: boolean
default: true
Follow links on l or Enter. That is navigate to destination file instead of
treating the link as if it were target file. Doesn't affects links to
directories, which are always entered (use |vifm-gf| for directories).
*vifm-'fusehome'*
fusehome
type: string
default: "($XDG_DATA_HOME/vifm | $VIFM)/fuse/"
Directory to be used as a root dir for FUSE mounts. Value of the option can
contain environment variables (in form "$envname"), which will be expanded
(prepend it with a slash to prevent expansion). The value should expand to
an absolute path.
If you change this option, vifm won't remount anything. It affects future
mounts only. See |vifm-fuse| section for more information about FUSE mounts.
*vifm-'gdefault'* *vifm-'gd'*
gdefault gd
type: boolean
default: false
When on, 'g' flag is on for |vifm-:substitute| by default.
*vifm-'grepprg'*
grepprg
type: string
default: "grep -n -H -I -r %i %a %s"
Specifies format for an external command to be invoked by the |vifm-:grep|
command. The format supports expanding of macros, specific for a particular
*prg option, and %% sequence for inserting percent sign literally. This
option should include the %i macro to specify placement of "-v" string when
inversion of results is requested, %a or %A macro to specify placement of
arguments passed to the |vifm-:grep| command and the %s macro to specify
placement of list of files to search in. If some of the macros are not
used, they will be implicitly added after a space to the value of the
|vifm-'grepprg'| option in the following order: %i, %a, %s. Note that when
neither %a nor %A are specified, it's %a which is added implicitly.
Optional %u or %U macro could be used (if both specified %U is chosen) to
force redirection to custom or unsorted custom view respectively.
See |vifm-'findprg'| for description of difference between %a and %A.
Example of setup to use ack (http://beyondgrep.com/) instead of grep:
>
set grepprg='ack -H -r %i %a %s'
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or The Silver Searcher (https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher):
>
set grepprg='ag --line-numbers %i %a %s'
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*vifm-'histcursor'*
histcursor
type: set
default: startup,dirmark,direnter
Defines situations when cursor should be moved according to directory
history:
- startup - on loading file lists during startup
- dirmark - after navigating to a mark that doesn't specify file
- direnter - on opening directory from a file list
This option has no effect when |vifm-'autochpos'| is disabled.
Note that the list is not exhaustive and there are other situations when
cursor is positioned automatically.
*vifm-'history'* *vifm-'hi'*
history hi
type: integer
default: 15
Maximum number of stored items in all histories.
*vifm-'hloptions'*
type: string list
default: "filehi:onerow"
Configures behaviour of highlighting.
item default~
filehi:str onerow
The "filehi" item specifies which columns of the view get colored according to
file type and its name:
- path - highlight columns that display file path, name, root or extension
- onerow - same as "path" and also highlight all columns of the current line
- allrows - highlight all columns of each row
*vifm-'hlsearch'* *vifm-'hls'*
hlsearch hls
type: boolean
default: true
Automatically select files that are search matches.
*vifm-'iec'*
iec
type: boolean
default: false
Use KiB, MiB, ... suffixes instead of K, M, ... when printing size in
human-friendly format.
*vifm-'ignorecase'* *vifm-'ic'*
ignorecase ic
type: boolean
default: false
Ignore case in search patterns (:substitute, / and ? commands), local filter
(but not the rest of filters) and other things detailed in the description of
|vifm-'caseoptions'|.
*vifm-'incsearch'* *vifm-'is'*
incsearch is
type: boolean
default: false
When this option is set, search and view update for local filter is be
performed starting from initial cursor position each time search pattern is
changed.
*vifm-'iooptions'*
iooptions
type: set
default: datasync
Controls details of file operations. The following values are available:
- datasync - periodically synchronize writes on copying files when
|vifm-'syscalls'| is set.
(This makes copying last as long as it takes to actually write
data to the medium, which is slower than you might expect;
however, this also prevents system hanging due to filling memory
with file-system cache.)
- fastfilecloning - perform fast file cloning (copy-on-write), when available
(available on Linux and btrfs file system).
*vifm-'laststatus'* *vifm-'ls'*
laststatus ls
type: boolean
default: true
Controls if status bar is visible.
*vifm-'lines'*
lines
type: integer
default: terminal height on startup
Terminal height in lines.
*vifm-'locateprg'*
locateprg
type: string
default: "locate %a"
Specifies format for an external command to be invoked by the |vifm-:locate|
command. The format supports expanding of macros, specific for a particular
*prg option, and %% sequence for inserting percent sign literally. This
option should include the %a macro to specify placement of arguments passed
to the |vifm-:locate| command. If the macro is not used, it will be
implicitly added after a space to the value of this option.
Optional %u or %U macro could be used (if both specified %U is chosen) to
force redirection to custom or unsorted custom view respectively.
*vifm-'mediaprg'*
{only for *nix}
mediaprg
type: string
default: path to bundled script that supports udevil, udisks and udisks2
(using udisks2 requires python with dbus module installed)
OS X: path points to a python script that uses diskutil
Specifies command to be used to manage media devices. Used by |vifm-:media|
command.
The command can be passed the following parameters:
- list -- list media
- mount {device} -- mount a device
- unmount {path} -- unmount given mount point
The output of `list` subcommand is parsed in search of lines that start with
one of the following prefixes:
- device= - specifies device path (e.g., "/dev/sde")
- label= - specifies optional device label (e.g., "Memory card")
- info= - specifies arbitrary text to display next to device (by
default "[label]" is used, if label is provided)
- mount-point= - specifies a mount point (can be absent or appear more than
once)
All other lines are ignored. Each `device=` starts a new section
describing a device which should include two other possible prefixes.
`list` subcommand is assumed to always succeed, while exit code of `mount`
and `unmount` is taken into account to determine whether operation was
performed successfully.
*vifm-'lsoptions'*
lsoptions
type: string list
default: ""
scope: local
Configures ls-like view.
item used for ~
columncount fixed number of columns to display or 0
transposed filling view grid by columns rather than by lines
*vifm-'lsview'*
lsview
type: boolean
default: false
scope: local
When this option is set, directory view will be displayed in multiple
columns with file names similar to output of `ls -x` command. See also
|vifm-ls-view|. This option has no effect if |vifm-'millerview'| is on.
*vifm-'milleroptions'*
milleroptions
type: string list
default: "lsize:1,csize:1,rsize:1,rpreview:dirs"
scope: local
Configures miller view.
item default used for ~
lsize:num 0 left column
csize:num 1 center column (can't be disabled)
rsize:num 0 right column
rpreview:str dirs right column
*size specifies ratios of columns. Each ratio is in the range from
0 to 100 and values are adjusted to fit the limits. Zero disables a
column, but central (main) column can't be disabled.
rpreview specifies what file-system objects should be previewed in the right
column and takes three values: dirs (only directories), files (only files) or
all. Neither value enables preview of parent directory ("..").
Example of two-column mode which is useful in combination with
|vifm-:view| command: >
set milleroptions=lsize:1,csize:2
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*vifm-'millerview'*
millerview
type: boolean
default: false
scope: local
When this option is set, directory view will be displayed in multiple
cascading columns. Ignores |vifm-'lsview'|.
*vifm-'mintimeoutlen'*
mintimeoutlen
type: integer
default: 150
The fracture of |vifm-'timeoutlen'| in milliseconds that is waited between
subsequent input polls, which affects various asynchronous
operations (detecting changes made by external applications, monitoring
background jobs, redrawing UI). There are no strict guarantees, however the
higher this value is, the less is CPU load in idle mode.
*vifm-'mouse'*
mouse
type: charset
default: ""
Contains a sequence of single-character flags:
- a - all supported modes (a shorthand for all the rest and future additions)
- c - command-line mode (includes navigation mode)
- m - menu mode
- n - normal mode
- q - view mode
- v - visual mode
*vifm-'navoptions'*
navoptions
type: string list
default: "open:dirs"
Configures behaviour of navigation mode.
item default~
open:str dirs
The "open" item specifies what file-system objects should be opened on
|vifm-a_Enter| and can take two values: dirs (only directories) or all.
*vifm-'number'* *vifm-'nu'*
number nu
type: boolean
default: false
scope: local
Print line number in front of each file name when |vifm-'lsview'| option is
turned off. Use |vifm-'numberwidth'| to control width of line number.
Also see |vifm-'relativenumber'|.
*vifm-'numberwidth'* *vifm-'nuw'*
numberwidth nuw
type: integer
default: 4
scope: local
Minimal number of characters for line number field.
*vifm-'previewoptions'*
previewoptions
type: string list
default: "graphicsdelay:50000"
Tweaks how previewing is done (in quick view, miller view's column and
view mode).
item default meaning ~
graphicsdelay:num 0 delay before drawing graphics (microseconds)
hardgraphicsclear unset redraw screen to get rid of graphics
maxtreedepth:num 0 max number of levels in preview tree
toptreestats unset show file counts before the tree
graphicsdelay is needed if terminal requires some timeout before it can
draw graphics (otherwise it gets lost).
hardgraphicsclear seems to be necessary to get rid of sixel graphics in some
terminals, where it otherwise lingers. This can cause flicker on the screen
due to erasure followed by redrawing.
0 for maxtreedepth means "unlimited", 1 will only show selected directory, 2
adds its children, and so forth.
Default value is used when item is missing from the option.
*vifm-'previewprg'*
previewprg
type: string
default: ""
scope: local
External command to be used instead of preview programs configured via
|vifm-:fileviewer| command.
Example: >
" always show git log in preview of files inside some repository
au DirEnter '~/git-repo/**/*' setl previewprg='git log --color -- %c 2>&1'
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*vifm-'quickview'*
quickview
type: boolean
default: false
Whether quick view (|vifm-:view|) is currently active or not.
*vifm-'relativenumber'*
*vifm-'rnu'*
relativenumber rnu
type: boolean
default: false
scope: local
Print relative line number in front of each file name when |vifm-'lsview'|
option is turned off. Use |vifm-'numberwidth'| to control width of line
number. Various combinations of |vifm-'number'| and |vifm-'relativenumber'|
lead to such results:
nonumber number
norelativenumber | first | 1 first
| second | 2 second
| third | 3 third
relativenumber | 1 first | 1 first
| 0 second |2 second
| 1 third | 1 third
*vifm-'rulerformat'* *vifm-'ruf'*
rulerformat ruf
type: string
default: "%l/%S "
Determines the content of the ruler. Its minimal width is 13 characters and
it's right aligned. Following macros are supported:
%= - separation point between left and right aligned halves of the line
%l - file number
%L - total number of files in view (including filtered out ones)
%x - number of files excluded by filters
%0- - old name for %x macro
%P - percentage through file list (All, Top, xx% or Bot), always 3 in
length
%S - number of displayed files
%% - literal percent sign
%[ - designates beginning of an optional block
%] - designates end of an optional block
Percent sign can be followed by optional minimum field width. Add '-' before
minimum field width if you want field to be right aligned.
Optional blocks are ignored unless at least one macro inside of them is
expanded to a non-empty value.
Example: >
set rulerformat='%2l-%S%[ +%x%]'
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*vifm-'runexec'*
runexec
type: boolean
default: false
Run executable file on Enter, l or Right Arrow key. Behaviour of the last two
depends on the value of the |vifm-'lsview'| option.
*vifm-'scrollbind'* *vifm-'scb'*
scrollbind scb
type: boolean
default: false
When this option is set, vifm will try to keep difference of scrolling
positions of two windows constant.
*vifm-'scrolloff'* *vifm-'so'*
scrolloff so
type: integer
default: 0
Minimal number of screen lines to keep above and below the cursor. If you
want cursor line to always be in the middle of the view (except at the
beginning or end of the file list), set this option to some large value
(e.g. 999).
*vifm-'sessionoptions'*
*vifm-'ssop'*
sessionoptions ssop
type: set
default: tui,state,tabs,savedirs,dhistory
An equivalent of |vifm-'vifminfo'| for sessions, uses the same values. When
both options include the same value, data from session file has higher
priority (data from vifminfo isn't necessarily completely discarded,
instead it's merged with the state of a session the same way state of
multiple instances is merged on exit).
*vifm-'shell'* *vifm-'sh'*
shell sh
type: string
default: $SHELL or "/bin/sh" or "cmd" (on MS-Windows)
Full path to the shell to use to run external commands. On *nix a shell
argument can be supplied.
*vifm-'shellcmdflag'*
*vifm-'shcf'*
shellcmdflag shcf
type: string
default: "-c" or "/C" (for cmd.exe on MS-Windows)
Command-line option used to pass a command to |vifm-'shell'|. It's used in
contexts where command comes from the user.
Note that using this option to force interactive mode of the shell is most
likely a BAD IDEA. In general interactive host and interactive child shell
can't share the same terminal session. You can't even run such a shell in
background. Consider writing a wrapper for your shell that preloads aliases
and commands without making the shell interactive and ending up using it in
a way it was not meant to be used.
Note that this option is ignored when |vifm-'shell'| is set to PowerShell due
to the internal use of `-encodedCommand`.
*vifm-'shortmess'* *vifm-'shm'*
shortmess shm
type: charset
default: "p"
Contains a sequence of single-character flags. Each flag enables shortening
of some message displayed by vifm in the TUI. Flags:
L - display only last directory in tab line instead of full path.
M - shorten titles in windows of terminal multiplexers created by vifm
down to file name instead of using full path.
T - truncate status bar messages in the middle if they are too long to fit on
the command line. "..." will appear in the middle.
p - use tilde shortening in view titles.
*vifm-'showtabline'*
*vifm-'stal'*
showtabline stal
type: enumeration
default: multiple
Specifies when tab line should be displayed. Possible values:
- never - never display tab line
- multiple - show tab line only when there are at least two tabs
- always - display tab line always
Alternatively 0, 1 and 2 Vim-like values are also accepted and correspond to
"never", "multiple" and "always" respectively.
*vifm-'sizefmt'*
sizefmt
type: string list
default: "units:iec"
Configures the way size is formatted in human-friendly way.
item value meaning~
units: iec Use 1024 byte units (K or KiB, etc.).
See |vifm-'iec'|.
si Use 1000 byte units (KB, etc.).
precision: i > 0 How many fraction digits to consider.
{not set} Precision of 1 for integer part < 10,
0 otherwise (provides old behaviour).
space {present} Insert space before unit symbols.
This is the default.
nospace {present} Do not insert space before unit symbols.
Numbers are rounded from zero. Trailing zeros are dropped.
Example: >
set sizefmt=units:iec,precision:2,nospace
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*vifm-'slowfs'*
{only for *nix}
slowfs
type: string list
default: ""
A list of mounter fs name beginnings (first column in /etc/mtab or
/proc/mounts) or paths prefixes for fs/directories that work too slow for
you. This option can be used to stop vifm from making some requests to
particular kinds of file systems that can slow down file browsing.
Currently this means don't check if directory has changed, skip check if
target of symbolic links exists, assume that link target located on slow fs
to be a directory (allows entering directories and navigating to files via
|vifm-gf|). If you set the option to "*", it means all the systems are
considered slow (useful for cygwin, where all the checks might render vifm
very slow if there are network mounts).
Example for autofs root /mnt/autofs: >
set slowfs+=/mnt/autofs
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*vifm-'smartcase'* *vifm-'scs'*
smartcase scs
type: boolean
default: false
Overrides the |vifm-'ignorecase'| option if a pattern contains at least one
upper case character. Only used when |vifm-'ignorecase'| option is enabled.
*vifm-'sort'*
sort
type: enumeration
default: +name on *nix and +iname on Windows
scope: local
Sets list of sorting keys (first item is primary key, second is secondary
key, etc.):
[+-]ext - extension of files and directories
[+-]fileext - extension of files only
[+-]name - name (including extension)
[+-]iname - name (including extension, ignores case)
[+-]type - file type (dir/reg/exe/link/char/block/sock/fifo)
[+-]dir - directory grouping (directory < file)
[+-]gid - group id (*nix only)
[+-]gname - group name (*nix only)
[+-]mode - file mode (file type + permissions) in octal (*nix only)
[+-]perms - permissions string (*nix only)
[+-]uid - owner id (*nix only)
[+-]uname - owner name (*nix only)
[+-]nlinks - number of hard links (*nix only)
[+-]inode - inode number (*nix only)
[+-]size - size
[+-]nitems - number of items in a directory (zero for files)
[+-]groups - groups extracted via regexps from |vifm-'sortgroups'|
[+-]target - symbolic link target (empty for other file types)
[+-]atime - time accessed (e.g., read, executed)
[+-]ctime - time changed (changes in metadata, like mode)
[+-]mtime - time modified (when file contents is changed)
Note: look for st_atime, st_ctime and st_mtime in "man 2 stat" for more
information on time keys.
'+' means ascending sort for this key, and '-' means descending sort.
"dir" key is somewhat similar in this regard but it's not added implicitly:
when "dir" is not specified, sorting behaves as if it was the first key in
the list. That's why if one wants sorting algorithm to mix directories and
files, "dir" should be appended to sorting option, for example like this: >
set sort+=dir
or >
set sort=-size,dir
This option also changes view columns according to primary sorting key set,
unless |vifm-'viewcolumns'| option is not empty.
Value of the option is checked to include "dir" key and default sorting key
"(name" on *nix, "iname" on Windows). Here is what happens if one of them is
missing:
- "dir" key is added at the beginning;
- default key is added at the end.
All other keys are left untouched (at most they are moved).
This option also changes view columns according to primary sorting key set,
unless |vifm-'viewcolumns'| option is not empty.
*vifm-'sortnumbers'*
sortnumbers
type: boolean
default: false
Natural sort of (version) numbers within text.
*vifm-'sortgroups'*
sortgroups
type: string
default: ""
scope: local
Sets comma-separated list of regular expressions for group type of sorting.
Double the comma to insert it literally.
The regular expressions are used to extract substrings of file names to serve
as keys for sorting. It is essentially a way to ignore uninteresting parts
of file names during sorting by name.
Each expression should contain at least one group or its value will be
considered to be always empty. Also, only the first match of regular
expression is processed.
The first group divides list of files into sub-groups, each of which is then
sorted by substrings extracted using second regular expression and so on
recursively.
Example: >
set sortgroups=-(todo|done).*
this would group files with "-done" in their names and files with "-todo"
separately. On ascending sorting, group containing "-done" would appear
before the other one.
*vifm-'sortorder'*
sortorder
type: enumeration
default: ascending
scope: local
Sets sort order for primary key: ascending, descending.
*vifm-'statusline'* *vifm-'stl'*
statusline stl
type: string
default: ""
Determines the content of the status line (the line right above command-line).
Empty string means use same format like in previous versions. Following macros
are supported:
%N - line break (increases height of the status line accordingly), ignores
%[ %] blocks
%t - file name (considering value of the |vifm-'classify'| option)
%T - symbolic link target (empty for other filetypes)
%f - file name relative to current directory (considers 'classify')
%A - file attributes (permissions on *nix or properties on Windows)
%o - file permissions in octal form on *nix (nothing on Windows)
%u - user name or uid (if it cannot be resolved)
%g - group name or gid (if it cannot be resolved)
%s - file size in human readable format
%E - size of selected files in human readable format, same as %s when no
files are selected, except that it will never show size of ../ in
visual mode, since it cannot be selected
%d - file modification date (uses |vifm-'timefmt'| option)
%D - path of the other pane for single-pane layout
%a - amount of free space available on current FS
%c - size of current FS
%z - short tips/tricks/hints that chosen randomly after one minute period
`%{<expr>}` - evaluate arbitrary vifm expression `<expr>`, e.g. `&sort`
%* - resets or applies one of User1..User20 highlight groups; reset happens
when width field is 0 or not specified, one of the groups gets picked
when width field is in the range from 1 to 20
all |vifm-'rulerformat'| macros
Percent sign can be followed by optional minimum field width. Add '-' before
minimum field width if you want field to be right aligned.
On Windows file properties include the following flags (upper case means flag
is on):
A - archive
H - hidden
I - content isn't indexed
R - readonly
S - system
C - compressed
D - directory
E - encrypted
P - reparse point (e.g. symbolic link)
Z - sparse file
Example without colors: >
set statusline=" %t%= %A %10u:%-7g %15s %20d %{&sort} "
Example with colors: >
highlight User1 ctermbg=yellow
highlight User2 ctermbg=blue ctermfg=white cterm=bold
set statusline="%1* %-26t %2* %= %1* %A %2* %7u:%-7g %1* %-5s %2* %d "
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*vifm-'suggestoptions'*
suggestoptions
type: string list
default:
Controls when, for what and how suggestions are displayed. The following
values are available:
- normal - in normal mode;
- visual - in visual mode;
- view - in view mode;
- otherpane - use other pane to display suggestions, when available;
- delay[:num] - display suggestions after a small delay (to do not annoy
if you just want to type a fast shortcut consisting of
multiple keys), num specifies the delay in ms (500 by
default), |vifm-'timeoutlen'| at most;
- keys - include shortcuts (commands and selectors);
- foldsubkeys - fold multiple keys with common prefix;
- marks - include marks;
- registers[:num] - include registers, at most num files (5 by default).
*vifm-'syncregs'*
syncregs
type: string
default: ""
Specifies identifier of group of instances that share registers among each
other. When several instances of vifm have this option set to identical
value, they automatically synchronize contents of their registers on
operations which use them.
*vifm-'syscalls'*
syscalls
type: boolean
default: false
When disabled, vifm will rely on external applications to perform file-system
operations, otherwise system calls are used instead (much faster and supports
progress tracking). The option should eventually be removed. Mostly
*nix-like systems are affected.
*vifm-'tablabel'*
tablabel
type: string
default: ""
When non-empty and |vifm-'tabline'| isn't set, determines format of the main
part of a single tab's label.
When empty, tab label is set to either tab name for named tabs or to view
title (usually current path) for unnamed tabs.
The following macros can appear in the format (see below for what a flag is):
%C - flag of a current tab
%N - number of the tab
%T - flag of a tree mode
%c - description of a custom view
%n - name of the tab
%p - path of the view (handles |vifm-filename-modifiers|)
%t - title of the view (affected by |vifm-'shortmess'| flags)
%% - literal percent sign
%[ - designates beginning of an optional block
%] - designates end of an optional block
%*, %0* - resets highlighting
%1* - %20* - applies one of User1..User20 highlight groups
In global tabs the view in bullets above refers to currently active view of that
tab.
Flag macros are a special kind of macros that always expand to an empty value
and are meant to be used inside optional blocks to control their visibility.
Optional blocks are ignored unless at least one macro inside of them is
expanded to a non-empty value or is a set flag macro.
Example: >
" %[(%n)%] -- optional name of the tab
" %[ -- optional description of the view
" %[%T{tree}%] -- mark of tree mode
" %[{%c}%] -- description of custom view
" @ -- just an extra separator before the path
' %]
" %p:t -- tail part of view's location
set tablabel=%[(%n)%]%[%[%T{tree}%]%[{%c}%]@%]%p:t
<
*vifm-'tabline'* *vifm-'tal'*
tabline tal
type: string
default: ""
When non-empty, determines format of the tab line. Note that mouse clicks
won't be handled when this option is non-empty.
The following macros can appear in the format:
%*, %0* - resets highlighting
%1* - %20* - applies one of User1..User20 highlight groups
*vifm-'tabprefix'*
tabprefix
type: string
default: "[%N:"
Determines prefix of a tab's label. Formatting is done as for
|vifm-'tablabel'| option.
Example of highlighting tab number: >
" setup color for non-current tabs
highlight User7 ctermfg=red
" setup color for current tabs
highlight User8 ctermbg=blue ctermfg=none
" use optional group predicated on current-tab flag
set tabprefix=[%7*%[%8*%C%]%N%*:
*vifm-'tabscope'*
tabscope
type: enumeration
default: global
Picks style of tabs, which defines what a single tab contains. Possible
values:
- global - tab describes complete UI of two views and how they are arranged
- pane - tab is located "inside" a pane and manages it and quick view
*vifm-'tabstop'* *vifm-'ts'*
tabstop ts
type: integer
default: value from curses library
Number of spaces that a Tab in the file counts for.
*vifm-'tabsuffix'*
tabsuffix
type: string
default: "]"
Determines suffix of a tab's label. Formatting is done as for
|vifm-'tablabel'| option.
*vifm-'timefmt'*
timefmt
type: string
default: "%m/%d %H:%M"
Format of time in file list. See man date or man strftime for details.
*vifm-'trash'*
trash
type: boolean
default: true
Use |vifm-trash| directory.
*vifm-'trashdir'*
trashdir
type: string
default: on *nix:
"%r/.vifm-Trash-%u,$XDG_DATA_HOME/vifm/Trash,%r/.vifm-Trash"
or
"%r/.vifm-Trash-%u,$VIFM/Trash,%r/.vifm-Trash"
on Windows:
"%r/.vifm-Trash,$XDG_DATA_HOME/vifm/Trash"
or
"%r/.vifm-Trash,$VIFM/vifm/Trash"
List of trash directory path specifications, separated with commas.
Each list item either defines an absolute path to |vifm-trash| directory
or a path relative to a mount point root, when list element starts with "%r/".
Value of the option can contain environment variables (of form "$envname"),
which will be expanded (prepend $ with a slash to prevent expansion).
Environment variables are expanded when the option is set.
On *nix, if element ends with "%u", the mark is replaced with real user ID and
permissions are set so that only that only owner is able to use it.
Note that even this setup is not completely secure when combined with "%r/"
and it's overall safer to keep files in home directory, but that implies cost
of copying files between partitions.
When new file gets cut (deleted) vifm traverses each element of the option in
the order of their appearance and uses first trash directory that it was able
to create or that is already writable.
Default value tries to use trash directory per mount point and falls back to
trash common trash directory on failure.
Will attempt to create the directory if it does not exist.
*vifm-'timeoutlen'* *vifm-'tm'*
timeoutlen tm
type: integer
default: 1000
The time in milliseconds that is waited for a mapped key in case when
already typed key sequence is ambiguous. See also |vifm-'mintimeoutlen'|.
*vifm-'title'*
title
type: boolean
default: true when title can be restored, false otherwise
When enabled, title of the terminal or terminal multiplexer's window is
updated according to current location. Because not all terminals support
setting title, this works only if `$TERM` value matches one of the following
conditions:
- equals "xterm" or starts with "xterm-"
- equals "rxvt" or starts with "rxvt-"
- equals "screen" or starts with "screen-"
- equals "aterm"
- equals "Eterm"
*vifm-'tuioptions'* *vifm-'to'*
tuioptions to
type: charset
default: "psv"
Each flag configures some aspect of TUI appearance. The flags are:
*vifm-to-p*
p - when included:
* file list inside a pane gets additional single character padding on left
and right sides;
* quick view and view mode get single character padding.
*vifm-to-s*
s - when included, left and right borders (side borders, hence "s" character)
are visible.
*vifm-to-u*
u - use Unicode characters in the TUI (Unicode ellipsis instead of "...").
*vifm-to-v*
v - vary width of vertical middle border to equalize view sizes.
Each pane title contains the path of the listed directory. If too large, the
path is truncated on the left for the active pane and on the right for the other
pane. This can be modified with:
*vifm-to-l*
l - truncation is always on the left.
*vifm-to-r*
r - truncation is always on the right.
*vifm-'undolevels'* *vifm-'ul'*
undolevels ul
type: integer
default: 100
Maximum number of changes that can be undone. Note that here single file
operation is used as a unit, not operation, i.e. deletion of 101 files will
exceed default limit.
*vifm-'vicmd'*
vicmd
type: string
default: "vim"
Command used to edit files in various contexts. Ampersand sign at the end
(regardless whether it's preceded by space or not) means backgrounding of
command.
Background flag is ignored in certain context where vifm waits for the editor
to finish. Such contexts include any command that spawns editor to change
list of file names or a command, with |vifm-:rename| being one example.
`-f` is also appended to prevent forking in such cases, so the command needs
to handle the flag.
Additionally `+{num}` and `+'call cursor()'` arguments are used to position
cursor when location is known.
*vifm-'viewcolumns'*
viewcolumns
type: string
default: ""
scope: local
Format string containing list of columns in the view. When this option is
empty, view columns to show are chosen automatically using sorting keys
(see |vifm-'sort'|) as a base. Value of this option is ignored if
|vifm-'lsview'| is set. See |vifm-column-view| for format description.
An example of setting the options for both panes (note |vifm-:windo|
command): >
windo set viewcolumns=-{name}..,6{size},11{perms}
<
*vifm-'vixcmd'*
vixcmd
type: string
default: value of |vifm-'vicmd'|
Same as |vifm-'vicmd'|, but takes precedence over it when running inside a
graphical environment.
*vifm-'vifminfo'*
vifminfo
type: set
default: bookmarks,bmarks
Controls what will be saved in the $VIFM/vifminfo file:
bmarks - named bookmarks (see |vifm-:bmark|)
bookmarks - marks, except for special ones like '< and '>
cs - primary color scheme
dirstack - directory stack (overwrites previous stack, unless stack of
current instance is empty)
registers - registers content
savedirs - last visited directory
state - file name and dot filters and terminal multiplexers integration
state
tabs - global or pane tabs
tui - state of the user interface (sorting, number of windows, quick
view state, active view)
chistory - command line history
dhistory - directory history
ehistory - expression register history (see |vifm-c_Ctrl-R_=|)
fhistory - history of local filter (see |vifm-=|)
mchistory - command line history of menus
phistory - prompt history
shistory - search history (/ and ? commands)
commands - user defined commands (see :command description) (obsolete)
filetypes - associated programs and viewers (obsolete)
options - all options that can be set with the :set command (obsolete)
*vifm-'vimhelp'*
vimhelp
type: boolean
default: false
Use vim help format.
*vifm-'wildmenu'* *vifm-'wmnu'*
wildmenu wmnu
type: boolean
default: false
Controls whether possible matches of completion will be shown above the
command line.
*vifm-'wildstyle'*
wildstyle
type: enumeration
default: bar
Picks presentation style of wild menu. Possible values:
- bar - one-line with left-to-right cursor
- popup - multi-line with top-to-bottom cursor
*vifm-'wordchars'*
wordchars
type: string list
default: "1-8,14-31,33-255" (that is all non-whitespace characters)
Specifies which characters in command-line mode should be considered as part
of a word. Value of the option is comma-separated list of ranges. If both
endpoints of a range match, single endpoint is enough (e.g. "a" = "a-a").
Both endpoints are inclusive. There are two accepted forms: character
representing itself or number encoding character according to ASCII table.
In case of ambiguous characters (dash, comma, digit) use numeric form.
Accepted characters are in the range from 0 to 255. Any Unicode character
with code greater than 255 is considered to be part of a word.
The option affects |vifm-c_ALT-D|, |vifm-c_ALT-B| and |vifm-c_ALT-F|, but not
|vifm-c_CTRL-W|. This is intentionally to allow two use cases:
- Moving by WORDS and deletion by words.
- Moving by words and deletion by WORDS.
To get the later use the following mapping: >
cnoremap <c-w> <a-b><a-d>
<
Also used for abbreviations.
*vifm-'wrap'*
wrap
type: boolean
default: true
Controls whether to wrap text in quick view.
*vifm-'wrapscan'* *vifm-'ws'*
wrapscan ws
type: boolean
default: true
Searches wrap around end of the list.
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*vifm-mappings*
A user mapping like `nnoremap lhs rhs` defines a substitution of the
left-hand-side (LHS) with the right-hand-side (RHS) in the input stream. A
regular mapping (without "nore" in :command's name) expands recognized
sequences in the RHS, while "*noremap" mapping always interprets RHS as if no
user mappings were defined and each key has its builtin meaning. In most
cases you want to use noremap variant and if your RHS includes LHS, only
noremap variant will work because recursion in a mapping is not allowed.
In order to define a mapping determine in which mode you want to activate it
and use an appropriate "*noremap" :command (e.g., |vifm-:nnoremap| for a
normal mode mapping). RHS doesn't have to limit itself to the mode in which
the mapping was started and can span multiple modes.
Map arguments~
LHS of mappings can be preceded by arguments which take the form of special
sequences:
<silent>
Postpone UI updates until RHS is completely processed.
<wait>
In case of builtin mapping causing conflict for a user-defined mapping
(e.g., `t` builtin to a partially typed `ta` user-defined mapping), ignore
the builtin mapping and wait for input indefinitely as opposed to
default behaviour of triggering the builtin mapping after a delay defined
by |vifm-'timeoutlen'|. Example: >
nnoremap <wait> tw :set wrap!<cr>
nnoremap <wait> tn :set number!<cr>
nnoremap <wait> tr :set relativenumber!<cr>
Special sequences~
Since it's not easy to enter special characters there are several special
sequences that can be used in place of them. They are:
<cr>
Enter key.
<esc>
Escape key.
<space>
Space key.
<lt>
Less-than character (<).
<nop>
provides a way to disable a mapping (by mapping it to <nop>).
<bs>
Backspace key (see key conflict description below).
<tab> <s-tab>
Tabulation and Shift+Tabulation keys.
<home> <end>
Home/End.
<left> <right> <up> <down>
Arrow keys.
<pageup> <pagedown>
PageUp/PageDown.
<del> <delete>
Delete key. <del> and <delete> mean different codes, but <delete> is
more common.
<insert>
Insert key.
<s-home> <s-end>
<s-left> <s-right> <s-up> <s-down>
<s-pageup> <s-pagedown>
<s-delete> <s-insert>
Shift + one of the keys from above, if terminal and its terminfo supports
it.
<c-a>,<c-b>,...,<c-z>,<c-[>,<c-\>,<c-]>,<c-^>,<c-_>
Control + some key (see key conflict description below).
<c-@> {only for *nix}
Control + Space.
<a-a>,<a-b>,...,<a-z>
<m-a>,<m-b>,...,<m-z>
<a-0>,<a-1>,...,<a-9> {only for *nix}
<m-0>,<m-1>,...,<m-9> {only for *nix}
Alt + some key.
<a-c-a>,<a-c-b>,...,<a-c-z> {only for *nix}
<m-c-a>,<m-c-b>,...,<m-c-z> {only for *nix}
Alt + Ctrl + some key.
<a-s-a>,<a-s-b>,...,<a-s-z> {only for *nix}
<s-a-a>,<s-a-b>,...,<s-a-z> {only for *nix}
<m-s-a>,<m-s-b>,...,<m-s-z> {only for *nix}
<s-m-a>,<s-m-b>,...,<s-m-z> {only for *nix}
Alt + Shift + some key.
<f0> - <f63>
functional keys.
<c-f1>,...,<c-f12> {only for MS-Windows}
functional keys with Control key pressed.
<a-f1>,...,<a-f12> {only for MS-Windows}
functional keys with Alt key pressed.
<s-f1>,...,<s-f12> {only for MS-Windows}
functional keys with Shift key pressed.
Note that due to the way terminals process their input, several keyboard keys
might be mapped to single key code, for example:
- <cr> and <c-m>;
- <tab> and <c-i>;
- <c-h> and <bs> and <del>;
- etc.
Most of the time they are defined consistently and don't cause surprises, but
<c-h> and <bs> are treated differently in different environments (although they
match each other all the time), that's why they correspond to different keys
in vifm. As a consequence, if you map <c-h> or <bs> be sure to repeat the
mapping with the other one so that it works in all environments.
Alternatively, provide your mapping in one form and add one of the following: >
" if mappings with <c-h> in the LHS work
map <c-h> <bs>
" if mappings with <bs> in the LHS work
map <bs> <c-h>
Also sometimes neither of them might work and it's <del> key which corresponds
to your backspace (don't mind the name).
Whitespace~
vifm removes whitespace characters at the beginning and end of commands.
That's why you may want to use <space> at the end of rhs in mappings. For
example: >
cmap <f1> man<space>
will put "man " in line when you hit the <f1> key in the command line mode.
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*vifm-expression-syntax*
Supported expressions is a subset of what VimL provides.
Expression syntax summary, from least to most significant:
|vifm-expr1| expr2
expr2 || expr2 .. logical OR
|vifm-expr2| expr3
expr3 && expr3 .. logical AND
|vifm-expr3| expr4
expr4 == expr4 equal
expr4 != expr4 not equal
expr4 > expr4 greater than
expr4 >= expr4 greater than or equal
expr4 < expr4 smaller than
expr4 <= expr4 smaller than or equal
|vifm-expr4| expr5
expr5 + expr5 .. number addition
expr5 - expr5 .. number subtraction
|vifm-expr5| expr6
expr6 . expr6 .. string concatenation
|vifm-expr6| expr7
- expr6 unary minus
+ expr6 unary plus
! expr6 logical NOT
|vifm-expr7| number number constant
"string" string constant, backslash is special
'string' string constant, ' is doubled
&option option value
$VAR environment variable
v:var builtin variable
function(expr1, ...) function call
(expr1) nested expression
".." indicates that the operations in this level can be concatenated.
expr1 *vifm-expr1*
-----
expr2 || expr2
Arguments are converted to numbers before evaluation.
Result is non-zero if at least one of arguments is non-zero.
It's right associative and with short-circuiting, so sub-expressions are
evaluated from left to right until result of whole expression is determined
(i.e., until first non-zero) or end of the expression.
expr2 *vifm-expr2*
-----
expr3 && expr3
Arguments are converted to numbers before evaluation.
Result is non-zero only if both arguments are non-zero.
It's right associative and with short-circuiting, so sub-expressions are
evaluated from left to right until result of whole expression is determined
(i.e., until first zero) or end of the expression.
expr3 *vifm-expr3*
-----
expr4 {cmp} expr4
Compare two expr4 expressions, resulting in a 0 if it evaluates to false or 1
if it evaluates to true.
equal == *vifm-expr-==*
not equal != *vifm-expr-!=*
greater than > *vifm-expr->*
greater than or equal >= *vifm-expr->=*
smaller than < *vifm-expr-<*
smaller than or equal <= *vifm-expr-<=*
Examples: >
'a' == 'a' == 1
'a' > 'b' == 1
'a' == 'b' == 0
'2' > 'b' == 0
2 > 'b' == 1
2 > '1b' == 1
2 > '9b' == 0
-1 == -'1' == 1
0 == '--1' == 1
<
expr4 *vifm-expr4*
-----
expr5 + expr5 .. number addition *vifm-expr-+*
expr5 - expr5 .. number subtraction *vifm-expr--*
Examples: >
1 + 3 - 3 == 1
1 + '2' == 3
<
expr5 *vifm-expr5*
-----
expr6 . expr6 .. string concatenation *vifm-expr-.*
Examples: >
'a' . 'b' == 'ab'
'aaa' . '' . 'c' == 'aaac'
<
expr6 *vifm-expr6*
-----
- expr6 unary minus *vifm-expr-unary--*
+ expr6 unary plus *vifm-expr-unary-+*
! expr6 logical NOT *vifm-expr-unary-!*
For '-' the sign of the number is changed.
For '+' the number is unchanged.
For '!' non-zero becomes zero, zero becomes one.
A String will be converted to a Number first.
These operations can be repeated and mixed. Examples: >
--9 == 9
---9 == -9
-+9 == 9
!-9 == 0
!'' == 1
!'x' == 0
!!9 == 1
<
expr7 *vifm-expr7*
-----
number number constant *vifm-expr-number*
------
Decimal number. Examples: >
0 == 0
0000 == 0
01 == 1
123 == 123
10000 == 10000
<
string *vifm-expr-string*
------
"string" string constant *vifm-expr-quote*
Note that double quotes are used.
A string constant accepts these special characters:
\b backspace <bs>
\e escape <esc>
\n newline
\r return <cr>
\t tab <tab>
\\ backslash
\" double quote
Examples: >
"\"Hello,\tWorld!\""
"Hi,\nthere!"
<
literal-string *vifm-literal-string*
--------------
'string' string constant *vifm-expr-'*
Note that single quotes are used.
This string is taken as it is. No backslashes are removed or have a special
meaning. The only exception is that two quotes stand for one quote.
Examples: >
'All\slashes\are\saved.'
'This string contains doubled single quotes ''here'''
<
option *vifm-expr-option*
------
&option option value (local one is preferred, if exists)
&g:option global option value
&l:option local option value
Examples: >
echo 'Terminal size: '.&columns.'x'.&lines
if &columns > 100
<
Any valid option name can be used here (note that "all" in ":set all" is a
pseudo option). See |vifm-set-options|.
environment variable *vifm-expr-env*
--------------------
$VAR environment variable
The String value of any environment variable. When it is not defined, the
result is an empty string.
Examples: >
'This is my $PATH env: ' . $PATH
'vifmrc at ' . $MYVIFMRC . ' is used.'
<
builtin variable *vifm-expr-variable*
--------------------
v:var builtin variable
Information exposed by vifm for use in scripting.
*vifm-v:count*
v:count *vifm-count-variable*
count passed to : command. Can be used in mappings to pass count
to a different command.
*vifm-v:count1*
v:count1 *vifm-count1-variable*
same as v:count, but 1 by default.
*vifm-v:jobcount*
v:jobcount *vifm-jobcount-variable*
number of active jobs (as can be seen in the |vifm-:jobs| menu).
*vifm-v:session*
v:session *vifm-session-variable*
name of the current session or empty string.
See also |vifm-v:servername|.
function call *vifm-expr-function*
-------------
function(expr1, ...) function call
See below |vifm-functions|.
Examples: >
"'" . filetype('.') . "'"
filetype('.') == 'reg'
<
expression nesting *vifm-expr-nesting*
------------------
(expr1) nested expression
Groups any other expression of arbitrary complexity enforcing order in which
operators are applied.
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*vifm-functions*
USAGE RESULT DESCRIPTION ~
chooseopt({opt}) String Queries choose parameters passed on startup.
executable({expr}) Integer Checks whether {expr} command available.
expand({expr}) String Expands special keywords in {expr}.
extcached({cache}, {path}, {extcmd})
String Caches output of {extcmd} per {cache} and
{path} combination.
filereadable({path}) Integer Checks whether {expr} points to a
non-directory that can be read.
filetype({fnum} [, {resolve}])
String Returns file type from position.
fnameescape({expr}) String Escapes {expr} for use in a :command.
getpanetype() String Returns type of current pane.
has({property}) Integer Checks whether instance has {property}.
input({prompt} [, {initial} [, {completion}]])
String Prompts user for an input on command-line.
layoutis({type}) Integer Checks whether layout is of type {type}.
paneisat({loc}) Integer Checks whether current pane is at {loc}.
system({command}) String Executes shell command and returns its output.
tabpagenr([{arg}]) Integer Returns number of current or last tab.
term({command}) String Like system(), but for interactive commands.
chooseopt({opt}) *vifm-chooseopt()*
Retrieves values of options related to file choosing. {opt} can be one of:
files returns argument of |vifm---choose-files| or empty string
dir returns argument of |vifm---choose-dir| or empty string
cmd returns argument of |vifm---on-choose| or empty string
delimiter returns argument of |vifm---delimiter| or the default one ("\n")
executable({expr}) *vifm-executable()*
If {expr} is absolute or relative path, checks whether path destination exists
and refers to an executable, otherwise checks whether command named {expr} is
present in directories listed in $PATH. Checks for various executable
extensions on Windows. Returns boolean value describing result of the check.
Example: >
" use custom default viewer script if it's available and installed
" in predefined system directory, otherwise try to find it elsewhere
if executable('/usr/local/bin/defviewer')
fileview * /usr/local/bin/defviewer %c
else
if executable('defviewer')
fileview * defviewer %c
endif
endif
expand({expr}) *vifm-expand()*
Expands environment variables and macros in {expr} (in this order). Returns
a string. See |vifm-macros|.
Examples: >
" percent sign
:echo expand('%%')
" the last part of directory name of the other pane
:echo expand('%D:t')
" $PATH environment variable (same as `:echo $PATH`)
:echo expand('$PATH')
" full path to the current file with backslashes
:echo expand('%c:p:gs!/!\\!')
extcached({cache}, {path}, {extcmd}) *vifm-extcached()*
Caches value of {extcmd} external command automatically updating it as
necessary based on monitoring change date of a {path}. The cache is
invalidated when file or its meta-data is updated. A single path can have
multiple caches associated with it.
{path} value is normalized, but symbolic links in it aren't resolved.
Example: >
" display number and size of blocks actually used by a file or directory
set statusline+=" Uses: %{ extcached('uses',
\ expand('%c'),
\ expand('stat --format=%%bx%%B %c')) }"
filereadable({path}) *vifm-filereadable()*
Checks whether {path} exists and refers to a non-directory entry and its
permissions allow reading. Returns boolean value describing result of the
check.
filetype({fnum} [, {resolve}]) *vifm-filetype()*
The result is a string, which represents file type and is one of the list:
exe executables
reg regular files
link symbolic links
broken broken symbolic links (appears only when resolving)
dir directories
char character devices
block block devices
fifo pipes
sock *nix domain sockets
? unknown file type (should not normally happen) or
non-file (pseudo-entries in compare view)
The result can also be an empty string in case of invalid argument.
Parameter {fnum} can have following values:
- '.' to get type of file under the cursor in the active pane
- numerical value base 1 to get type of file on specified line number
Optional parameter {resolve} is treated as a boolean and specifies whether
symbolic links should be resolved.
fnameescape({expr}) *vifm-fnameescape()*
Escapes parameter to make it suitable for use as an argument of a :command.
List of escaped characters includes %, which is doubled.
Usage example: >
" navigate to most recently modified file in current directory
execute 'goto' fnameescape(system('ls -t | head -1'))
getpanetype() *vifm-getpanetype()*
Retrieves string describing type of current pane. Possible return values:
regular regular file listing of some directory
custom custom file list (%u)
very-custom very custom file list (%U)
tree tree view
compare compare view
has({property}) *vifm-has()*
Allows examining internal parameters from scripts to e.g. figure out
environment in which application is running. Returns 1 if property is
true/present, otherwise 0 is returned. Currently the following properties
are supported (anything else will yield 0):
unix runs in *nix-like environment (including Cygwin)
win runs on Windows
#* whether particular Lua handler exists (|vifm-lua-handlers|)
Usage example: >
" skip user/group on Windows
if !has('win')
let $RIGHTS = '%10u:%-7g '
endif
execute 'set' 'statusline=" %t%= %A '.$RIGHTS.'%15E %20d "'
<
input({prompt} [, {initial} [, {completion}]]) *vifm-input()*
Creates a command-line prompt to obtain user's input. Initial value can
be supplied as an optional second parameter, otherwise empty string is used.
Optional third parameter specifies kind of completion, which can be one of:
dir paths to directories
file paths to files and directories
"" (empty string, default) no completion
Note that behaviour differs from Vim where executing a mapping like >
nnoremap j :echo input('text: ')<cr>input
leaves you in a prompt mode with "input" typed in. Vifm will wait for leaving
the prompt and then continue executing the mapping.
Usage example: >
nnoremap ,m : let $DIR_NAME = input('mkdir: ', '', 'dir')
\| if $DIR_NAME != ''
\| execute 'mkdir' fnameescape($DIR_NAME)
\| endif<cr>
layoutis({type}) *vifm-layoutis()*
Checks whether current interface layout is {type} or not, where {type} can
be:
only single-pane mode
split double-pane mode (either vertical or horizontal split)
vsplit vertical split (left and right panes)
hsplit horizontal split (top and bottom panes)
Any other value yields 0.
Usage example: >
" automatically split vertically before enabling preview
:nnoremap w :if layoutis('only') | vsplit | endif | view!<cr>
<
paneisat({loc}) *vifm-paneisat()*
Checks whether position of active pane in current layout matches one of the
following locations:
top pane reaches top border
bottom pane reaches bottom border
left pane reaches left border
right pane reaches right border
system({command}) *vifm-system()*
Runs the command in shell and returns its output (joined standard output and
standard error streams). All trailing newline characters are stripped to
allow easy appending to command output. CTRL-C should interrupt the command.
Use this function to consume output of external commands that don't require
user interaction and term() for interactive commands that can make use of
terminal and are capable of handling stream redirection.
Usage example: >
" command to enter .git/ directory of git-repository (when ran inside one)
command! cdgit :execute 'cd' fnameescape(system('git rev-parse --git-dir'))
tabpagenr([{arg}]) *vifm-tabpagenr()*
When called without arguments returns number of current tab page base one.
When called with `"$"` as an argument returns number of the last tab page base
one, which is the same as number of tabs.
term({command}) *vifm-term()*
Same as system() function, but user interface is shutdown during the execution
of the command, which makes sure that external interactive applications won't
affect the way terminal is used by vifm.
Usage example: >
" command to change directory by picking it via fzf
command! fzfcd :execute 'cd'
\ fnameescape(term('find -type d | fzf 2> /dev/tty'))
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*vifm-menus-and-dialogs*
When navigating to some path from a menu there is a difference in the end
location depending on whether the path has a trailing slash. Files normally
don't have trailing slashes so "file/" won't work. In case of directories
there are two options: navigate to a directory or inside of it. To allow both
use cases, the first action is taken for "dir" and the second one for "dir/".
Menu commands~
:range *vifm-m_:range*
navigate to a menu line.
*vifm-m_:chistory* *vifm-:m_chi*
:chi[story]
display menu of saved menus. See |vifm-menus-and-dialogs| for controls,
also see |vifm-menus-history|.
:col[der] *vifm-m_:colder* *vifm-m_:col*
load an older navigation menu if there is one.
See |vifm-menus-history|.
:cnew[er] *vifm-m_:cnewer* *vifm-m_:cnew*
load a newer navigation menu if there is one.
See |vifm-menus-history|.
:exi[t][!] *vifm-m_:exit* *vifm-m_:exi*
:q[uit][!] *vifm-m_:quit* *vifm-m_:q*
:x[it][!] *vifm-m_:xit* *vifm-m_:x*
leave the menu mode.
:noh[lsearch] *vifm-m_:nohlsearch*
*vifm-m_:noh*
reset search match highlighting.
:w[rite] {path} *vifm-m_:write* *vifm-m_:w*
write all menu lines into the file specified by {path}.
Common keys of all menus and dialogs~
j, Ctrl-N *vifm-m_j* *vifm-m_CTRL-N*
move the cursor down.
k, Ctrl-P *vifm-m_k* *vifm-m_CTRL-P*
move the cursor up.
Enter *vifm-m_Enter*
select and usually close menu/dialog.
Ctrl-L *vifm-m_CTRL-L*
redraw menu/dialog.
Escape, Ctrl-C *vifm-m_Escape* *vifm-m_CTRL-C*
ZZ, ZQ *vifm-m_ZZ* *vifm-m_ZQ*
q *vifm-m_q*
close menu/dialog.
Common keys of all menus~
Ctrl-B, Ctrl-F *vifm-m_CTRL-B* *vifm-m_CTRL-F*
Ctrl-D, Ctrl-U *vifm-m_CTRL-D* *vifm-m_CTRL-U*
Ctrl-E, Ctrl-Y *vifm-m_CTRL-E* *vifm-m_CTRL-Y*
/, ? *vifm-m_/* *vifm-m_?*
n, N *vifm-m_n* *vifm-m_N*
[count]G, [count]gg *vifm-m_G* *vifm-m_gg*
H, M, L *vifm-m_H* *vifm-m_M* *vifm-m_L*
zb, zt, zz *vifm-m_zb* *vifm-m_zt*
*vifm-m_zz*
these keys have the same meaning as in normal mode.
zh *vifm-m_zh*
scroll menu items [count] characters to the right.
zl *vifm-m_zl*
scroll menu items [count] characters to the left.
zH *vifm-m_zH*
scroll menu items half the screen width to the right.
zL *vifm-m_zL*
scroll menu items half the screen width to the left.
: enter command line mode for menus. *vifm-m_:*
b *vifm-m_b*
interpret content of the menu as a list of paths and use it to create
custom view in place of the previously active pane. See
|vifm-custom-views|.
B *vifm-m_B*
same as above, but create an unsorted view.
v *vifm-m_v*
load menu content into quickfix list of an editor (Vim compatible by
assumption) or, if the list doesn't have separators after file
names (colons), open each line as a file name.
Navigation menus~
This applies to the following menus:
- |vifm-:bmarks|, |vifm-:bmgo|
- |vifm-:find|
- |vifm-:grep|
- |vifm-:locate|
- user menu with navigation (|vifm-%M|)
gf *vifm-m_gf*
navigate previously active view to currently selected item. Leaves menu
mode except for |vifm-:grep| menu. Pressing Enter or l has the same
effect.
e *vifm-m_e*
open selected path in an editor, stays in menu mode.
c *vifm-m_c*
leave menu preserving file selection and insert file name after :! in
command-line mode. Does nothing in |vifm-:bmarks| and |vifm-:bmgo|.
Note that each of these menus can have additional keys, see below.
History menus (:history *)~
==========================
Command-line history menu~
Enter, l
execute the item as a command-line command, search query or local filter.
c
leave the menu preserving file selection and insert the item into
the command-line of appropriate kind.
Directory history menu~
Enter, l
navigate into the selected directory.
Menu commands history menu~
Enter, l
execute command without leaving the menu.
c
insert menu item into the command-line for editing.
Other menus~
===========
Apropos (:apropos) menu~
Enter, l
run man on a given topic. Menu won't be closed automatically to allow
viewing several pages one by one.
Bookmarks (:bmarks, :bmgo) menu~
Enter, l
navigate to the selected bookmark.
dd
remove bookmark under the cursor.
See above for "gf" and "e" keys.
Command-line mode abbreviations (:cabbrev) menu~
dd
remove abbreviation under the cursor.
Color scheme (:colorscheme) menu~
Enter, l
apply selected colorscheme as if ":colorscheme <name>" was executed on the
command-line.
Commands (:command) menu~
Enter, l
execute the command with empty arguments (|vifm-%a|).
dd
remove command under the cursor.
c
leave menu preserving file selection and insert right-hand side of selected
command into the command-line.
Directory stack (:dirs) menu~
Enter, l
rotate the stack to put selected directory pair at the top.
File (:file) menu~
Commands from vifmrc or typed on the command-line are displayed above an empty
line if it's present. All commands below the empty line come from .desktop
files.
Commands detected as available have "[present]" to the left of them.
Enter, l
run selected command (regardless whether it was detected to be present or
not).
c
leave menu preserving file selection and insert command after :! in the
command-line mode.
Grep (:grep) menu~
Enter, l
open file in an editor set by |vifm-'vicmd'| at given line number. Menu
won't be closed automatically to allow viewing more than one result.
See above for "gf", "e" and "c" keys.
Jobs (:jobs) menu~
dd
request cancellation of job under the cursor. The job won't be removed
from the list, but marked as being cancelled (if cancellation was
successfully requested). A message will pop up if the job has already
stopped. Note that on Windows cancelling external programs like this might
not work, because their parent shell doesn't have any windows.
e
display errors of selected job if any were collected. They are
displayed in a new menu, but you can return to jobs menu by pressing h.
r
reload the list of jobs.
Marks (:marks) menu~
Enter, l
navigate to selected mark.
dd
remove mark under the cursor.
Media (:media) menu~
Enter, l
behaviour is different for different kinds of lines:
- mount an unmounted device
- navigate to the first mount point of a mounted device
- navigate to a mount point
- do nothing for "not mounted" or an empty line
r
reload the list.
m
mount/unmount device (cursor should be positioned on lines under device
information).
[
put cursor on the previous device.
]
put cursor on the next device.
Menus history (:chistory) menu~
Enter, l
load selected menu.
Plugins (:plugins) menu~
e
display log messages of selected plugin if any were collected. They are
displayed in a new menu, but you can return to plugins menu by pressing h.
gf
navigate previously active view to the location of selected plugin.
Leaves menu mode.
Trash (:lstrash) menu~
r
restore a file from the trash to its original location.
dd
delete file under the cursor.
Trashes (:trashes) menu~
Enter, l
navigate into current trash directory.
dd
start emptying selected trash in background.
Undolist (:undolist) menu~
r
reset undo position to group under the cursor.
User menu without navigation (%m macro)~
c
leave menu preserving file selection and insert whole line after :! in
command-line mode.
Volumes (:volumes) menu~
{only for MS-Windows}
Enter, l
navigate into the root of selected drive.
Dialog-specific operations~
==========================
Attributes (permissions or properties) dialog~
h, Space
check/uncheck.
q
close the dialog.
r
(*nix only) (un)set all read bits.
w
(*nix only) (un)set all write bits.
x
(*nix only) (un)set all execute bits.
s
(*nix only) (un)set all special (SetUID, SetGID, Sticky) bits.
e
(*nix only) (un)set recursion (for directories only).
Possible item states:
* - checked flag.
X - selected files have inconsistent value of this flag.
{only for *nix}
d - (only for execute flags) means u-x+X, g-x+X or o-x+X argument for the
chmod program. If you're not on OS X and want to remove execute permission
bit from all files, but preserve it for directories, set all execute flags
to 'd' and check 'Set Recursively' flag.
Fileinfo (Ctrl-G) dialog~
Enter, q
close the dialog.
Sort (:sort) dialog ~
h, Space
switch ascending/descending order.
q
close the dialog.
There is also a shortcut per sorting key (drawn on the dialog).
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*vifm-menus-history*
Menus are often used to present results of operations (like finding or grepping
files). Once closed they can be recreated by repeating a command, but it
might be inconvenient (require changing directory, finding the command and
possibly finding position in a menu) and time consuming to re-run the
operation. To make referring to older menus possible, vifm stores up to 10
last such menus and provides means for recalling them using familiar set of
Vim commands.
As already hinted above, this doesn't apply to every menu because things like
|vifm-:version| or |vifm-:commands| rely solely on internal data and don't
need to be saved. Only menus that are derived from external sources and
support navigation (like via |vifm-m_gf|) are remembered.
Navigating through history~
Re-opening the last viewed menu of relevant type is done by running
|vifm-:copen| command. Once opened |vifm-m_:colder| can be used to view older
menus and |vifm-m_:cnewer| to view newer ones.
Closing a menu after moving through the history remembers the position such
that running |vifm-:copen| again will open the last viewed menu and allow to
continue exploring history in both directions.
The history always contains menus sorted from oldest to newest. After opening
more than 10 menus the oldest one is likely to be forgotten. It's not
guaranteed to happen because after viewing an older menu new entry replaces
all more recent ones. As an example, assume the history looks like this:
1. `:find 1`
2. `:find 2`
...
8. `:find 8` (current element)
9. `:find 9`
10. `:find 10`
Running `:find 11` results in:
1. `:find 1`
2. `:find 2`
...
8. `:find 8`
9. `:find 11` (current element)
10. None
For convenience, |vifm-m_:colder| and |vifm-m_:cnewer| can be used any time
you're in a menu, not just after |vifm-:copen|. :cnewer will work only if
current menu can't be saved and you've moved back in menus history before.
Behaviour of :colder is like this:
- if current menu can be stashed, behave as |vifm-m_:quit|, :copen, :colder
sequence (current menu is stashed the same way as described above)
- if current menu can't be stashed, behave as |vifm-m_:quit|, :copen sequence
Viewing history~
In order to avoid enumerating menus looking for the matching one,
|vifm-:chistory| command can be used to get an overview of saved menus,
maybe search for one and then open it. The command is also available in menu
mode (|vifm-m_:chistory|).
Related topics~
Commands: |vifm-:chistory|, |vifm-:copen|
Menu commands: |vifm-m_:chistory|, |vifm-m_:colder|, |vifm-m_:cnewer|
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*vifm-custom-views*
Definition~
Normally file views contain list of files from a single directory, but
sometimes it's useful to populate them with list of files that do not belong
to the same directory, which is what custom views are for.
Presentation~
Custom views are still related to directory they were in before custom list
was loaded. Path to that directory (original directory) can be seen in the
title of a custom view.
Files in same directory have to be named differently, this doesn't hold for
custom views thus seeing just file names might be rather confusing. In order
to give an idea where files come from and when possible, relative paths to
original directory of the view is displayed, otherwise full path is used
instead.
Custom views normally don't contain any inexistent files.
Navigation~
Custom views have some differences related to navigation in regular views.
gf - acts similar to |vifm-gf| on symbolic links and navigates to the file at
its real location
h - go to closes parent node in tree view, otherwise return to the original
directory.
gh - return to the original directory.
Opening ".." entry also causes return to the original directory.
History~
Custom list exists only while it's visible, once left one can't return to it,
so there is no appearances of it in any history.
Filters~
Only local filter affects content of the view. This is intentional,
presumably if one loads list, precisely that list should be displayed (except
for inexistent paths, which are ignored).
Search~
Although directory names are visible in listing, they are not searchable. Only
file names are taken into account (might be changed in future, searching whole
lines seems quite reasonable).
Sorting~
Contrary to search sorting by name works on whole visible part of file path.
Highlight~
Whole file name is highlighted as one entity, even if there are directory
elements.
Updates~
Reloads can occur, though they are not automatic due to files being scattered
among different places. On a reload, inexistent files are removed and
meta-data of all other files is updated.
Once custom view forgets about the file, it won't add it back even if it's
created again. So not seeing file previously affected by an operation, which
was undone is normal.
Operations~
All operations that add files are forbidden for custom views. For example,
moving/copying/putting files into a custom view doesn't work, because it
doesn't make much sense.
On the other hand, operations that use files of a custom view as a source
(e.g. yanking, copying, moving file from custom view, deletion) and operations
that modify names are all allowed.
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*vifm-compare-views*
Kinds~
|vifm-:compare| can produce four different results depending on arguments:
- single compare view (ofone and either listall or listdups);
- single custom view (ofone and listunique);
- two compare views (ofboth and either listall or listdups);
- two custom views (ofboth and listunique).
The first two display files of one file system tree. Here duplicates are
files that have at least one copy in the same tree. The other two kinds of
operation compare two trees, in which duplicates are files that are found in
both trees.
Lists of unique files are presented in custom views because there is no file
grouping to preserve as all file ids are guaranteed to be distinct.
Creation~
Arguments passed to |vifm-:compare| form seven categories each with its own
prefix and is responsible for particular property of operation.
Which files to compare:
- ofboth - compares files of two panes against each other;
- ofone - compares files of the same directory.
How files are compared:
- byname - by their name only;
- bysize - only by their size;
- bycontents - by data they contain (combination of size and hash of
small chunk of contents is used as first approximation,
so don't worry too much about large files).
Which files to display:
- listall - all files;
- listunique - unique files only;
- listdups - only duplicated files.
How results are grouped (has no effect if "ofone" specified):
- groupids - files considered identical are always adjacent in output;
- grouppaths - file system ordering is preferred (this also enables
displaying identically named files as mismatches).
Which files to omit:
- skipempty - ignore empty files.
Comparison tweaks:
- withicase - ignore case when comparing file names/paths;
- withrcase - respect case when comparing file names/paths.
Which results to show (has no effect for single pane comparison):
- showidentical - toggle showing of identical files;
- showdifferent - toggle showing of different files;
- showuniqueleft - toggle showing of unique top/left files;
- showuniqueright - toggle showing of unique bottom/right files.
Each argument can appear multiple times, the rightmost one of the group is
considered. Arguments alter default behaviour instead of substituting it.
When neither `withicase` nor `withrcase` is specified, case depends on the
running operating system and the file system on which the files are located.
Examples~
The defaults corresponds to probably the most common use case of comparing
files in two trees with grouping by paths, so the following are equivalent: >
:compare
:compare bycontents grouppaths
:compare bycontents listall ofboth grouppaths
:compare showidentical showdifferent showuniqueleft showuniqueright
Another use case is to find duplicates in the current sub-tree: >
:compare listdups ofone
The following command lists files that are unique to each pane: >
:compare listunique
Look~
The view can't switch to ls-like view as it's unable to display diff-like
data.
Comparison views have second column displaying id of the file, files with same
id are considered to be equal. The view columns configuration is predefined.
The status bar displays only the initial result of the comparison and can be
out of date.
Behaviour~
When two views are being compared against each other the following changes to
the regular behaviour apply:
- views are scrolled synchronously (as if |vifm-'scrollbind'| was set);
- views' cursors are synchronized;
- local filtering is disabled (its results wouldn't be meaningful);
- |vifm-zd| excludes groups of adjacent identical files, 1zd gives usual
behaviour;
- sorting is permanently disabled (ordering is fixed);
- removed files hide their counter pairs;
- exiting one of the views terminates the other immediately;
- renaming files isn't blocked, but isn't taken into account and might
require regeneration of comparison;
- entries which indicate absence of equivalent file have empty names and can
be matched as such;
- when unique files of both views are listed custom views can be empty, this
absence of unique files is stated clearly.
One compare view has similar properties (those that are applicable for single
pane).
Files are gathered in this way:
- recursively starting at current location of the view;
- dot files are excluded if view hides them at the moment of comparison, file
name filters are obeyed as well so you end up comparing what you see;
- directories are not taken into account;
- symbolic links to directories are ignored.
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*vifm-startup*
On startup vifm determines several variables that are used during execution.
They are determined in the order they appear below.
*vifm-$HOME*
On *nix systems $HOME is normally present and used as is.
On Windows systems vifm tries to find correct home directory in the following
order:
- $HOME variable;
- $USERPROFILE variable (on Windows only);
- a combination of $HOMEDRIVE and $HOMEPATH variables (on Windows only).
*vifm-$VIFM*
vifm tries to find correct configuration directory by checking the following
places:
- $VIFM variable;
- parent directory of the executable file (on Windows only);
- $HOME/.vifm directory;
- $APPDATA/Vifm directory (on Windows only);
- $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vifm directory;
- $HOME/.config/vifm directory.
*vifm-$MYVIFMRC*
vifm tries to find correct configuration file by checking the following places:
- $MYVIFMRC variable;
- vifmrc in parent directory of the executable file (on Windows only);
- $VIFM/vifmrc file.
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*vifm-configure*
See |vifm-startup| section above for the explanations on |vifm-$VIFM| and
|vifm-$MYVIFMRC|.
*vifm-vifmrc*
The vifmrc file contains commands that will be executed on vifm startup. There
are two such files: global and local. Global one is at
{prefix}/etc/vifm/vifmrc, see |vifm-$MYVIFMRC| variable description for the
search algorithm used to find local vifmrc. Global vifmrc is loaded before the
local one, so that the later one can redefine anything configured globally.
Use vifmrc to set settings, mappings, filetypes etc. To use multi line commands
precede each next line with a slash (whitespace before slash is ignored, but all
spaces at the end of the lines are saved). For example:
set
\smartcase
equals "setsmartcase". When
set<space here>
\ smartcase
equals "set smartcase".
*vifm-vifminfo*
The $VIFM/vifminfo file contains generic state of the application. You can
control what is stored vifminfo by setting |vifm-'vifminfo'| option. Vifm
always writes this file on exit unless |vifm-'vifminfo'| option is empty.
Marks, bookmarks, commands, histories, filetypes, fileviewers and registers
in the file are merged with vifm configuration.
Generally, runtime configuration has bigger priority during merging, but there
are some exceptions:
- directory stack stored in the file is not overwritten unless something is
changed in vifm instance that performs merge;
- each mark or bookmark is marked with a timestamp, so that newer value is
not overwritten by older one, thus no matter from where it comes, the
newer one wins;
- all histories are marked with timestamps on storing, this means that last
instance to quit puts its elements on top of the list;
- tabs are merged only if both current instance and stored state contain
exactly one tab of any kind.
*vifm-scripts*
The $VIFM/scripts directory can contain shell scripts. vifm modifies
its PATH environment variable to let user run those scripts without specifying
full path. All subdirectories of the $VIFM/scripts will be added to PATH too.
Script in a subdirectory overlaps script with the same name in all its parent
directories.
*vifm-colors*
The $VIFM/colors/ and {prefix}/etc/vifm/colors/ directories contain color
schemes. Available color schemes are searched in that order, so on name
conflict the one in $VIFM/colors/ wins.
Each color scheme should have ".vifm" extension. This wasn't the case before
and for this reason the following rules apply during lookup:
- if there is no file with .vifm extension, all regular files are listed;
- otherwise only files with .vifm extension are listed (with the extension
being truncated).
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*vifm-sessions*
Sessions provide a way to have multiple persistent runtime configurations.
Think of them as second-level |vifm-vifminfo| files in addition to the
first-level one used by all sessions. In other words, they aren't a
replacement for vifminfo file that exists without sessions, but an addition to
it. One can empty |vifm-'vifminfo'| option and rely solely on sessions, but in
practice one might want to share some state among instances in different
sessions or have an "out-of-sessions" state for tasks that don't deserve a
session of their own.
This leads to a two-level structure where data in session files has higher
priority than data in vifminfo files (where this makes sense) following the
same rules that merging of vifminfo file obeys. In addition to that, history
items from session files are never ordered before history items from vifminfo
file.
Format~
Sessions have the format of vifminfo files, they do not consist of sequence
of command-line commands and are not meant to be sourced via |vifm-:source|
command.
Storage and naming~
`$VIFM/sessions/` directory serves as a storage for sessions. Consequently
names should be valid filenames. The structure of the storage is flat meaning
that there are no subdirectories, that's why names of sessions can't contain
slashes.
Usage model~
Contrary to Vim, vifm automates basic management of sessions. You can start,
switch, stop or delete a session using builtin means.
Current session is saved at the same time vifminfo is saved (on normal exits
or explicitly on |vifm-:write| command) and right before switching to another
session. To avoid saving in those cases use |vifm-:session| command to detach
(without saving) from a session before proceeding.
Related topics~
Commands: |vifm-:session|, |vifm-:delsession|
Options: |vifm-'sessionoptions'|
Variables: |vifm-v:session|
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*vifm-fuse*
vifm has a builtin support of automated FUSE file system mounts. It is
implemented using file associations mechanism. To enable automated mounts, one
needs to use a specially formatted program line in |vifm-:filetype| or
|vifm-:filextype| commands. These use special macros, which differ from
macros in commands unrelated to FUSE. Currently three formats are supported:
1) FUSE_MOUNT *vifm-FUSE_MOUNT*
This format should be used in case when all information needed for mounting
all files of a particular type is the same. E.g. mounting of tar files
don't require any file specific options.
Format line:
FUSE_MOUNT|mounter %SOURCE_FILE %DESTINATION_DIR [%FOREGROUND]
Example |vifm-:filetype| command: >
:filetype FUSE_MOUNT|fuse-zip %SOURCE_FILE %DESTINATION_DIR
<
2) FUSE_MOUNT2 *vifm-FUSE_MOUNT2*
This format allows to use specially formatted files to perform mounting and
is useful for mounting remotes, for example remote file systems over ftp or
ssh.
Format line:
FUSE_MOUNT2|mounter %PARAM %DESTINATION_DIR [%FOREGROUND]
Example |vifm-:filetype| command: >
:filetype *.ssh FUSE_MOUNT2|sshfs %PARAM %DESTINATION_DIR
<
Example file content: >
root@127.0.0.1:/
<
3) FUSE_MOUNT3 *vifm-FUSE_MOUNT3*
This format is equivalent to |vifm-FUSE_MOUNT|, but omits unmounting. It
is useful for cases, when unmounting isn't needed, like when using AVFS.
Example |vifm-:filetype| command: >
:filetype *.tar,*.tar.bz2,*.tbz2,*.tgz,*.tar.gz,*.tar.xz,*.txz,*.deb
\ {Mount with avfs}
\ FUSE_MOUNT3|mount-avfs %DESTINATION_DIR %SOURCE_FILE
<
Example `mount-avfs` helper script: >
#!/bin/sh
dest=$1
file=$2
rmdir "$dest"
ln -s "$HOME/.avfs$file#/" "$dest"
All % macros are expanded by vifm at runtime and have the following meaning:
- %SOURCE_FILE is replaced by full path to selected file;
- %DESTINATION_DIR is replaced by full path to mount directory, which is
created by vifm basing on the value of |vifm-'fusehome'| option;
- %PARAM value is filled from the first line of file (whole line), though
in the future it can be changed to whole file content;
- %FOREGROUND means that you want to run mount command as a regular
command (required to be able to provide input for communication with
mounter in interactive way).
%FOREGROUND is an optional macro. Other macros are not mandatory, but mount
commands likely won't work without them.
%CLEAR is obsolete name of %FOREGROUND, which is still supported, but might be
removed in future. Its use is discouraged.
Unlike macros elsewhere, these are recognized only if they appear at the end
of a command or are followed by a space. There is no way to escape % either.
These are historical limitations, which might be addressed in the future.
The mounted FUSE file systems will be automatically unmounted in two cases:
- when vifm quits (with |vifm-ZZ|, |vifm-:q|, etc. or when killed by signal);
- when you explicitly leave mount point going up to its parent directory
(with |vifm-h|, |vifm-Enter| on "../" or ":cd ..") and other pane is not
in the same directory or its child directories.
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*vifm-view-look*
vifm supports displaying of file list view in two different ways:
- in a table mode, when multiple columns can be set using |vifm-'viewcolumns'|
option (see |vifm-column-view| for details);
- in a multicolumn list manner which looks almost like `ls -x` command
output (see |vifm-ls-view| for details).
The look is local for each view and can be chosen by changing value of the
|vifm-'lsview'| boolean option.
Depending on view look some of keys change their meaning to allow more natural
cursor moving. This concerns mainly |vifm-h|, |vifm-j|, |vifm-k|, |vifm-l| and other
similar navigation keys.
Also some of options can be ignored if they don't affect view displaying in
selected look. For example value of |vifm-'viewcolumns'| when |vifm-'lsview'| is
set.
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*vifm-ls-view*
When this view look is enabled by setting |vifm-'lsview'| option on, vifm will
display files in multiple columns. Number of columns depends on the length of
the longest file name present in current directory of the view. Whole file
list is automatically reflowed on directory change, terminal or view resize.
View looks close to output of `ls -x` command, so files are listed left to
right in rows.
In this mode file manipulation commands (e.g. |vifm-d|) don't work line-wise like
they do in Vim, since such operations would be uncommon for file manipulation
tasks. Thus, for example, |vifm-dd| will remove only current file.
By default the view is filled by lines, |vifm-'lsoptions'| can be used to get
filling by columns.
Note that tree-view and compare view inhibit ls-like view.
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*vifm-column-view*
View columns are described by a comma-separated list of column descriptions,
each of which has the following format >
[ '-' | '*' ] [ fw ( [ '.' tw ] | '%' ) ] '{' type | literal '}' '.'{0,3}
where fw stands for full width, tw stands for text width, bar is logical or,
square brackets denote optional parts and curly braces define range of
repetitions for a symbol that precedes them.
So it basically consists of four parts:
1. Optional alignment specifier
2. Optional width specifier
3. Mandatory column name
4. Optional cropping specifier
Alignment specifier~
It's an optional minus or asterisk sign as the first symbol of the string.
Specifies type of text alignment within a column. Two types are supported:
- left align >
set viewcolumns=-{name}
<
- right align (default) >
set viewcolumns={name}
<
- dynamic align
It's like left alignment, but when the text is bigger than the column,
the alignment is made at the right (so the part of the field is always
visible). >
set viewcolumns=*{name}
<
Width specifier~
It's a number followed by a percent sign, two numbers (second one should be
less than or equal to the first one) separated with a dot or a single number.
Specifies column width and its units. There are three size types:
- absolute size - column width is specified in characters >
set viewcolumns=-100{name},20.15{ext}
< results in two columns with lengths of 100 and 20 and a reserved space of
five characters on the left of second column.
- relative (percent) size - column width is specified in percents of view width >
set viewcolumns=-80%{name},15%{ext},5%{mtime}
< results in three columns with lengths of 80/100, 15/100 and 5/100 of view
width.
- auto size (default) - column width is automatically determined >
set viewcolumns=-{name},{ext},{mtime}
< results in three columns with length of one third of view width. There is
no size adjustment to content, since it will slow down rendering.
Columns of different sizing types can be freely mixed in one view. Though
sometimes some of columns can be seen partly or be completely invisible if
there is not enough space to display them.
Column contents~
This is usually a sorting key surrounded with curly braces, e.g. >
{name},{ext},{mtime}
<
{name} and {iname} types are the same and present both for consistency with
|vifm-'sort'| option.
Following types don't have corresponding sorting keys:
- {root} - display name without extension (as a complement for {ext})
- {fileroot} - display name without extension for anything except for
directories and symbolic links to directories (as a
complement for {fileext})
Empty curly braces ({}) are replaced with the default secondary column for
primary sort key. So after the next command views will be displayed almost as
if |vifm-'viewcolumns'| is empty, but adding ellipsis for long file names: >
set viewcolumns=-{name}..,6{}.
The last kind of column value is a string literal. The literal is used as a
column value for every row. The syntax is `{#literal}`, for example: >
3{#},{#|},{# | }
This can be used to draw column separators. Mind that for convenience
literals have different defaults: truncation and automatically determined
absolute size, which is what you usually want for them. Example: >
set viewcolumns=*{name}..,{#|},6{}.
Cropping specifier~
It's from one to three dots after closing curly brace in column format.
Specifies type of text truncation if it doesn't fit in the column. Currently
three types are supported:
- truncation - text is truncated >
set viewcolumns=-{name}.
< results in truncation of names that are too long too fit in the view.
- adding of ellipsis - ellipsis on the left or right are added when needed >
set viewcolumns=-{name}..
< results in that ellipsis are added at the end of too long file names.
- none (default) - text can pass column boundaries >
set viewcolumns=-{name}...,{ext}
< results in that long file names can partially be written on the ext column.
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*vifm-color-schemes*
The color schemes in vifm can be applied in two different ways:
- as the primary color scheme
- as local to a pane color scheme
Both types are set using |vifm-:colorscheme| command, but of different forms:
- :colorscheme color_scheme_name - for the primary color scheme
- :colorscheme color_scheme_name directory - for local color schemes
Look of different parts of the TUI (Text User Interface) is determined in
this way:
- Border, TabLine, TabLineSel, TopLineSel, TopLine, CmdLine, ErrorMsg,
StatusLine, JobLine, SuggestBox and WildMenu are always determined by
the primary color scheme
- CurrLine, Selected, Directory, Link, BrokenLink, Socket, Device,
Executable, Fifo, CmpMismatch, CmpUnmatched, CmpBlank, Win, AuxWin and
OtherWin are determined by primary color scheme and a set of local color
schemes, which can be empty
There might be a set of local color schemes because they are structured
hierarchically according to file system structure. For example, having the
following piece of file system: >
~
`-- bin
|
`-- my
<
Two color schemes: >
# ~/.config/vifm/colors/for_bin.vifm
highlight Win cterm=none ctermfg=white ctermbg=red
highlight CurrLine cterm=none ctermfg=red ctermbg=black
# ~/.config/vifm/colors/for_bin_my.vifm
highlight CurrLine cterm=none ctermfg=green ctermbg=black
<
And these three commands in the vifmrc file: >
colorscheme Default
colorscheme for_bin ~/bin
colorscheme for_bin_my ~/bin/my
<
File list will look in the following way for each level:
- ~/ - Default color scheme
black background
cursor with blue background
- ~/bin/ - mix of Default and for_bin color schemes
red background
cursor with black background and red foreground
- ~/bin/my/ - mix of Default, for_bin and for_bin_my color schemes
red background
cursor with black background and green foreground
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*vifm-trash*
vifm has support of trash directory, which is used as temporary storage for
deleted files or files that were cut. Using trash is controlled by the
|vifm-'trash'| option, and exact path to the trash can be set with
|vifm-'trashdir'| option. Trash directory in vifm differs from the system-wide
one by default, because of possible incompatibilities of storing deleted files
among different file managers. But one can set |vifm-'trashdir'| to
"~/.local/share/Trash" to use a "standard" trash directory.
There are two scenarios of using trash in vifm:
1. As a place for storing files that were cut by |vifm-d| and may be
inserted to some other place in file system.
2. As a storage of files, that are deleted but not purged yet.
The first scenario uses deletion (|vifm-d|) operations to put files to
trash and put (|vifm-p|) operations to restore files from trash directory.
Note that such operations move files to and from trash directory,
which can be long term operations in case of different partitions or
remote drives mounted locally.
The second scenario uses deletion (|vifm-d|) operations for moving files
to trash directory and |vifm-:empty| command-line command to purge all
previously deleted files.
Deletion and put operations depend on registers, which can point to files in
trash directory. Normally, there are no nonexistent files in registers, but
vifm doesn't keep track of modifications under trash directory, so one
shouldn't expect value of registers to be absolutely correct if trash
directory was modified not by operation that are meant for it. But this
won't lead to any issues with operations, since they ignore nonexistent
files.
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*vifm-clientserver*
vifm supports remote execution of command-line mode commands, remote changing of
directories and expression evaluation. This is possible using |vifm---remote|
and |vifm---remote-expr| command-line arguments.
To execute a command remotely combine --remote argument with |vifm--c| or
|vifm--+c|. For example: >
vifm --remote -c 'cd /'
vifm --remote '+cd /'
<
To change directory not using command-line mode commands one can specify paths
right after --remote argument, like this: >
vifm --remote /
vifm --remote ~
vifm --remote /usr/bin /tmp
Evaluating expression remotely might be useful to query information about an
instance, for example its location: >
vifm --remote-expr 'expand("%d")'
If there are several running instances, the target can be specified with
|vifm---server-name| option (otherwise, the first one lexicographically is used): >
vifm --server-name work --remote ~/work/project
List of names of running instances can be obtained via |vifm---server-list|
option. Name of the current one is available via v:servername.
*vifm-v:servername*
v:servername *vifm-servername-variable*
server name of the running vifm instance. Empty if client-server feature
is disabled.
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*vifm-ext-rename*
When an editor is run to edit list of file names, contents of the temporary file
has the following format:
1. Order of lines correspond to the order of files in a view.
2. Lines that start with a "#" are comments and are ignored.
3. Single backslash at the beginning of a line is ignored, so that a file
starting with a backslash will appear like "\#name".
If an operation was rejected due to issues with file names, next time you'll see
the following in this order:
1. Last error (in comments).
2. Original file names (in comments).
3. Failed list of new names.
Mind that |vifm-plugin| will extract list of original names and show them in a
vertical split.
You can cancel renaming by removing all non-comments from the buffer. This
also erases information about previous edits.
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*vifm-mouse-using*
Note: <ScrollWheelDown> is not available on 32-bit *nix systems, because
ncurses doesn't support it there (limitation of implementation).
Note: these are not available in mappings at the momemnt.
*vifm-mouse-overview*
Normal Mode:
event position change action ~
cursor window ~
<LeftMouse> yes yes <cr> if cursor wasn't moved
<LeftRelease> no yes
<MiddleMouse> no yes <c-e>
<MiddleRelease> no yes
<RightMouse> yes yes |vifm-:file|
<RightRelease> no yes
<ScrollWheelUp> no yes <c-y> or |vifm-:tabprevious|
<ScrollWheelDown> no yes <c-e> or |vifm-:tabnext|
Clicking on or scrolling over an inactive pane (including its title), makes it
active and does nothing else. Tabs are scrolled when mouse hovers over them.
Clicking on the left miller column goes to parent directory and clicking the
right one opens current entry.
Visual Mode:
event position selection action ~
cursor ~
<LeftMouse> yes update <cr> if cursor wasn't moved
<LeftRelease> no
<MiddleMouse> no update <c-e>
<MiddleRelease> no
<RightMouse> no
<RightRelease> no
<ScrollWheelUp> no update <c-y>
<ScrollWheelDown> no update <c-e>
Command-line Mode:
event position action ~
cursor ~
<LeftMouse> yes
<LeftRelease> no
<MiddleMouse> no <c-n>
<MiddleRelease> no
<RightMouse> no
<RightRelease> no
<ScrollWheelUp> no <c-p>
<ScrollWheelDown> no <c-n>
Menu Mode:
event position action ~
cursor ~
<LeftMouse> yes <cr> if cursor wasn't moved
<LeftRelease> no
<MiddleMouse> no <c-e>
<MiddleRelease> no
<RightMouse> no
<RightRelease> no
<ScrollWheelUp> no <c-y>
<ScrollWheelDown> no <c-e>
View Mode:
event action ~
~
<ScrollWheelUp> k
<ScrollWheelDown> j
Clicking on or scrolling over an inactive pane (including its title), detaches
view mode if it wasn't activated for exploring a file.
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*vifm-plugin*
See |vifm-plugin.txt|.
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*vifm-reserved*
The following command names are reserved and shouldn't be used for user
commands.
g[lobal]
v[global]
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*vifm-env-vars*
|vifm-$VIFM|
Points to main configuration directory (usually ~/.config/vifm/).
|vifm-$MYVIFMRC|
Points to main configuration file (usually ~/.config/vifm/vifmrc).
These environment variables are valid inside vifm and also can be used to
configure it by setting some of them before running vifm.
When $MYVIFMRC isn't set, it's made as $VIFM/vifmrc (exception for Windows:
vifmrc in the same directory as vifm.exe has higher priority than
$VIFM/vifmrc).
See |vifm-startup| section above for more details.
*vifm-$VIFM_FUSE_FILE*
On execution of external commands this variable is set to the full path of file
used to initiate FUSE mount of the closest mount point from current pane's
directory up. It's not set when outside FUSE mount point. When vifm is used
inside terminal multiplexer, it tries to set this variable as well (it doesn't
work this way on its own).
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*vifm-see-also*
Vim plugin documentation: |vifm-plugin.txt|
Website: https://vifm.info/
Wiki: https://wiki.vifm.info/
Esperanto translation of the documentation by Sebastian Cyprych:
http://cyprych.neostrada.pl/tekstoj/komputiloj/vifm-help.eo.html
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