" vim: filetype=vifm : " Sample configuration file for vifm (last updated: 8 August, 2022) " You can edit this file by hand. " The " character at the beginning of a line comments out the line. " Blank lines are ignored. " The basic format for each item is shown with an example. " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ " Main settings " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ " Command used to edit files in various contexts. The default is vim. " If you would like to use another vi clone such as Elvis or Vile " you will need to change this setting. if executable('vim') set vicmd=vim elseif executable('nvim') set vicmd=nvim elseif executable('elvis') set vicmd=elvis\ -G\ termcap elseif executable('vile') set vicmd=vile elseif $EDITOR != '' echo 'Note: using `'.$EDITOR.'` as an editor' let &vicmd = $EDITOR endif " This makes vifm perform file operations on its own instead of relying on " standard utilities like `cp`. While using `cp` and alike is a more universal " solution, it's also much slower when processing large amounts of files and " doesn't support progress measuring. set syscalls " Trash Directory " The default is to move files that are deleted with dd or :d to " the trash directory. If you change this you will not be able to move " files by deleting them and then using p to put the file in the new location. " I recommend not changing this until you are familiar with vifm. " This probably shouldn't be an option. set trash " What should be saved automatically on restarting vifm. Drop "savedirs" " value if you don't want vifm to remember last visited directories for you. set vifminfo=dhistory,chistory,state,tui,shistory, \phistory,fhistory,dirstack,registers,bookmarks,bmarks " This is how many directories to store in the directory history. set history=100 " Automatically resolve symbolic links on l or Enter. set nofollowlinks " Natural sort of (version) numbers within text. set sortnumbers " Maximum number of changes that can be undone. set undolevels=100 " Use Vim's format of help file (has highlighting and "hyperlinks"). " If you would rather use a plain text help file set novimhelp. set vimhelp " If you would like to run an executable file when you " press Enter, l or Right Arrow, set this. set norunexec " List of color schemes to try (picks the first one supported by the terminal) colorscheme Zenburn " Format for displaying time in file list. For example: " TIME_STAMP_FORMAT=%m/%d-%H:%M " See man date or man strftime for details. set timefmt='%Y/%m/%d %H:%M' " Show list of matches on tab completion in command-line mode set wildmenu " Display completions in a form of popup with descriptions of the matches set wildstyle=popup " Display suggestions in normal, visual and view modes for keys, marks and " registers (at most 5 files). In other view, when available. set suggestoptions=normal,visual,view,otherpane,keys,marks,registers " Ignore case in search patterns unless it contains at least one uppercase " letter set ignorecase set smartcase " Don't highlight search results automatically set nohlsearch " Use increment searching (search while typing) set incsearch " Try to leave some space from cursor to upper/lower border in lists set scrolloff=4 " Don't do too many requests to slow file systems if !has('win') set slowfs=curlftpfs endif set milleroptions=lsize:1,csize:1,rsize:1,rpreview:all " set custom status line look set statusline=" Hint: %z%= %A %10u:%-7g %15s %20d " "------------------------------------------------------------------------------ " Bookmarks " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ " :mark mark /full/directory/path [filename] mark b ~/.local/bin/ mark h ~/ " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ " Commands " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ " :com[mand][!] command_name action " " These are some of the macros that can be used in the action part: " %a for user arguments " %c for current file under the cursor " %C for current file under the cursor of inactive pane " %f for selected file(s) " %F for selected file(s) of inactive pane " %b is the same as %f %F " %d for current directory name " %D for current directory name of inactive pane " %r{x} for list of files in register {x} " %m runs the command in a menu window " %u uses command's output to build a file list " see `:help vifm-macros` and `:help vifm-filename-modifiers` for more command! df df -h %m 2> /dev/null command! diff vim -d %f %F command! zip zip -r %c.zip %f command! run !! ./%f command! make !!make %a command! mkcd :mkdir %a | cd %a command! vgrep vim "+grep %a" command! reload :write | restart full " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ " File types association " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ " :filetype pattern1,pattern2 defaultprogram,program2 " :fileviewer pattern1,pattern2 consoleviewer " " The first entry is the default program to be used with a matching file. " The other programs for the file type can be accessed via :file command. " The command macros like %f, %F, %d, %D may be used in the commands. " The %a macro is ignored. To use a % you must put %%. " Spaces in an app name must be escaped, for example: QuickTime\ Player.app " For automated FUSE mounts, you must register an extension with :file[x]type " in one of the following formats: " " :filetype patterns FUSE_MOUNT|mount_cmd %SOURCE_FILE %DESTINATION_DIR " " %SOURCE_FILE and %DESTINATION_DIR are filled in at runtime. " " Example: " :filetype *.zip,*.[jwe]ar FUSE_MOUNT|fuse-zip %SOURCE_FILE %DESTINATION_DIR " " :filetype patterns FUSE_MOUNT2|mount_cmd %PARAM %DESTINATION_DIR " " %PARAM and %DESTINATION_DIR are filled in at runtime. " " Example: " :filetype *.ssh FUSE_MOUNT2|sshfs %PARAM %DESTINATION_DIR " " %PARAM value is the first line of the matched file, example: root@127.0.0.1:/ " " You can also add %CLEAR if you want to clear screen before running FUSE " program. There is also %FOREGROUND, which is useful for entering passwords. fileviewer .*/,*/ ls --group-directories-first --classify --color %c fileviewer {*.pdf}, pdftotext -nopgbrk %c - fileviewer {*.bmp,*.jpg,*.jpeg,*.png,*.gif,*.xpm}, \ chafa -f sixel -s %pwx%ph %c:p %pd %N 2>/dev/null fileviewer *.zip,*.jar,*.war,*.ear,*.oxt tar -tf %f fileviewer *.tgz,*.tar.gz tar -tzf %c fileviewer *.tar.bz2,*.tbz2 tar -tjf %c fileviewer *.tar.xz,*.txz tar -tJf %c fileviewer *.tar.zst,*.tzst tar -t --zstd -f %c fileviewer {*.tar}, tar -tf %c " rar archives fileviewer {*.rar}, unrar v %c fileviewer {*.7z}, 7z l %c fileviewer highlight -O xterm256 -s base16/default-dark %c filetype * xdg-open " Customize view columns a bit (enable ellipsis for truncated file names) set viewcolumns=-{name}..,6{}. " Show vertical border set fillchars=vborder:│ " Filter-out build and temporary files " filter! {*.lo,*.o,*.d,*.class,*.pyc,*.pyo,.*~} " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ " Sample keyboard mappings " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ " Start shell in current directory nnoremap s :shell " Display sorting dialog nnoremap S :sort " Toggle visibility of preview window nnoremap w :view vnoremap w :viewgv if $DISPLAY && executable('gvim') " Open file in existing instance of gvim nnoremap o :!gvim --remote-tab-silent %f " Open file in new instance of gvim nnoremap O :!gvim %f endif " Open file in the background using its default program nnoremap gb :file &l " Interaction with system clipboard if has('win') " Yank current directory path to Windows clipboard with forward slashes nnoremap yp :!echo %"d:gs!\!/! %i | clip " Yank path to current file to Windows clipboard with forward slashes nnoremap yf :!echo %"c:gs!\!/! %i | clip elseif $WAYLAND_DISPLAY if executable('wl-copy') " Yank current directory path into primary and selection clipboards nnoremap yd :!echo -n %d | wl-copy %i && \ echo -n %d | wl-copy -p %i " Yank current file path into into primary and selection clipboards nnoremap yf :!echo -n %c:p | wl-copy %i && \ echo -n %c:p | wl-copy -p %i endif elseif $DISPLAY if executable('xclip') " Yank current directory path into the clipboard nnoremap yd :!echo %d | xclip %i " Yank current file path into the clipboard nnoremap yf :!echo %c:p | xclip %i elseif executable('xsel') " Yank current directory path into primary and selection clipboards nnoremap yd :!echo -n %d | xsel --input --primary %i && \ echo -n %d | xsel --clipboard --input %i " Yank current file path into into primary and selection clipboards nnoremap yf :!echo -n %c:p | xsel --input --primary %i && \ echo -n %c:p | xsel --clipboard --input %i endif endif " Mappings for faster renaming nnoremap I cw nnoremap cc cw nnoremap A cw " As above, but without the file extension " nnoremap I cW " nnoremap cc cW " nnoremap A cW " Open console in current directory if $DISPLAY && executable('xterm') nnoremap ,t :!xterm & elseif $TERMINAL nnoremap ,t :!$TERMINAL & endif " Open editor to edit vifmrc and apply settings after returning to vifm nnoremap ,c :write | edit $MYVIFMRC | restart full " Open gvim to edit vifmrc if $DISPLAY && executable('gvim') nnoremap ,C :!gvim --remote-tab-silent $MYVIFMRC & endif " Toggle wrap setting on ,w key nnoremap ,w :set wrap! " Example of standard two-panel file managers mappings nnoremap :!less %f nnoremap :edit nnoremap :copy nnoremap :move nnoremap :mkdir nnoremap :delete " Midnight commander alike mappings " Open current directory in the other pane nnoremap :sync " Open directory under cursor in the other pane nnoremap :sync %c " Swap panes nnoremap x " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ " Various customization examples " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ " Use ag (the silver searcher) instead of grep " set grepprg='ag --line-numbers %i %a %s' " Add additional place to look for executables " let $PATH = $HOME.'/bin/fuse:'.$PATH " Block particular shortcut " nnoremap " Export IPC name of current instance as environment variable and use it to " communicate with the instance later. " " It can be used in some shell script that gets run from inside vifm, for " example, like this: " vifm --server-name "$VIFM_SERVER_NAME" --remote +"cd '$PWD'" " " let $VIFM_SERVER_NAME = v:servername " Activate screen/tmux support " screen! " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ " Icon decorations example " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ " https://github.com/cirala/vifm_devicons