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NAME

       vifm - vi file manager

SYNOPSIS

       vifm [OPTION]...
       vifm [OPTION]... path
       vifm [OPTION]... path path

DESCRIPTION

       Vifm is an ncurses based file manager with vi like keybindings.  If you use vi, vifm gives
       you complete keyboard control over your files  without  having  to  learn  a  new  set  of
       commands.

OPTIONS

       vifm  starts  in  the  current  directory  unless it is given a different directory on the
       command line or  'vifminfo'  option  includes  "savedirs"  (in  which  case  last  visited
       directories are used as defaults).

       -      Read  list  of files from standard input stream and compose custom view out of them
              (see "Custom views" section).  Current working directory is  used  as  a  base  for
              relative paths.

       <path> Starts Vifm in the specified path.

       <path> <path>
              Starts Vifm in the specified paths.

       Specifying  two  directories triggers split view even when vifm was in single-view mode on
       finishing previous run.  To suppress this behaviour :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.

       --select <path>
              Open parent directory of the given path and select specified file in it.

       -f     Makes vifm instead of opening files write selection to $VIFM/vimfiles and quit.

       --choose-files <path>|-
              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>|-
              Sets  output file to write last visited directory into on exit.  "-" means standard
              output.  Use empty value to disable it.

       --delimiter <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>
              Sets command to be executed on selected files instead of opening them.  The command
              may use any of macros described in "Command macros" section below.  The command  is
              executed once for whole selection.

       --logging[=<startup log path>]
              Log  some  operational  details  $VIFM/log.   If  the  optional startup log path is
              specified and permissions allow to open it  for  writing,  then  logging  of  early
              initialization (before value of $VIFM is determined) is put there.

       --server-list
              List available server names and exit.

       --server-name <name>
              Name of target or this instance (sequential numbers are appended on name conflict).

       --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
              "Client-Server" section below.

       --remote-expr
              passes expression to vifm server  and  prints  result.   See  also  "Client-Server"
              section below.

       -c <command> or +<command>
              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 of the view.

       --help, -h
              Show a brief command summary and exit vifm.

       --version, -v
              Show version information and quit.

       --no-configs
              Skip reading vifmrc and vifminfo.

       See "Startup" section below for the explanations on $VIFM.

General keys

       Ctrl-C or Escape
              cancel  most  operations  (see  "Cancellation"  section  below), clear all selected
              files.

       Ctrl-L clear and redraw the screen.

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.

       j, gj or Ctrl-N
              move cursor down one line.

       h      when 'lsview' is off move up one directory (moves to parent directory node in  tree
              view), otherwise move left one file.

       l      when  'lsview'  is off move into a directory or launch a file, otherwise move right
              one file.  See "Selection" section below.

       gg     move to the first line of the file list.

       G      move to the last line in the file list.

       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
              enter directory or launch a file.  See "Selection" section below.

       H      move to the first file in the window.

       M      move to the file in the middle of the window.

       L      move to the last file in the window.

       Ctrl-F or Page Down
              move forward one page.

       Ctrl-B or Page Up
              move back one page.

       Ctrl-D jump back one half page.

       Ctrl-U jump forward one half page.

       n%     move to the file that is n percent from the top of the list (for example 25%).

       0 or ^ move cursor to the first column.  See 'lsview' option description.

       $      move cursor to the last column.  See 'lsview' option description.

       Space  switch file lists.

       gt     switch to the next tab (wrapping around).

       {n}gt  switch to the tab number {n} (wrapping around).

       gT     switch to the previous tab (wrapping around).

       {n}gT  switch to {n}-th previous tab.

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.

       zz     redraw pane with file in center of list.

       zb     redraw pane with file in bottom of list.

       Ctrl-E scroll pane one line down.

       Ctrl-Y scroll pane one line up.

Pane manipulation

       Second character can be entered with or without Control key.

       Ctrl-W H
              move the pane to the far left.

       Ctrl-W J
              move the pane to the very bottom.

       Ctrl-W K
              move the pane to the very top.

       Ctrl-W L
              move the pane to the far right.

       Ctrl-W h
              switch to the left pane.

       Ctrl-W j
              switch to the pane below.

       Ctrl-W k
              switch to the pane above.

       Ctrl-W l
              switch to the right pane.

       Ctrl-W b
              switch to bottom-right window.

       Ctrl-W t
              switch to top-left window.

       Ctrl-W p
              switch to previous window.

       Ctrl-W w
              switch to other pane.

       Ctrl-W o
              leave only one pane.

       Ctrl-W s
              split window horizontally.

       Ctrl-W v
              split window vertically.

       Ctrl-W x
              exchange panes.

       Ctrl-W z
              quit preview pane or view modes.

       Ctrl-W -
              decrease size of the view by count.

       Ctrl-W +
              increase size of the view by count.

       Ctrl-W <
              decrease size of the view by count.

       Ctrl-W >
              increase size of the view by count.

       Ctrl-W |
              set current view size to count.

       Ctrl-W _
              set current view size to count.

       Ctrl-W =
              make size of two views equal.

       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 _ maximise 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]
              set a mark for the file at the current cursor position.

       '[a-z][A-Z][0-9]
              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

       /regular expression pattern
              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.

       ?regular expression pattern
              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  'hlsearch'  is  set.   Enabling  'incsearch'  makes
       search  interactive.   'ignorecase'  and  'smartcase'  options  affect case sensitivity of
       search queries as well as local filter and other things detailed  in  the  description  of
       'caseoptions'.

       [count]n
              go to the next file matching last search pattern.  Takes last search direction into
              account.

       [count]N
              go to the previous file matching last search pattern.  Takes last search  direction
              into account.

       If  '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.

       Note: vifm uses extended regular expressions for / and ?.

       [count]f[character]
              search forward for file with [character] as first character in name.  Search  wraps
              around the end of the list.

       [count]F[character]
              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.

       [count],
              find the previous match of f or F.

       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.

File Filters

       There are three basic file filters:

         - dot  files  filter (does not affect "." and ".." special directories, whose appearance
           is controlled by the 'dotdirs' option), see 'dotfiles' option;

         - permanent filter;

         - local filter (see description of the "=" normal mode command).

       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 :filter command;

         - another one which is edited implicitly via 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\/?$/

       Note: vifm uses extended regular expressions.

       The basic vim folding key bindings are used for managing filters.

       za     toggle visibility of dot files.

       zo     show dot files.

       zm     hide dot files.

       zf     add selected files to permanent filter.

       zO     reset permanent filter.

       zR     save and reset all filters.

       zr     clear local filter.

       zM     restore all filters (undoes last zR).

       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 pattern
              filter  out  files that don't match regular expression.  Whether view is updated as
              regular expression is changed depends on the value of the '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.

       ]z     go to last sibling of current entry.

       zj     go to next directory sibling of current entry or do nothing.

       zk     go to previous directory sibling of current entry or do nothing.

       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]:
              enter command line mode.  [count] generates range.

       q:     open external editor  to  prompt  for  command-line  command.   See  "Command  line
              editing" section for details.

       q/     open  external  editor  to  prompt  for  search  pattern  to be searched in forward
              direction.  See "Command line editing" section for details.

       q?     open external editor to prompt for  search  pattern  to  be  searched  in  backward
              direction.  See "Command line editing" section for details.

       q=     open  external  editor  to  prompt  for filter pattern.  See "Command line editing"
              section for details.  Unlike other q{x} commands this one doesn't  work  in  Visual
              mode.

       [count]!! and [count]!<selector>
              enter command line mode with entered ! command.  [count] modifies range.

       Ctrl-O go  backwards  through  directory history of current view.  Nonexistent directories
              are automatically skipped.

       Ctrl-I if 'cpoptions' contains "t" flag, <tab> and <c-i>  switch  active  pane  just  like
              <space>  does, otherwise it goes forward through directory history of current view.
              Nonexistent directories are automatically skipped.

       Ctrl-G show a dialog with  detailed  information  about  current  file.   See  "Menus  and
              dialogs" section for controls.

       Shift-Tab
              enter view mode (works only after activating view pane with :view command).

       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     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     find link destination (like l with 'followlinks' off, but also finds  directories).
              On Windows additionally follows .lnk-files.

       gF     Same as gf, but resolves final path of the chain of symbolic links.

       gr     only for MS-Windows
              same as l key, but tries to run program with administrative privileges.

       av     go to visual mode into selection amending state preserving current selection.

       gv     go to visual mode restoring last selection.

       [reg]gs
              when  no  register  is specified, restore last t selection (similar to what gv does
              for visual mode selection).  If register is present, then all files listed in  that
              register and which are visible in current view are selected.

       gu<selector>
              make names of selected files lowercase.

       [count]guu and [count]gugu
              make  names  of  [count]  files  starting  from the current one lowercase.  Without
              [count] only current file is affected.

       gU<selector>
              make names of selected files uppercase.

       [count]gUU and [count]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.

       i      handle file (even if it's an executable and 'runexec' option is set).

       cw     change  word  is  used  to rename a file or files.  If multiple files are selected,
              behaves as :rename command run without arguments.

       cW     change WORD is used to change only name of file (without extension).

       cl     change link target.

       co     only for *nix
              change file owner.

       cg     only for *nix
              change file group.

       [count]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 "Menus and dialogs" section for controls.

       [count]C
              clone file [count] times.

       [count]dd or d[count]selector
              move selected file or files to trash directory (if 'trash' option is set, otherwise
              delete).  See "Trash directory" section below.

       [count]DD or D[count]selector
              like  dd and d<selector>, but omitting trash directory (even when 'trash' option is
              set).

       Y, [count]yy or y[count]selector
              yank selected files.

       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 if the files were yanked
              from trash directory.  See "Trash directory" section below.

       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.

       rl     put symbolic links with relative paths.

       t      select or unselect (tag) the current file.

       u      undo last change.

       Ctrl-R redo last change.

       dp     in compare view of "ofboth grouppaths" kind, makes corresponding entry of the other
              pane equal to the current one.  The semantics is as follows:
               - nothing 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's replaced
               - file pairs are defined by matching relative paths
              File  removal  obeys '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     same as dp, but applies changes in the opposite direction.

       v or V enter visual mode, clears current selection.

       [count]Ctrl-A
              increment first number in file name by [count] (1 by default).

       [count]Ctrl-X
              decrement first number in file name by [count] (1 by default).

       ZQ     same as :quit!.

       ZZ     same as :quit.

       .      repeat  last  command-line  command  (not  normal  mode  command) of this run (does
              nothing right after startup or :restart command).  The command  doesn't  depend  on
              command-line history and can be used with completely disabled history.

       (      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, ...

       )      go to next group.  See ( key description above.

       {      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".

       }      same as {, but in forward direction.

       [c     go to previous mismatched entry in directory comparison view or do nothing.

       ]c     go to next mismatched entry in directory comparison view or do nothing.

       [d     go to previous directory entry or do nothing.

       ]d     go to next directory entry or do nothing.

       [r     same as :siblprev.

       ]r     same as :siblnext.

       [R     same as :siblprev!.

       ]R     same as :siblnext!.

       [s     go to previous selected entry or do nothing.

       ]s     go to next selected entry or do nothing.

Using Count

       You can use count with commands like yy.

       [count]yy
              yank count 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 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.

       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.

       _ is black hole register.  It can be used for writing, but its list is always empty.

       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 trash directory
       (see "Trash directory" section below).

       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

       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.

       Most  of  selectors  are like vi motions: j, k, gg, G, H, L, M, %, f, F, ;, comma, ', ^, 0
       and $.  But there are some additional ones.

       a      all files in current view.

       s      selected files.

       S      all files except selected.

       Examples:

         - 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.

Visual Mode

       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 "o" or "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  ("Escape",  "Ctrl-C",  "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 "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 statusbar 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".  One can  switch  type
       of operation (in the order given above) via "Ctrl-G" key.

       Almost  all  normal mode keys work in visual mode, but instead of accepting selectors they
       operate on selected items.

       Enter  save selection and go back to normal mode not moving cursor.

       av     leave visual mode if in amending  mode  (restores  previous  selection),  otherwise
              switch to amending selection mode.

       gv     restore previous visual selection.

       v, V, Ctrl-C or Escape
              leave  visual  mode  if  not  in  amending  mode, otherwise switch to normal visual
              selection.

       Ctrl-G switch type of amending by round robin scheme: append -> remove -> invert.

       :      enter command line mode.  Selection is cleared on leaving the mode.

       o      switch active selection bound.

       O      switch active selection bound.

       gu, u  make names of selected files lowercase.

       gU, U  make names of selected files uppercase.

       cw     same as running :rename command without arguments.

View Mode

       This mode tries to imitate the less program.  List  of  builtin  shortcuts  can  be  found
       below.   Shortcuts  can  be  customized  using  :qmap,  :qnoremap and :qunmap command-line
       commands.

       Shift-Tab, Tab, q, Q, ZZ
              return to normal mode.

       [count]e, [count]Ctrl-E, [count]j, [count]Ctrl-N, [count]Enter
              scroll forward one line (or [count] lines).

       [count]y, [count]Ctrl-Y, [count]k, [count]Ctrl-K, [count]Ctrl-P
              scroll backward one line (or [count] lines).

       [count]f, [count]Ctrl-F, [count]Ctrl-V, [count]Space
              scroll forward one window (or [count] lines).

       [count]b, [count]Ctrl-B, [count]Alt-V
              scroll backward one window (or [count] lines).

       [count]z
              scroll forward one window (and set window to [count]).

       [count]w
              scroll backward one window (and set window to [count]).

       [count]Alt-Space
              scroll forward one window, but don't stop at end-of-file.

       [count]d, [count]Ctrl-D
              scroll forward one half-window (and set half-window to [count]).

       [count]u, [count]Ctrl-U
              scroll backward one half-window (and set half-window to [count]).

       r, Ctrl-R, Ctrl-L
              repaint screen.

       R      reload view preserving scroll position.

       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      switch to the next viewer.  Does nothing for preview constructed via %q macro.

       A      switch to the previous viewer.  Does nothing for preview constructed via %q macro.

       i      toggle   raw  mode  (ignoring  of  defined  viewers).   Does  nothing  for  preview
              constructed via %q macro.

       [count]/pattern
              search forward for ([count]‐th) matching line.

       [count]?pattern
              search backward for ([count]‐th) matching line.

       [count]n
              repeat previous search (for [count]‐th occurrence).

       [count]N
              repeat previous search in reverse direction (for [count]‐th occurrence).

       [count]g, [count]<, [count]Alt-<
              scroll to the first line of the file (or line [count]).

       [count]G, [count]>, [count]Alt->
              scroll to the last line of the file (or line [count]).

       [count]p, [count]%
              scroll to the beginning of the file (or N percent into file).

       v      invoke an editor to edit the current file being viewed.  The command for editing is
              taken  from  the  'vicmd'  or  '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 work the same was as in Normal mode.   Active  mode  is  automatically
       changed  on  navigating  among  windows.  When less-like mode 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).

Command line Mode

       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
              leave command line mode, cancels input.  Cancelled input is saved into  appropriate
              history and can be recalled later.

       Ctrl-M, Enter
              execute command and leave command line mode.

       Ctrl-I, Tab
              complete command or its argument.

       Shift-Tab
              complete in reverse order.

       Ctrl-_ stop completion and return original input.

       Ctrl-B, Left
              move cursor to the left.

       Ctrl-F, Right
              move cursor to the right.

       Ctrl-A, Home
              go to line beginning.

       Ctrl-E, End
              go to line end.

       Alt-B  go to the beginning of previous word.

       Alt-F  go to the end of next word.

       Ctrl-U remove characters from cursor position till the beginning of line.

       Ctrl-K remove characters from cursor position till the end of line.

       Ctrl-H, Backspace
              remove character before the cursor.

       Ctrl-D, Delete
              remove character under the cursor.

       Ctrl-W remove characters from cursor position till the beginning of previous word.

       Alt-D  remove characters from cursor position till the beginning of next word.

       Ctrl-T swap  the  order  of  current and previous character and move cursor forward or, if
              cursor past the end of line, swap the order of two last characters in the line.

       Alt-.  insert last part of previous command to current cursor position.   Each  next  call
              will insert last part of older command.

       Ctrl-G edit  command-line  content in external editor.  See "Command line editing" section
              for details.

       Ctrl-N recall more recent command-line from history.

       Ctrl-P recall older command-line from history.

       Up     recall more recent command-line from history, that begins as the  current  command-
              line.

       Down   recall older command-line from history, that begins as the current command-line.

       Ctrl-] trigger abbreviation expansion.

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
              name of the current file of the active pane.

       Ctrl-X d
              path to the current directory of the active pane.

       Ctrl-X e
              extension of the current file of the active pane.

       Ctrl-X r
              name root of current file of the active pane.

       Ctrl-X t
              the last component of path to the current directory of the active pane.

       Ctrl-X Ctrl-X c
              name of the current file of the inactive pane.

       Ctrl-X Ctrl-X d
              path to the current directory of the inactive pane.

       Ctrl-X Ctrl-X e
              extension of the current file of the inactive pane.

       Ctrl-X Ctrl-X r
              name root of current file of the inactive pane.

       Ctrl-X Ctrl-X t
              the last component of path to the current directory of the inactive pane.

       Ctrl-X a
              value of implicit permanent filter (old name "automatic") of the active pane.

       Ctrl-X m
              value of explicit permanent filter (old name "manual") of the active pane.

       Ctrl-X =
              value of local filter of the active pane.

       Ctrl-X /
              last pattern from search history.

Command line editing

       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  'vicmd'  or  '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 description of cw and cW normal mode keys).

       Editing command-line using external editor is activated by the Ctrl-G shortcut.  It's also
       possible to do almost the same from Normal and Visual modes using q:, q/ and 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.

More Mode

       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.

Commands

       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.

       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;

         - :normal command (when it doesn't leave command-line mode);

         - :if and :else commands don't affect selection on successful execution.

       '|' 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]!
           :autocmd
           :cabbrev
           :cmap
           :cnoreabbrev
           :cnoremap
           :command
           :dmap
           :dnoremap
           :filetype
           :fileviewer
           :filextype
           :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 :execute command.
       An example:

         if filetype('.') == 'reg' | execute '!!echo regular file' | endif

       :[count]

       :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.

       :[count]command
              The only builtin :[count]command are :[count]d[elete] and :[count]y[ank].

       :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.

       :command [args]

       :[range]!program
              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  will  be  run  in  the
       background using job control of your shell.

       Accepts macros.

                                                :!!

       :[range]!!command
              same as :!, but pauses before returning.

       :!!    repeat the last command.

                                                :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.

                                                :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  'aproposprg'
              option.  See "Menus and dialogs" section for controls.

                                                :autocmd

       :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.

       :apropos
              repeat last :apropos command.

                                                :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.

                                                :bmarks

       :bmarks
              display all bookmarks in a menu.

       :bmarks [tag1 [tag2...]]
              display menu of bookmarks that include all of the specified tags.  See  "Menus  and
              dialogs" section for controls.

                                                :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).

                                                :cabbrev

       :ca[bbrev]
              display menu of command-line mode abbreviations.  See "Menus and  dialogs"  section
              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 overwrites existing abbreviation for command-line  mode.   rhs  can
              contain  spaces  and  any  special  sequences  accepted  in  rhs  of  mappings (see
              "Mappings" section below).  Abbreviations are expanded non-recursively.

                                                :cnoreabbrev

       :cnorea[bbrev]
              display menu of command-line mode abbreviations.  See "Menus and  dialogs"  section
              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.

                                                :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.

                                                :cds

       :cds[!] pattern string
              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 'ignorecase' and 'smartcase' options are not used)

         - I - don't ignore case (the 'ignorecase' and 'smartcase' options are not used)

       :cds[!]/pattern/string/[flags]
              same  as above, but with :substitute-like syntax.  Other punctuation characters can
              be used as separators.

                                                :change

       :c[hange]
              show a dialog to alter properties of files.

                                                :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.

                                                :chown

       :[range]chown
              only for *nix
              same as co key in normal mode.

       :[range]chown [user][:][group]
              only for *nix
              change owner and/or group of files.  Operates on directories recursively.

                                                :clone

       :[range]clone[!?]
              clones files in current directory.  With "?" vifm will open vi to edit file  names.
              "!" forces overwrite.  Macros are expanded.

       :[range]clone[!] path
              clones  files to directory specified with the path (absolute or relative to current
              directory).  "!" forces overwrite.  Macros are expanded.

       :[range]clone[!] name1 name2...
              clones files in current directory giving each next clone a corresponding name  from
              the argument list.  "!" forces overwrite.  Macros are expanded.

                                                :colorscheme

       :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 "Menus and dialogs" section 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

                                                :comclear

       :comc[lear]
              remove all user defined commands.

                                                :command

       :com[mand]
              display a menu of user commands.  See "Menus and dialogs" section 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

              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 "Command macros"
              section 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 :filter command description).  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 alias to an aliased command, so running :%cp after
                :command cp :copy %a
              equals
                :%copy

                                                :compare

       :compare  [byname | bysize | bycontents | listall | listunique | listdups | ofboth | ofone
       | groupids | grouppaths | skipempty]...
              compare files in one or two views according  to  the  arguments.   The  default  is
              "bycontents  listall  ofboth  grouppaths".   See  "Compare views" section below for
              details.  Diff structure  is  incompatible  with  alternative  representations,  so
              values of 'lsview' and 'millerview' options are ignored.

                                                :copen

       :cope[n]
              opens  menu  with  contents  of the last displayed menu with navigation to files by
              default, if any.

                                                :copy

       :[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.

                                                :cquit

       :cq[uit][!]
              same  as :quit, but also aborts directory choosing via --choose-dir (empties output
              file) and returns non-zero exit code.

                                                :cunabbrev

       :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.

                                                :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.

                                                :delcommand

       :delc[ommand] user_command
              remove user defined command named user_command.

                                                :delete

       :[range]d[elete][!][ &]
              delete selected file or files.  "!" means complete removal (omitting trash).

       :[range]d[elete][!] [reg] [count][ &]
              delete  selected  or [count] files to the reg register.  "!" means complete removal
              (omitting trash).

                                                :delmarks

       :delm[arks]!
              delete all marks.

       :delm[arks] marks ...
              delete specified marks, each argument is treated as a set of marks.

                                                :delsession

       :delsession
              delete specified session if it was stored  previously.   Deleting  current  session
              doesn't detach it.

                                                :display

       :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

       :dirs  display directory stack in a menu.  See "Menus and dialogs" section for controls.

                                                :echo

       :ec[ho] [<expr>...]
              evaluate each argument as an expression and output them  separated  with  a  space.
              See help on :let command for a definition of <expr>.

                                                :edit

       :[range]e[dit] [file...]
              open  selected  or  passed file(s) in editor.  Macros and environment variables are
              expanded.

                                                :else

       :el[se]
              execute commands until next matching :endif if all other conditions  didn't  match.
              See also help on :if and :endif commands.

                                                :elseif

       :elsei[f] {expr1}
              execute  commands  until  next  matching  :elseif, :else or :endif if conditions of
              previous :if and :elseif branches were evaluated to zero.  See also help on :if and
              :endif commands.

                                                :empty

       :empty permanently  remove files from all existing non-empty trash directories (see "Trash
              directory" section below).  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 :jobs menu.

                                                :endif

       :en[dif]
              end conditional block.  See also help on :if and :else commands.

                                                :execute

       :exe[cute] [<expr>...]
              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 help on
              :let command for a definition of <expr>.

                                                :exit

       :exi[t][!]
              same as :quit.

                                                :file

       :f[ile][ &]
              display menu of programs set for the file type of the current file.   "  &"  forces
              running  associated  program  in  background.   See "Menus and dialogs" section for
              controls.

       :f[ile] arg[ &]
              run associated command that begins with the arg skipping opening menu.  " &" forces
              running associated program in background.

                                                :filetype

       :filet[ype] pattern-list [{descr}]def_prog[ &],[{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 of a command means running of the command in the background.
              Optional  description  can  be  given to each command to ease understanding of what
              command will do in the :file menu.  Vifm will try the rest of the programs  for  an
              association  when  the default 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
              "Patterns"  section  below  for  pattern definition and "Selection" section for how
              selection is handled.  See also "Automatic FUSE mounts" section below.  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,

              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".

                                                :filextype

       :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  "Patterns"  section  below for pattern
              definition and  "Selection"  section  for  how  selection  is  handled.   See  also
              "Automatic FUSE mounts" section below.

              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 &,

              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".

                                                :fileviewer

       :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  "e"  or  running  :view command.  When the command doesn't contain any of
              vifm macros, name of current file is appended as if command ended  with  %c  macro.
              Comma escaping and missing commands processing rules as for :filetype apply to this
              command.  See "Patterns"  section  below  for  pattern  definition.   Supports  Lua
              handlers.

              Example for zip archives:

                fileviewer *.zip,*.jar,*.war,*.ear zip -sf %c, echo "No zip to preview:"

       :filev[iewer] filename
              list (in menu mode) currently registered patterns that match specified filename.

                                                :filter

       :filter[!] {pattern}
              filter files matching the pattern out of directory listings.  '!' controls state of
              filter inversion after updating filter value (see  also  'cpoptions'  description).
              Filter  is matched case sensitively on *nix and case insensitively on Windows.  See
              "File Filters" and "Patterns" sections.

              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 :invert.

       :filter?
              show information on local, name and auto filters.

                                                :find

       :[range]fin[d] pattern
              display results of find command in the menu.  Searches among selected files if any.
              Accepts  macros.   By  default  the  command relies on the external "find" utility,
              which can be customized by altering value of the 'findprg' option.

       :[range]fin[d] -opt...
              same as :find above, but user defines all find arguments.  Searches among  selected
              files if any.

       :[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.

                                                :finish

       :fini[sh]
              stop sourcing a script. Can only be used in a vifm script file. This is a quick way
              to skip the rest of the file.

                                                :goto

       :go[to]
              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.

                                                :grep

       :[range]gr[ep][!] pattern
              will show 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 'grepprg' option.

       :[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.

                                                :help

       :h[elp]
              show the help file.

       :h[elp] argument
              is  the  same  as  using ':h argument' in vim.  Use vifm-<something> to get help on
              vifm (tab completion works).  This form of the command doesn't work when  'vimhelp'
              option is off.

                                                :hideui

       :hideui
              hide interface to show previous commands' output.

                                                :highlight

       :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 'tabscope' set to "global")
        - TabLineSel - color of the tip of selected tab (regardless of '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 path
        - User1..User9 - 9 colors which can be used via %* 'statusline' macro

       Available colors:
        - -1 or default or none - default or 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..User9
         Border
         CmdLine
           ErrorMsg
         Win
           OtherWin
             AuxWin
               OddLine
                 File name specific highlights
                   Directory
                   Link
                   BrokenLink
                   HardLink
                   Socket
                   Device
                   Fifo
                   Executable
                     Selected
                       CurrLine
                         LineNr (in active pane)
                       OtherLine
                         LineNr (in inactive pane)
         TopLine
           TopLineSel
             TabLineSel (for pane tabs)
               User1..User9
         TabLine
           TabLineSel
             User1..User9

       "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.

                                                :history

       :his[tory]
              display  a  menu with list of visited directories.  See "Menus and dialogs" section
              for controls.

       :his[tory] x
              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 filter history  (see  description  of  the  "="  normal  mode
              command).
              See "Menus and dialogs" section for controls.

                                                :histnext

       :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
              'cpoptions', and thus have both <c-i> and <tab> working as expected.

                                                :histprev

       :histprev
              same as <c-o>.

                                                :if

       :if {expr1}
              start  conditional block.  Commands are executed until next matching :elseif, :else
              or :endif command if {expr1} evaluates to non-zero,  otherwise  they  are  ignored.
              See also help on :else and :endif commands.

              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

                                                :invert

       :invert [f]
              invert file name filter.

       :invert? [f]
              show current filter state.

       :invert s
              invert selection.

       :invert o
              invert sorting order of the primary sorting key.

       :invert? o
              show sorting order of the primary sorting key.

                                                :jobs

       :jobs  display  menu  of  current backgrounded processes.  See "Menus and dialogs" section
              for controls.

                                                :let

       :let $ENV_VAR = <expr>
              set an environment variable.  Warning: 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.

                                                :locate

       :locate filename
              use "locate" command to create a menu of filenames.  Selecting a file from the menu
              will reload the current file list in vifm to show the selected  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  'locateprg'
              option.  See "Menus and dialogs" section for controls.

       :locate
              repeat last :locate command.

                                                :ls

       :ls    lists  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

       :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  "Menus  and
              dialogs" section for controls.

                                                :mark

       :[range]ma[rk][?] x [/full/path] [filename]
              Set mark x (a-zA-Z0-9) at /full/path and filename.  By default current directory is
              being used.  If no filename was given and /full/path is current directory then last
              file  in  [range]  is  used.   Using of macros is allowed.  Question mark will stop
              command from overwriting existing marks.

                                                :marks

       :marks create a pop-up menu of marks.  See "Menus and dialogs" section for controls.

       :marks list ...
              display the contents of the marks that are mentioned in list.

                                                :media

       :media only for *nix
              display media management menu.  See "Menus and dialogs" section for controls.   See
              also 'mediaprg' option.

                                                :messages

       :mes[sages]
              shows previously given messages (up to 50).

                                                :mkdir

       :[line]mkdir[!] dir ...
              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.

                                                :move

       :[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.

                                                :nohlsearch

       :noh[lsearch]
              clear selection in current pane.

                                                :normal

       :norm[al][!] commands
              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.

                                                :only

       :on[ly]
              switch to a one window view.

                                                :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

       :plugins
              open plugins menu.  See "Menus and dialogs" section for controls.

                                                :popd

       :popd  remove pane directories from stack.

                                                :pushd

       :pushd[!] /curr/dir [/other/dir]
              add pane directories to stack and process arguments like :cd command.

       :pushd exchange the top two items of the directory stack.

                                                :put

       :[line]pu[t][!] [reg] [ &]
              put  files  from  specified  register  ("  by default) into current directory.  The
              [line] can be used to pick node in a tree-view.  "!" moves files  "!"  moves  files
              from  their  original  location  instead of copying them.  During this operation no
              confirmation dialogs will be shown, all checks are performed beforehand.

                                                :pwd

       :pw[d] show the present working directory.

                                                :qall

       :qa[ll][!]
              exit vifm (add ! to skip  saving  changes  and  checking  for  active  backgrounded
              commands).

                                                :quit

       :q[uit][!]
              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).

                                                :redraw

       :redr[aw]
              redraw the screen immediately.

                                                :registers

       :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

       :regular

       switch to regular view leaving custom view.
                                                       :rename

       :[range]rename[!]
              rename files by editing their names in an editor.  "!" renames files recursively in
              subdirectories.  See "External Renaming" section.

       :[range]rename name1 name2...
              rename each of selected files to a corresponding name.

                                                :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.

                                                :restore

       :[range]restore
              restore file from trash directory, doesn't work outside one of  trash  directories.
              See "Trash directory" section below.

                                                :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.

                                                :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 will cause 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.

                                                :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 "Patterns" section below.  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}]
              same as above, but resets previously selected items before proceeding.

                                                :session

       :session?
              print name of the current session.

       :session
              detach current session without saving it.  Resets 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 v:session.

                                                :set

       :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 local options both values are set.
              You can use 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.

                                                :setglobal

       :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 :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.

                                                :setlocal

       :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 :set, but changes/prints only local values of local options.

                                                :shell

       :sh[ell][!]
              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 'shell' value is used.

                                                :siblnext

       :[count]siblnext[!]

              change directory to [count]th next sibling directory after 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.

                                                :siblprev

       :[count]siblprev[!]
              same as :siblnext, but in the opposite direction.

                                                :sort

       :sor[t]
              display dialog with different sorting methods, where one  can  select  the  primary
              sorting  key.   When  'viewcolumns'  options is empty and 'lsview' is off, changing
              primary sorting key will also affect view look (in particular the second column  of
              the view will be changed).  See "Menus and dialogs" section for controls.

                                                :source

       :so[urce] file
              read command-line commands from the file.

                                                :split

       :sp[lit]
              switch to a two window horizontal view.

       :sp[lit]!
              toggle horizontal window splitting.

       :sp[lit] path
              splits  the  window horizontally to show both file directories.  Also changes other
              pane to path (absolute or relative to current directory of active pane).

                                                :stop

       :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.

                                                :substitute

       :[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 search history.

       Available flags:

         - i - ignore case (the 'ignorecase' and 'smartcase' options are not used)

         - I - don't ignore case (the 'ignorecase' and '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.

                                                :sync

       :sync [relative path]
              change the other pane to the current pane directory or to some path relative to the
              current directory.  Using 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.

                                                :tabclose

       :tabc[lose]
              close current tab, unless it's the only one open at current scope.

                                                :tabmove

       :tabm[ove] [N]
              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

       :tabname [name]
              set, update or reset (when no argument is provided) name of the current tab.

                                                :tabnew

       :tabnew [path]
              create new tab.  Accepts optional path for the new  tab.   Macros  and  environment
              variables are expanded.

                                                :tabnext

       :tabn[ext]
              switch to the next tab (wrapping around).

       :tabn[ext] {n}
              go to the tab number {n}.  Tab numeration starts with 1.

                                                :tabonly

       :tabo[nly]
              close all tabs but the current one.  Closes pane tabs only at the active side.

                                                :tabprevious

       :tabp[revious]
              switch to the previous tab (wrapping around).

       :tabp[revious] {n}
              go   to  the  {n}-th  previous  tab.   Note  that  :tabnext  handles  its  argument
              differently.

                                                :touch

       :[line]touch file...
              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.

                                                :tr

       :[range]tr/pattern/string/
              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.

                                                :trashes

       :trashes
              lists 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 :empty command is executed.

       :trashes?
              same as :trashes, but also displays size of each trash directory.

                                                :tree

       :tree  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 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
              'lsview' and '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.

                                                :undolist

       :undol[ist]
              display  list  of  latest changes.  Use "!" to see actual commands.  See "Menus and
              dialogs" section for controls.

                                                :unlet

       :unl[et][!] $ENV_VAR1 $ENV_VAR2 ...
              remove  environment  variables.  Add  !  to  omit  displaying  of  warnings   about
              nonexistent variables.

                                                :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 "Patterns" section below.  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.

                                                :version

       :ve[rsion]
              show menu with version information.

                                                :vifm

       :vifm  same as :version.

                                                :view

       :vie[w]
              toggle on and off the quick file view  (preview  of  file's  contents).   See  also
              'quickview' option.

       :vie[w]!
              turn on quick file view if it's off.

                                                :volumes

       :volumes
              only for MS-Windows
              display  menu  with volume list.  Hitting l (or Enter) key opens appropriate volume
              in the current pane.  See "Menus and dialogs" section for controls.

                                                :vsplit

       :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.  And changes other  pane
              to path (absolute or relative to current directory of active pane).

                                                :wincmd

       :[count]winc[md] {arg}
              same as running Ctrl-W [count] {arg}.

                                                :windo

       :windo [command...]
              execute command for each pane (same as :winrun % command).

                                                :winrun

       :winrun type [command...]
              execute command for pane(s), which is determined by type argument:
                - ^ - top-left pane
                - $ - bottom-right pane
                - % - all panes
                - . - current pane
                - , - other pane

                                                :write

       :w[rite]
              write current state to vifminfo and session files (if a session is active).

                                                :wq

       :wq[!] same  as :quit, but ! disables only the check of backgrounded commands, while state
              of        the        application        is        always         written.
              :wqall

       :wqa[ll][!]
              same  as :qall, but ! disables only the check of backgrounded commands, while state
              of the application is always written.

                                                :xall

       :xa[ll][!]
              same as :qall.

                                                :xit

       :x[it][!]
              same as :quit.

                                                :yank

       :[range]y[ank] [reg] [count]
              will yank files to the reg register.

                                                :map lhs rhs

       :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.

                                              :cmap :dmap :mmap :nmap :qmap :vmap

       :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.

                                                :*map

       :cm[ap]
              list all maps in command line mode.

       :dm[ap]
              list all maps in dialog modes.

       :mm[ap]
              list all maps in menu mode.

       :nm[ap]
              list all maps in normal mode.

       :qm[ap]
              list all maps in view mode.

       :vm[ap]
              list all maps in visual mode.

                                                :*map beginning

       :cm[ap] beginning
              list all maps in command line mode that start with the beginning.

       :dm[ap] beginning
              list all maps in dialog modes that start with the beginning.

       :mm[ap] beginning
              list all maps in menu mode that start with the beginning.

       :nm[ap] beginning
              list all maps in normal mode that start with the beginning.

       :qm[ap] beginning
              list all maps in view mode that start with the beginning.

       :vm[ap] beginning
              list all maps in visual mode that start with the beginning.

                                                :noremap

       :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.

                      :cnoremap :dnoremap :mnoremap :nnoremap :qnoremap :vnoremap

       :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.

                                                :unmap

       :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.

                                  :cunmap :dunmap :munmap :nunmap :qunmap :vunmap

       :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.

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

       The command macros may be used in user commands.

       %a     User  arguments.   When  user  arguments  contain  macros, they are expanded before
              preforming substitution of %a.

       %c %"c The current file under the cursor.

       %C %"C The current file under the cursor in the other directory.

       %f %"f All of the selected files, but see "Selection" section below.

       %F %"F All of the selected files in the other directory list, but see "Selection"  section
              below.

       %b %"b Same as %f %F.

       %d %"d Full path to current directory.

       %D %"D Full path to other file list directory.

       %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.

       %m     Show command output in a menu.

       %M     Same as %m, but l (or Enter) key is handled like for :locate and :find commands.

       %u     Process command output as list of paths and compose custom view out of it.

       %U     Same as %u, but implies less list updates inside vifm, which is absence of  sorting
              at the moment.

       %Iu    Same as %u, but gives up terminal before running external command.

       %IU    Same as %U, but gives up terminal before running external command.

       %S     Show command output in the status bar.

       %q     Redirect command output to quick view, which is activated if disabled.

       %s     Execute  command  in  horizontally  split  window  of  active  terminal multiplexer
              (ignored if not running inside one).

       %v     Same as %s, but splits vertically.

       %n     Forbid use of terminal multiplexer to run the command.

       %i     Completely ignore command  output.   For  background  jobs  this  suppresses  error
              dialogs, while still storing errors internally for viewing via :jobs menu.

       %Pl    Pipe list of files to standard input of a command.

       %Pz    Same as %Pz, but separates paths by null ('\0') character.

       %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.

       %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.

       The following dimensions and coordinates are in characters:

       %px    x coordinate of top-left corner of preview area.

       %py    y coordinate of top-left corner of preview area.

       %pw    width of preview area.

       %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.

       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 ':h filename-modifiers' in Vim's documentation 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:

       %m,  %M,  %s,  %S,  %u  and %U macros cannot be combined with background mark (" &") as it
       doesn't make much sense.

Command backgrounding

       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 :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.

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 statusbar.

       File system operations

       Currently the following commands can be cancelled: :alink, :chmod, :chown, :clone,  :copy,
       :delete,  :mkdir,  :move,  :restore,  :rlink,  :touch.   File  putting (on p/P key) 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: :empty, :rename, :substitute, :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: :apropos, :find, :grep, :locate.

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 :filetype
       or :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
            'vicmd' or '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.

Patterns

       :highlight,  :filetype,  :filextype,  :fileviewer  commands  and '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  others.   :highlight  does  not  accept
       undecorated  form,  while  :filetype,  :filextype,  :fileviewer,  :select,  :unselect  and
       '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.

       :filetype,  :filextype  and  :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

       "Globs" section below 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

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 (possibly 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.

:set options

       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  :setlocal for that.
              :setglobal changes view value not affecting settings until directory change.   :set
              applies changes immediately to all values.

       'aproposprg'
              type: string
              default: "apropos %a"
              Specifies  format  for  an  external command to be invoked by the :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 :apropos command.  If  the
              macro  is  not used, it will be implicitly added after a space to the value of this
              option.

       '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 'histcursor' option.

       'columns' 'co'
              type: integer
              default: terminal width on startup
              Terminal width in characters.

       '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 none of pair's  elements  are  present,  the  behaviour  is
              default  (depends  on  operating  system  for  path  completion  and  on  values of
              'ignorecase' and 'smartcase' options for file navigation).

       '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 :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'.

       'chaselinks'
              type: boolean
              default: false
              When  enabled path of view is always resolved to real path (with all symbolic links
              expanded).

       '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 "Patterns" section above.

              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 filetype() function.

       'confirm' 'cf'
              type: set
              default: delete,permdelete
              Defines which operations require confirmation:
               - delete     - moving files to trash (on d or :delete);
               - permdelete - permanent deletion of  files  (on  D  or  :delete!  command  or  on
              undo/redo operation).

       'cpoptions' 'cpo'
              type: charset
              default: "fst"
              Contains  a  sequence  of  single-character  flags.  Each flag enables behaviour of
              older versions of vifm.  Flags:
               - f - when included, running :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;
               - s - when included, yy,  dd  and  DD  normal  mode  commands  act  on  selection,
              otherwise they operate on current file only;
               -  t  -  when  included,  <tab> (thus <c-i>) behave as <space> and switches active
              pane, otherwise <tab> and <c-i> go 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.

       '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.

       '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.

       '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.

       '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.

       'dotfiles'
              type: boolean
              default: false
              Whether dot files are shown in the view.  Can be controlled with z* bindings.

       '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>).

       'fillchars' 'fcs'
              type: string list
              default: ""
              Sets characters used to fill borders.

                item         default    used for
                vborder:c    ' '        left, middle and right vertical borders

              If value is omitted, its default value is used.  Example:

                set fillchars=vborder:.

       '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 :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"

              As  the  syntax of this command is rather limited, one can't use :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"

       '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 gf key for directories).

       'fusehome'
              type: string
              default: "($XDG_DATA_HOME/.local/share | $VIFM)/fuse/"
              Directory  to  be  used  as  a  root  dir for FUSE mounts.  Value of the option can
              contain environment variables (in form "$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 "Automatic FUSE mounts" section below for more information.

       'gdefault' 'gd'
              type: boolean
              default: false
              When on, 'g' flag is on for :substitute by default.

       'grepprg'
              type: string
              default: "grep -n -H -I -r %i %a %s"
              Specifies  format  for an external command to be invoked by the :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 :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 '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 'findprg' option 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'

              or The Silver Searcher (https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher):

                set grepprg='ag --line-numbers %i %a %s'

       '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 'autochpos' is disabled.

              Note that the list is not exhaustive and there are other situations when cursor  is
              positioned automatically.

       'history' 'hi'
              type: integer
              default: 15
              Maximum number of stored items in all histories.

       'hlsearch' 'hls'
              type: boolean
              default: true
              Automatically select files that are search matches.

       'iec'  type: boolean
              default: false
              Use  KiB,  MiB,  ...  suffixes  instead  of  K, M, ... when printing size in human-
              friendly format.

       '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
              'caseoptions'.

       '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.

       'iooptions'
              type: set
              default:
              Controls details of file operations.  The following values are available:
               - fastfilecloning - perform fast file cloning (copy-on-write), when available
                                   (available on Linux and btrfs file system).

       'laststatus' 'ls'
              type: boolean
              default: true
              Controls if status bar is visible.

       'lines'
              type: integer
              default: terminal height on startup
              Terminal height in lines.

       'locateprg'
              type: string
              default: "locate %a"
              Specifies format for an external command to be invoked by the :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  :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.

       '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
              {only for *nix}
              Specifies command to be used to manage media devices.  Used by :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.

       'lsoptions'
              type: string list
              default: ""
              scope: local

              Configures ls-like view.

                item          used for
                transposed    filling view grid by columns rather than by lines

       '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 "ls-like view" section  below
              for format description.  This option has no effect if 'millerview' is on.

       '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 can take two values: dirs  (only  directories)  or  all.   Both  options  don't
              include parent directory ("..").

              Example of two-column mode which is useful in combination with :view command:

                set milleroptions=lsize:1,csize:2

       'millerview'
              type: boolean
              default: false
              scope: local
              When  this  option  is  set, directory view will be displayed in multiple cascading
              columns.  Ignores 'lsview'.

       'mintimeoutlen'
              type: integer
              default: 150
              The fracture of '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.

       'number' 'nu'
              type: boolean
              default: false
              scope: local
              Print line number in front of each file name when 'lsview' option  is  turned  off.
              Use 'numberwidth' to control width of line number.  Also see 'relativenumber'.

       'numberwidth' 'nuw'
              type: integer
              default: 4
              scope: local
              Minimal number of characters for line number field.

       '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
                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.

       'previewprg'
              type: string
              default: ""
              scope: local

              External command to be used instead of preview programs configured via  :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'

       'quickview'
              type: boolean
              default: false
              Whether quick view (:view) is currently active or not.

       'relativenumber' 'rnu'
              type: boolean
              default: false
              scope: local
              Print  relative  line  number  in  front  of each file name when 'lsview' option is
              turned  off.   Use  'numberwidth'  to  control  width  of  line  number.    Various
              combinations of 'number' and '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

       '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
               %=  - separation point between left and right align items
               %%  - 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%]'

       '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 'lsview' option.

       'scrollbind' 'scb'
              type: boolean
              default: false
              When this option is set, vifm will try to keep difference of scrolling positions of
              two windows constant.

       '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).

       'sessionoptions' 'ssop'
              sessionoptions ssop
              type: set
              default: tui,state,tabs,savedirs,dhistory
              An equivalent of '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).

       '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.

       'shellcmdflag' 'shcf'
              type: string
              default: "-c" or "/C" (for cmd.exe on MS-Windows)
              Command-line option used to pass a command to '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 'shell' is set to PowerShell due to the
              internal use of `-encodedCommand`.

       '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.

       '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.

       '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 'iec' option.
                                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

       'slowfs'
              type: string list
              default: ""
              only for *nix
              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 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

       'smartcase' 'scs'
              type: boolean
              default: false
              Overrides the ignorecase option if a pattern  contains  at  least  one  upper  case
              character.  Only used when 'ignorecase' option is enabled.

       'sort' type: string list
              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 type derived from its mode (*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 '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 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

              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:

                - type 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
              'viewcolumns' option is not empty.

       'sortnumbers'
              type: boolean
              default: false
              scope: local
              Natural sort of (version) numbers within text.

       '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.

       'sortorder'
              type: enumeration
              default: ascending
              Sets sort order for primary key: ascending, descending.

       '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 '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)

              - %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 '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..User9 highlight groups; reset  happens  when
                width  field is 0 or not specified, one of groups gets picked when width field is
                in the range from 1 to 9

              - all '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 "

       '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), '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).

       'syncregs'
              type: string
              default:
              Specifies identifier of group of instances that share registers between 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.

       '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.

       'tablabel'
              type: string
              default: ""
              When non-empty, 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 filename modifiers)

              - %t      - title of the view (affected by 'shortmess' flags)

              - %%      - literal percent sign

              - %[      - designates beginning of an optional block

              - %]      - designates end of an optional block

              - %*, %0* - resets highlighting

              - %1-%9   - applies one of User1..User9 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 ment 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.

                " %[(%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

       'tabprefix'
              type: string
              default: "[%N:"
              Determines prefix of a tab's label.  Formatting is done as for 'tablabel' option.

       '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

       'tabstop' 'ts'
              type: integer
              default: value from curses library
              Number of spaces that a Tab in the file counts for.

       'tabsuffix'
              type: string
              default: "]"
              Determines suffix of a tab's label.  Formatting is done as for 'tablabel' option.

       'timefmt'
              type: string
              default: "%m/%d %H:%M"
              Format of time in file list.  See "man 1 date" or "man 3 strftime" for details.

       'timeoutlen' 'tm'
              type: integer
              default: 1000
              The time in milliseconds that is waited for a mapped key in case of  already  typed
              key sequence is ambiguous.

       '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"

       'trash'
              type: boolean
              default: true
              Use trash directory.  See "Trash directory" section below.

       'trashdir'
              type: string
              default: on *nix:
                 "%r/.vifm-Trash-%u,$VIFM/Trash,%r/.vifm-Trash"
                 or if $VIFM/Trash doesn't exist
                 "%r/.vifm-Trash-%u,$XDG_DATA_HOME/vifm/Trash,%r/.vifm-Trash"
                       on Windows:
                 "%r/.vifm-Trash,$XDG_DATA_HOME/vifm/Trash"
              List of trash directory path specifications, separated with commas.  Each list item
              either defines an absolute path to trash directory or a path relative  to  a  mount
              point  root  when  list element starts with "%r/".  Value of the option can contain
              environment variables (of form "$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
              ~/.vifm/Trash on failure.

              Will attempt to create the directory if it does not exist.  See  "Trash  directory"
              section below.

       'tuioptions' 'to'
              type: charset
              default: "psv"
              Each flag configures some aspect of TUI appearance.  The flags are:
              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.
              s - when included, left and right borders (side borders, hence "s"  character)  are
              visible.
              u - use Unicode characters in the TUI (Unicode ellipsis instead of "...").
              v - vary width of 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:

              l - truncation is always on the left.
              r - truncation is always on the right.

       '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.

       '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 :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.

       '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 'sort') as a
              base.  Value of this option is ignored if  'lsview'  is  set.   See  "Column  view"
              section below for format description.

              An example of setting the options for both panes (note :windo command):

                windo set viewcolumns=-{name}..,6{size},11{perms}

       'vixcmd'
              type: string
              default: value of 'vicmd'
              Same  as  'vicmd',  but  takes  precedence  over it when running inside a graphical
              environment.

       'vifminfo'
              type: set
              default: bookmarks,bmarks
              Controls what will be saved in the $VIFM/vifminfo file.

                 bmarks    - named bookmarks (see :bmark command)
                 bookmarks - marks, except special ones like '< and '>
                 tui       - state of the user interface (sorting, number of windows, quick
                             view state, active view)
                 dhistory  - directory history
                 state     - file name and dot filters and terminal multiplexers integration
                             state
                 cs        - primary color scheme
                 savedirs  - save last visited directory
                 chistory  - command line history
                 shistory  - search history (/ and ? commands)
                 phistory  - prompt history
                 fhistory  - history of local filter (see description of the "=" normal mode
                             command)
                 dirstack  - directory stack overwrites previous stack, unless stack of
                             current instance is empty
                 registers - registers content
                 tabs      - global or pane tabs
                 options   - all options that can be set with the :set command (obsolete)
                 filetypes - associated programs and viewers (obsolete)
                 commands  - user defined commands (see :command description) (obsolete)

       'vimhelp'
              type: boolean
              default: false
              Use vim help format.

       'wildmenu' 'wmnu'
              type: boolean
              default: false
              Controls whether possible matches of completion will be  shown  above  the  command
              line.

       '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

       '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 Alt-D, Alt-B and Alt-F, but not 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 latter use the following mapping:

                cnoremap <c-w> <a-b><a-d>

              Also used for abbreviations.

       'wrap' type: boolean
              default: true
              Controls whether to wrap text in quick view.

       'wrapscan' 'ws'
              type: boolean
              default: true
              Searches wrap around end of the list.

Mappings

       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 '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.

       <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> Alt + some key.

       <a-c-a>,<a-c-b>,...,<a-c-z>
              <m-c-a>,<m-c-b>,...,<m-c-z> only for *nix
              Alt + Ctrl + 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>;

         - 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>

       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.

Expression syntax

       Supported expressions is a subset of what VimL provides.

       Expression syntax summary, from least to most significant:

       expr1      expr2
                  expr2 || expr2 ..       logical OR

       expr2      expr3
                  expr3 && expr3 ..       logical AND

       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

       expr4      expr5
                  expr5 + expr5 ..        number addition
                  expr5 - expr5 ..        number subtraction

       expr5      expr6
                  expr6 . expr6 ..        string concatenation

       expr6      expr7
                  - expr6                 unary minus
                  + expr6                 unary plus
                  ! expr6                 logical NOT

       expr7      number                  number constant
                  "string"                string constant, \ 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
       -----
       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
       -----
       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
       -----
       expr4 {cmp} expr4

       Compare two expr4 expressions, resulting in a 0 if it  evaluates  to  false  or  1  if  it
       evaluates to true.

       equal                   ==
       not equal               !=
       greater than            >
       greater than or equal   >=
       smaller than            <
       smaller than or equal   <=

       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
       -----
       expr5 + expr5 ..     number addition expr5 - expr5 ..     number subtraction

       Examples:

         1 + 3 - 3          == 1
         1 + '2'            == 3

       expr5
       -----
       expr6 . expr6 ..     string concatenation

       Examples:

         'a' . 'b'           == 'ab'
         'aaa' . '' . 'c'    == 'aaac'

       expr6
       -----

       - expr6              unary minus
       + expr6              unary plus
       ! expr6              logical NOT

       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
       -----

       number               number constant
       -----

       Decimal number.  Examples:

         0                   == 0
         0000                == 0
         01                  == 1
         123                 == 123
         10000               == 10000

       string
       ------
       "string"             string constant

       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
       --------------
       'string'             string constant

       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
       ------
       &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 ":set options" section above.

       environment variable
       --------------------
       $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
       --------------------
       v:var                 builtin variable

       Information exposed by vifm for use in scripting.

       v:count
         count  passed to : command, 0 by default.  Can be used in mappings to passthe count to a
       different command.
       v:count1
         same as v:count, but 1 by default.
       v:jobcount
         number of active jobs (as can be seen in the :jobs menu).
       v:session
         name of the current session or empty string.
       v:servername
         See below.

       function call
       -------------
       function(expr1, ...)  function call

       See "Functions" section below.

       Examples:

         "'" . filetype('.') . "'"
         filetype('.') == 'reg'

       expression nesting
       ------------------
       (expr1)               nested expression

       Groups any other expression of arbitrary complexity enforcing order in which operators are
       applied.

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.
       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}.
       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})

       Retrieves values of options related to file choosing.  {opt} can be one of:
           files      returns argument of --choose-files or empty string
           dir        returns argument of --choose-dir or empty string
           cmd        returns argument of --on-choose or empty string
           delimiter  returns argument of --delimiter or the default one (\n)

       executable({expr})

       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})

       Expands environment variables and macros in {expr} just like it's  done  for  command-line
       commands.  Returns a string.  See "Command macros" section above.

       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')

       extcached({cache}, {path}, {extcmd})

       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')) }"

       filetype({fnum} [, {resolve}])

       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})

       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()

       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

       has({property})

       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

       Usage example:

         " skip user/group on Windows
         if !has('win')
             let $RIGHTS = '%10u:%-7g '
         endif

         execute 'set' 'statusline="  %t%= %A '.$RIGHTS.'%15E %20d  "'

       layoutis({type})

       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)

       Usage example:

         " automatically split vertically before enabling preview
         :nnoremap w :if layoutis('only') | vsplit | endif | view!<cr>

       paneisat({loc})

       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})

       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 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}])

       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})

       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'))

Menus and dialogs

       When  navigating  to some path from a menu there is a difference in end location depending
       on whether path has trailing slash or not.  Files normally don't have trailing slashes  so
       "file/"  won't  work  and  one can only navigate to a file anyway.  On the other hand with
       directories there are two options: navigate to a directory or inside of it.  To allow both
       use cases, the first one is used on paths like "dir" and the second one for "dir/".

       Commands

       :range navigate to a menu line.

       :exi[t][!] :q[uit][!] :x[it][!]
              leave menu mode.

       :noh[lsearch]
              reset search match highlighting.

       :w[rite] {dest}
              write all menu lines into file specified by {dest}.

       General

       j, Ctrl-N - move down.
       k, Ctrl-P - move up.
       Enter, l - select and exit the menu.
       Ctrl-L - redraw the menu.

       Escape, Ctrl-C, ZZ, ZQ, q - quit.

       In all menus

       The following set of keys has the same meaning as in normal mode.

       Ctrl-B, Ctrl-F
       Ctrl-D, Ctrl-U
       Ctrl-E, Ctrl-Y
       /, ?
       n, N
       [count]G, [count]gg
       H, M, L
       zb, zt, zz

       zh - scroll menu items [count] characters to the right.
       zl - scroll menu items [count] characters to the left.
       zH - scroll menu items half of screen width characters to the right.
       zL - scroll menu items half of screen width characters to the left.

       :  -  enter  command  line  mode  for  menus  (currently only :exi[t], :q[uit], :x[it] and
       :{range} are supported).

       b - interpret content of the menu as list of paths and use it to  create  custom  view  in
       place of previously active pane.  See "Custom views" section below.
       B - same as above, but creates unsorted view.

       v  -  load menu content into quickfix list of the editor (Vim compatible by assumption) or
       if list doesn't have separators after file names (colons) open each line as a file name.

       Below is description of additional commands and reaction on selection in  some  menus  and
       dialogs.

       Apropos menu

       Selecting  menu  item  runs  man  on a given topic.  Menu won't be closed automatically to
       allow view several pages one by one.

       Command-line mode abbreviations menu

       Type dd on an abbreviation to remove it.

       c leaves menu preserving file selection and inserts right-hand side  of  selected  command
       into command-line.

       Color scheme menu

       Selecting  name  of a color scheme applies it the same way as if ":colorscheme <name>" was
       executed on the command-line.

       Commands menu

       Selecting command executes it with empty arguments (%a).

       dd on a command to remove.

       Marks menu

       Selecting mark navigates to it.

       dd on a mark to remove it.

       Bookmarks menu

       Selecting a bookmark navigates to it.

       Type dd on a bookmark to remove it.

       gf and e also work to make it more convenient to bookmark files.

       Trash (:lstrash) menu

       r on a file name to restore it from trash.

       dd deletes file under the cursor.

       Trashes (:trashes) menu

       dd empties selected trash in background.

       Directory history and Trashes menus

       Selecting directory name will change directory of the current view as if :cd  command  was
       used.

       Directory stack menu

       Selecting  directory  name  will rotate stack to put selected directory pair at the top of
       the stack.

       File (:file) menu

       Commands from vifmrc or typed  in  command-line  are  displayed  above  empty  line.   All
       commands below empty line are from .desktop files.

       c leaves menu preserving file selection and inserts command after :! in command-line mode.

       Grep, find, locate, bookmarks and user menu with navigation (%M macro)

       gf  - navigate previously active view to currently selected item.  Leaves menu mode except
       for grep menu.  Pressing Enter key has the same effect.

       e - open selected path in the editor, stays in menu mode.

       c - leave menu preserving file selection and insert file name  after  :!  in  command-line
       mode.

       User menu without navigation (%m macro)

       c  leaves  menu  preserving file selection and inserts whole line after :! in command-line
       mode.

       Grep menu

       Selecting file (via Enter or l key) opens it in  editor  set  by  'vicmd'  at  given  line
       number.  Menu won't be closed automatically to allow viewing more than one result.

       See above for "gf" and "e" keys description.

       Command-line history menu

       Selecting an item executes it as command-line command, search query or local filter.

       c  leaves menu preserving file selection and inserts line into command-line of appropriate
       kind.

       Volumes menu

       Selecting a drive navigates previously active pane to the root of that drive.

       Fileinfo dialog

       Enter, q - close dialog

       Sort dialog

       h, Space - switch ascending/descending.
       q - close dialog

       One shortcut per sorting key (see the dialog).

       Attributes (permissions or properties) dialog

       h, Space - check/uncheck.
       q - close 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)

       Item states:

       - * - checked flag.

       - X - means that it has different value for files in selection.

       - d (*nix only) - (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.

       Jobs menu

       dd requests cancellation of job under 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 key displays errors of selected job if any were collected.  They are displayed in a  new
       menu, but you can get back to jobs menu by pressing h.

       Undolist menu

       r - reset undo position to group under the cursor.

       Media menu

       Selecting  a  device  either  mounts  (if it wasn't mounted yet) or navigates to its first
       mount point.

       Selecting a mount point navigates to it.

       Selecting "not mounted" line causes mounting.

       Selecting any other line does nothing.

       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.

       Plugins menu

       e - display log messages of selected plugin if any were collected.  They are displayed  in
       a new menu, but you can get back to plugins menu by pressing h.

       gf  -  navigate  previously  active  view to the location of selected plugin.  Leaves menu
       mode.

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 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.

Compare views

       Kinds

       :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  :compare  form  four  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.

       Each argument can appear multiple times, the rightmost one of  the  group  is  considered.
       Arguments alter default behaviour instead of substituting it.

       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

       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.

       Behaviour

       When  two views are being compared against each other the following changes to the regular
       behaviour apply:
        - views are scrolled synchronously (as if 'scrollbind' was set);
        - views' cursors are synchronized;
        - local filtering is disabled (its results wouldn't be meaningful);
        - 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.

Startup

       On startup vifm determines several variables that are used  during  execution.   They  are
       determined in the order they appear below.

       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 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 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.

Configure

       See "Startup" section above for the explanations on $VIFM and $MYVIFMRC.

       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 $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".

       The $VIFM/vifminfo file contains generic state of the application.  You can  control  what
       is  stored in vifminfo by setting 'vifminfo' option.  Vifm always writes this file on exit
       unless 'vifminfo' option is empty.   Marks,  bookmarks,  commands,  histories,  filetypes,
       fileviewers and registers in the file are merged with vifm configuration (which has bigger
       priority).

       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.

       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.

       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).

Sessions

       Sessions provide a way to have multiple persistent runtime configurations.  Think of  them
       as  second-level  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 '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 :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  :write  command)  and  right  before switching to another session.  To avoid saving in
       those cases use :session  command  to  detach  (without  saving)  from  a  session  before
       proceeding.

       Related topics

       Commands: :session, :delsession
       Options: 'sessionoptions'
       Variables: v:session

Automatic FUSE mounts

       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 filetype or filextype commands.  These use special macros, which
       differ from macros in commands unrelated to FUSE.  Currently three formats are supported:

       1) 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 filetype command:

         :filetype FUSE_MOUNT|fuse-zip %SOURCE_FILE %DESTINATION_DIR

       2) FUSE_MOUNT2 This format allows one 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 filetype command:

         :filetype *.ssh FUSE_MOUNT2|sshfs %PARAM %DESTINATION_DIR

       Example file content:

         root@127.0.0.1:/

       3) FUSE_MOUNT3

       This  format  is  equivalent to FUSE_MOUNT, but omits unmounting.  It is useful for cases,
       when unmounting isn't needed, like when using AVFS.

       Example :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 '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 ZZ, :q, etc. or when killed by signal);

         - when  you explicitly leave mount point going up to its parent directory (with h, Enter
           on "../" or ":cd ..") and other pane is  not  in  the  same  directory  or  its  child
           directories.

View look

       vifm supports displaying of file list view in two different ways:

         - in  a  table  mode,  when  multiple columns can be set using 'viewcolumns' option (see
           "Column view" section below for details);

         - in a multicolumn list manner which looks almost like `ls -x` command output (see  "ls-
           like view" section below for details).

       The  look  is  local  for  each  view  and can be chosen by changing value of the 'lsview'
       boolean option.

       Depending on view look some of keys change their meaning  to  allow  more  natural  cursor
       moving.  This concerns mainly h, j, k, 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 'viewcolumns' when 'lsview' is set.

ls-like view

       When this view look is enabled by setting '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. d) don't work line-wise like they do in Vim,
       since such operations would be uncommon for file manipulation tasks.  Thus,  for  example,
       dd will remove only current file.

       By default the view is filled by lines, 'lsoptions' can be used to get filling by columns.

       Note that tree-view and compare view inhibit ls-like view.

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.  Three 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 '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 view will be displayed almost as if '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.

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 :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, 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:

         # ~/.vifm/colors/for_bin
         highlight Win cterm=none ctermfg=white ctermbg=red
         highlight CurrLine cterm=none ctermfg=red ctermbg=black

         # ~/.vifm/colors/for_bin_my
         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

Trash directory

       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 'trash' option, and exact path
       to the trash can be set with '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 '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 "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 ("d") operations to put files  to  trash  and  put  ("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 ("d") operations for moving files to trash directory and
       :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.

Client-Server

       vifm  supports  remote  execution  of  command-line  mode  commands,  remote  changing  of
       directories and expression evaluation.  This is possible using --remote and  --remote-expr
       command-line arguments.

       To  execute  a command remotely combine --remote argument with -c <command> or +<command>.
       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  --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 --server-list option.  Name of the
       current one is available via v:servername.

       v:servername
              server name of the running  vifm  instance.   Empty  if  client-server  feature  is
              disabled.

External Renaming

       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 Vim 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.

Plugin

       Plugin for using vifm in vim as a file selector.

       Commands:

         :EditVifm   select a file or files to open in the current buffer.
         :Vifm       alias for :EditVifm.
         :SplitVifm  split buffer and select a file or files to open.
         :VsplitVifm vertically split buffer and select a file or files to open.
         :DiffVifm   select a file or files to compare to the current file with
                     :vert diffsplit.
         :TabVifm    select a file or files to open in tabs.

       Each command accepts up to two arguments: left pane directory and  right  pane  directory.
       After  arguments are checked, vifm process is spawned in a special "file-picker" mode.  To
       pick files just open them either by pressing l, i or  Enter  keys,  or  by  running  :edit
       command.   If  no  files  are  selected,  file under the cursor is opened, otherwise whole
       selection is passed to the plugin and opened in vim.

       The plugin have only two settings.  It's a string variable named g:vifm_term to  let  user
       specify  command  to  run GUI terminal.  By default it's equal to 'xterm -e'.  And another
       string variable named g:vifm_exec, which equals "vifm" by default and  specifies  path  to
       vifm's  executable.   To  pass  arguments  to vifm use g:vifm_exec_args, which is empty by
       default.

       To use the plugin copy the vifm.vim file to either the system wide vim/plugin directory or
       into ~/.vim/plugin.

       If  you  would  prefer not to use the plugin and it is in the system wide plugin directory
       add

       let loaded_vifm=1

       to your ~/.vimrc file.

Reserved

       The following command names are reserved and shouldn't be used for user commands.

         g[lobal]
         v[global]

ENVIRONMENT

       VIFM   Points to main configuration directory (usually ~/.vifm/).

       MYVIFMRC
              Points to main configuration file (usually ~/.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 "Startup" section above for more details.

       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).

SEE ALSO

       vifm-convert-dircolors(1), vifm-pause(1)

       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

AUTHOR

       Vifm was written by ksteen <ksteen@users.sourceforge.net>
       And currently is developed by xaizek <xaizek@posteo.net>