VIFM(1)                     General Commands Manual                    VIFM(1)

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 with-
       out having to learn a new set of commands.

OPTIONS
       vifm starts in the current directory unless it is given a different di-
       rectory 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  charac-
              ter.

       --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.

       --plugins-dir <path>
              Additional  plugins  directory (can appear multiple times).  The
              last one added has the highest priority.

       --logging[=<startup log path>]
              Log  some  operational  details  to  $XDG_DATA_HOME/vifm/log  or
              $VIFM/log.   If  the  optional startup log path is specified and
              permissions allow one to open it for writing,  then  logging  of
              early  initialization  (before configuration directories are de-
              termined) 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 +<com-
              mand>  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 dou-
              ble 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.  In addition  to  that  Escape  also  aborts
              waiting  for  more  input when the current input is insufficient
              for determining the shortcut.

       Ctrl-L clear and redraw the screen.  Can also reload file list  in  ap-
              propriate modes (like normal and visual).

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 di-
              rectory 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  be-
              low.

       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 descrip-
              tion.

       $      move cursor to the last column.  See  'lsview'  option  descrip-
              tion.

       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 or column right (in transposed ls-like
              view).

       Ctrl-Y scroll  pane  one  line up or column left (in transposed ls-like
              view).

Pane manipulation
       Second character can be entered with or without Control key.

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

       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 _  com-
       mands  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  direc-
              tion 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 direc-
              tion 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' op-
       tions 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 a search and go to
       a matching item can reset existing selection in normal mode.  It hap-
       pens when there are no prior search results (i.e., no files with high-
       lighting of the matched part), otherwise the selection is left as is.
       Resetting search matches in any way (like running :nohlsearch or press-
       ing Escape) will force the search next time n/N is pressed and cause
       matching files to be selected.

       See also "Regular expressions" section.


       [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 'dot-
           files' 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 append-
       ing a slash to a directory name before testing whether it matches the
       filter. Examples:


         " filter directories which names end with '.files'
         :filter /^.*\.files\/$/

         " filter files which names end with '.d'
         :filter {*.d}

         " filter files and directories which names end with '.o'
         :filter /^.*\.o\/?$/

       See also "Regular expressions" and "Patterns" sections.

       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 ex-
              cludes that sub-tree.  For compare views zd hides group of adja-
              cent  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  auto-
              matically 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]  modi-
              fies range.

       Ctrl-O go  backwards through directory history of current view.  Nonex-
              istent 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 pos-
              sible for better performance.  As  a  special  case  calculating
              size of ".." entry results in calculation of size of current di-
              rectory.

       gA     like  ga,  but  force  update.   Ignores old values of directory
              sizes.

       If file under cursor is selected, each selected item is processed, oth-
       erwise 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 into visual mode for updating current selection, any existing
              selection is preserved.

       gv     go into visual mode restoring last selection.

       [reg]gs
              if  register  is present, then all files listed in that register
              that are visible in current view are selected.

              When no register is specified, restore the last selection  saved
              for  this  view  (similar to what gv does for visual mode selec-
              tion).  When you leave a directory, its saved selection  is  re-
              membered for that path and visiting the directory again restores
              it.   Selection  for up to 10 distinct file-system locations are
              remembered.

       gu<selector>
              make names of selected files lowercase.

       [count]guu and [count]gugu
              make names of [count] files starting from the current one lower-
              case.  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 upper-
              case.  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 argu-
              ments.

       cW     change WORD is used to change only name of file (without  exten-
              sion).

       cl     change  link  target.  If multiple files are selected, an editor
              is spawn to edit paths.

       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(s) [count] times.

       [reg][count]dd
              move  files  to trash directory if 'trash' option is set, other-
              wise delete them permanently.  See "Trash directory" section be-
              low.

              When "s" is present in 'cpoptions', operates on  selected  files
              or, in the absence of selection, the current one.  When the flag
              isn't set, always operates on the current file only.

       [reg]d[count]<selector>
              like dd, but accepts motions/selectors.

       [count]DD or D[count]<selector>
              like  dd and d<selector>, but always omits trash directory (even
              when 'trash' option is set).  Affected by  "s"  flag  in  'cpop-
              tions'.

       [reg][count]Y or [reg][count]yy
              yank files.

              When  "s"  is present in 'cpoptions', operates on selected files
              or, in the absence of selection, the current one.  When the flag
              isn't set, always operates on the current file only.

       [reg]y[count]<selector>
              yank files specified by motion/selector.

       [reg]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" and "File copying" sections below.

       [reg]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 im-
              portant  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.

       [reg]al
              put symbolic links with absolute paths.

       [reg]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
              entries of the other pane equal to the current one.  If at least
              one file is selected, the command processes selection, otherwise
              current file.
              The semantics is as follows:
               - nothing is done for identical entries
               - if file is missing in current view, its pair gets removed
               - if file is missing or differs in other view, it'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 the previous selected entry or do nothing.

       ]s     go to the next selected entry or do nothing.

       [S     same as [s, but wraps.

       ]S     same as ]s, but wraps.

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
              downward.

Registers
       vifm  supports  multiple  registers  to temporary store lists of yanked
       and/or deleted files.

       Registers are specified by pressing double quote key followed by a reg-
       ister name before typing a command.  Count is specified after a  regis-
       ter  name.   By default commands use unnamed register, which has double
       quote as its name.

       Though all commands accept registers, most commands  ignore  them  (for
       example,  H  or  Ctrl-U).   Other  commands fill a register, append new
       files to it or use it as a source of list of files.

       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 a named register (a-z and A-Z)  is  used,
       unnamed register is updated to contain the same list of files.

       _  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.   Low-
       ercase  registers  are cleared before adding new files, while uppercase
       ones aren't and should be used to append new files to the existing file
       list of a corresponding lowercase register (A for a, B for b, ...).

       Registers contain each  file  at  most  once.   Nonexistent  files  are
       dropped  from  them.  In particular, registers can be changed on :empty
       command if they include files under trash directory (see "Trash  direc-
       tory" section below).

       Example:

         "a2yy

       puts names of two files to register a (and to the unnamed register),

         "Add

       removes one file and appends 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 multi-
       plied. 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").   Con-
       trary  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
       status bar to know which one is currently active):

         - append - amend selection by selecting elements in selection region;

         - remove  -  amend selection by deselecting elements in selection re-
           gion;

         - invert - amend selection by inverting selection of elements in  se-
           lection 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 accept-
       ing 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 selec-
              tion), 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.

       cl     change target of symbolic link(s).

       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 simi-
              lar 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 con-
              structed 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  oc-
              currence).

       [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: com-
       mand, 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  op-
       tion.

       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 on editing of a :command,  com-
              plete file names in file name prompts, move cursor onto the next
              search  match  in  file  search prompt (including in navigation)
              when 'incsearch' is set.

       Shift-Tab
              complete in reverse order or move cursor onto the previous  file
              search match.

       Ctrl-_ stop completion and restore 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 cur-
              rent command-line.

       Ctrl-] trigger abbreviation expansion.

       Ctrl-R =
              insert result of evaluating an expression.  Expression is to  be
              entered  via  nested  command-line  prompt  (where this key does
              nothing).  Expansion of an erroneous expression is empty.

Fast navigation
       In order to streamline navigation through directory tree, you can enter
       a special form of command-line mode from search or local filter prompt.
       Once activated, pressing Enter opens currently selected  directory  and
       clears  the  prompt  in anticipation of the next component of the path.
       If entry under the cursor is a file, it is opened and the mode is  fin-
       ished.

       This  behaviour  is embedded in a command-line mode, but doesn't update
       input histories nor expands abbreviations and  redefines  some  of  the
       mode's  mappings  for the purpose of faster navigation through the file
       system rather than command-line editing.  When on,  prompt  gets  "nav"
       prefix.

       You can enable this behaviour on search by default via a mapping like:

           nnoremap / /<c-y>


       Ctrl-Y enter  navigation  mode.  Works only for search and local filter
              started from a normal mode and  only  when  'incsearch'  is  set
              ('wrapscan' is also nice to have set for search).

       Ctrl-Y return to a regular command-line mode.

       Enter, Right
              either  enter  a  directory under the cursor without leaving the
              mode and clear the prompt or  leave  the  mode  for  files.   If
              'navoptions'  specifies  "open:all"  a  file under the cursor is
              opened after leaving the mode.

       Ctrl-O, Left
              go to parent directory.

       Ctrl-J leave the mode without undoing cursor position or filter state.

       Ctrl-N, Down
              move view cursor down.

       Ctrl-P, Up
              move view cursor up.

       Page Down
              scroll view down.

       Page Up
              scroll view up.

       Home   move view cursor to the first item.

       End    move view cursor to the last item.

Pasting special values
       The shortcuts listed below insert specified values into current  cursor
       position.  Last key of every shortcut references value that it inserts:
         - c - [c]urrent file
         - d - [d]irectory path
         - e - [e]xtension of a file name
         - r - [r]oot part of a file name
         - t - [t]ail part of directory path

         - a - [a]utomatic filter
         - m - [m]anual filter
         - = - local filter, which is bound to "=" in normal mode

       Values related to filelist in current pane are available through Ctrl-X
       prefix,  while  values  from  the other pane have doubled Ctrl-X key as
       their prefix (doubled Ctrl-X is presumably easier to type  than  upper-
       case  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  ac-
              tive 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 inac-
              tive 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  speci-
       fied  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 Vi-
       sual modes using q:, q/ and q? commands.

       Temporary file created for the purpose of editing the line has the fol-
       lowing 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  com-
       ment.  Not all commands support inline comments as it's not always pos-
       sible to identify one unambiguously:

         - the syntax conflicts with names of registers

         - the syntax conflicts with quoting arguments to commands

         - mapping/abbreviation  commands  can  expand  to arbitrary sequences
           which can look like a comment without being one

       Most of the commands have two forms: complete and the short one.  Exam-
       ple:

         :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;

         - :view command;

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

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

       '|' 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 es-
       caped:

           :[range]!
           :amap
           :anoremap
           :autocmd
           :cabbrev
           :cmap
           :cnoreabbrev
           :cnoremap
           :command
           :dmap
           :dnoremap
           :filetype
           :fileviewer
           :filextype
           :keepsel
           :map
           :mmap
           :mnoremap
           :nmap
           :nnoremap
           :noremap
           :normal
           :qmap
           :qnoremap
           :vmap
           :vnoremap
           :wincmd
           :windo
           :wingo
           :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 edi-
              tor.  "!" 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 argu-
              ment list.

       :[range]alink[!?] -skip ...
              see "-skip parameter" section below.

                                                :apropos

       :apropos keyword...
              create a menu of items returned by the apropos command.  Select-
              ing an item in the menu opens corresponding man  page.   By  de-
              fault  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  direc-
              tory level)
                -  **  -  matches any character (i.e., can match path of arbi-
              trary 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  combina-
              tion.
              {event}  and  {pat} can be omitted to list all autocommands.  To
              list any autocommands for specific pattern one can use *  place-
              holder 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 bookmark-
              ing 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 ac-
              cepted in rhs of mappings (see "Mappings" section  below).   Ab-
              breviations are expanded non-recursively.

                                                :call

       :cal[l] {function}([{expr1}, ...])
              invoke a {function} discarding its return value.
              Unlike in Vim, a call expression followed by trailing characters
              is not invoked.

                                                :chistory

       :chi[story]
              display  menu  of  saved menus.  See "Menus and dialogs" section
              for controls, also see "Menus history" section.

                                                :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 expan-
              sion.

                                                :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 argu-
              ment 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 punctua-
              tion 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 re-
              cursively.

                                                :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  cor-
              responding  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 di-
              rectory  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  argu-
              ment  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 re-
              mains 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"  sec-
              tion 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 pre-
              cedes 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 syn-
              tax 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 ex-
              ample:

                " 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 | withicase | withrcase |
                  showidentical  |  showdifferent  | showuniqueleft | showuni-
              queright]...
              compare files in one or two views according  to  the  arguments.
              The default is "bycontents listall ofboth grouppaths showidenti-
              cal showdifferent showuniqueleft showuniqueright".  See "Compare
              views"  section below for details.  Diff structure is incompati-
              ble with alternative representations, so values of 'lsview'  and
              'millerview' options are ignored.

       :compare! (showidentical | showdifferent | showuniqueleft |
                   showuniqueright)...   this  invocation form works only when
              compare view is active and results in redoing  of  the  previous
              :compare with toggled state of the passed in options.

                                                :copen

       :cope[n]
              reopens  the  last  visible menu that has navigation to files by
              default, if any.  See also "Menus history" section.

                                                :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

       :[range]co[py][!?] -skip ...[ &]
              see "-skip parameter" below.

       Also see "File copying" section below.

                                                :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" sec-
              tion for controls.

                                                :echo

       :ec[ho] [<expr>...]
              evaluate  each  argument  as an expression and output them sepa-
              rated 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 environ-
              ment variables are expanded.

                                                :else

       :el[se]
              execute commands until next matching :endif if all other  condi-
              tions 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  di-
              rectories (see "Trash directory" section below).  Trash directo-
              ries  which are specified via %r and/or %u also get deleted com-
              pletely.  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  sepa-
              rated  by  a space to get a single string which is then executed
              as a command-line command.  See help on :let command for a defi-
              nition 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.   Associ-
              ated  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 asso-
              ciation when  the  default  isn't  found.   When  program  entry
              doesn't  contain any of vifm macros, name of current file is ap-
              pended 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 "Au-
              tomatic  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"  sec-
              tion  below  for  pattern definition and "Selection" section for
              how selection is handled.  See also "Automatic FUSE mounts" sec-
              tion 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 Win-
              dows), 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 dis-
              played 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 se-
              lected  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.   Ig-
              nores 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  re-
              quest inversion of search (look for lines that do not match pat-
              tern).  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  al-
              tering 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 mo-
              ment.

       :hi[ghlight] clear
              reset all highlighting to builtin defaults and removed all file-
              name-specific rules.

       :hi[ghlight] clear ( {pat1,pat2,...} | /regexp/ )
              remove specified rule.

       :hi[ghlight] ( group-name | column:name | {pat1,pat2,...} | /regexp/ )
              display information on given highlight group or file  name  pat-
              tern of color scheme used in the active view.

       :hi[ghlight] ( group-name | column:name | {pat1,pat2,...} | /reg-
       exp/[iI] ) cterm=style | ctermfg=color | ctermbg=color | gui=style |
       guifg=color | guibg=color
              set style (cterm, gui), foreground (ctermfg, guifg) and/or back-
              ground  (ctermbg,  guibg)  parameters of highlight group or file
              name pattern for color scheme used in the active view.

       Group names, style values and color names are case  insensitive.   Note
       that  this  doesn't include column names as that would make builtin and
       custom columns indistinguishable.

       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  'tab-
       scope')
        - 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
        - WildBox - color of the wild menu
        - WildMenu - color of the selected wild menu item
        - 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
        - CmpUnmatched - comparison file entry that has no pair in  the  other
       pane
        -  CmpBlank  - entry placeholder in a compare view, paired with CmpUn-
       matched
        - User1..User20 - 20 colors which can  be  used  via  %*  'statusline'
       macro

       Column  names  match  names  of columns of |vifm-'viewcolumns'| option,
       which in turn are based on values of |vifm-'sort'| and  custom  columns
       added  from  Lua.   Regardless  of the source, columns are specified as
       "column:{name}", for example:

         highlight column:fileext ctermfg=red

       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  par-
       ent in group hierarchy (see below) instead of replacing them
        - none

       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  components are in the range 0x00 to 0xff (for guifg and
       guibg)

       Light versions of colors are regular colors with bold attribute set au-
       tomatically 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 nu-
       merical 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 DarkOliveG-
       reen1_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  LightGolden-
       rod2_2
        50  Cyan2                  136  DarkGoldenrod         222 LightGolden-
       rod2_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  at-
       tribute.  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  back-
       ground  colors  independently, but for consistency with terminal emula-
       tors this is available only implicitly by using light versions of  col-
       ors.  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 de-
       pends 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 ter-
       minal  (on  *nixes  it  can  also  be  set  via  X   resources),   e.g.
       xterm-256color.  One can find list of available terminal names by list-
       ing  /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 translat-
       ing via a builtin palette.

       Here is the hierarchy of highlight groups, which you need to  know  for
       using transparency:
         JobLine
         SuggestBox
         StatusLine
           WildBox
             WildMenu
           User1..User20
         Border
         CmdLine
           ErrorMsg
         Win
           OtherWin
             AuxWin
               OddLine
                 Column highlights
                   File name specific highlights
                     Directory
                     Link
                     BrokenLink
                     HardLink
                     Socket
                     Device
                     Fifo
                     Executable
                       CmpMismatch
                       CmpUnmatched
                       CmpBlank
                         Selected
                           CurrLine
                             LineNr (in active pane)
                           OtherLine
                             LineNr (in inactive pane)
         TopLine
           TopLineSel
             TabLineSel (for pane tabs)
               User1..User20
         TabLine
           TabLineSel
             User1..User20

       "none"  means  default terminal color for highlight groups at the first
       level of the hierarchy and transparency for all others.

       Here file name specific highlights mean those configured via globs ({})
       or regular expressions (//).  At most one of them is applied  per  file
       entry,  namely  the first that matches file name, hence order of :high-
       light 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 renam-
              ing).
                fi[lter]  or = show local filter history (see  description  of
              the "=" normal mode command).
                e[xprreg]       show expression register history (see descrip-
              tion of Ctrl+R = in command-line mode).
                mc[md]         show command-line history of menus.
              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 ex-
              pected.

                                                :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.  An error during evalu-
              ation of {expr1} results in not taking any conditional  branches
              (not  even  an  else-branch).  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.

                                                :keepsel

       :keepsel [command...]
              preserve  selection  during some :command by default.  Note that
              this doesn't save and restore selection to preserve it no matter
              what, but precludes its clearing at the end  of  a  command  and
              thus won't help if selection is cleared explicitly during opera-
              tion.

              Example:

                :keepsel view

                                                :let

       :let $ENV_VAR = <expr>
              set an environment variable.  Warning: setting environment vari-
              able 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 al-
              ready  built),  which can be customized by altering value of the
              'locateprg' option.  See "Menus and dialogs"  section  for  con-
              trols.

       :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 com-
              mand for active terminal multiplexer, thus the list is not  han-
              dled 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 con-
              tain duplicates.  See "Menus and dialogs" section for controls.

                                                :mark

       :[range]ma[rk][?] x [/full/dir/path [filename]]
              set mark x (a-zA-Z0-9) at /full/dir/path and filename.   By  de-
              fault current file in current directory is used.  If no filename
              was given and /full/dir/path is current directory, then the last
              file  of  the  [range] is used.  Question mark stops the command
              from overwriting an existing mark.  Macros and environment vari-
              ables are expanded.

                                                :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 over-
              write.

       :[range]m[ove][!?] -skip ...[ &]
              see "-skip parameter" section below.

                                                :nohlsearch

       :noh[lsearch]
              clear selection in current pane.

                                                :normal

       :norm[al][!] commands
              execute normal mode commands.  If "!" is used, user defined map-
              pings 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) be-
              fore it.

                                                :only

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

                                                :open

       :[range]o[pen]
              open current file, selection or files in the range as  if  Enter
              was pressed.

                                                :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  con-
              trols.

                                                :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 in-
              stead 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.

                                                :regedit

       :rege[dit] [{reg}]
              edit register contents using external editor. If {reg} is  omit-
              ted,  unnamed  register will be edited by default.  Edited paths
              are normalized (no extra `.`, `..`, `/`, etc.) and all  relative
              paths  are  treated  as starting in the directory of the current
              view.

                                                :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 in-
              stance).  Session that wasn't yet stored gets reset.

              While many things get reset, some basic UI state and current lo-
              cations are preserved, including tabs.

       :restart full
              variation of :restart that makes no  attempt  to  preserve  any-
              thing.

                                                :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 argu-
              ment list.  "!" forces overwrite.

       :[range]rlink[!?] -skip ...[ &]
              see "-skip parameter" section below.

                                                :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.  Start-
              ing 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 en-
              abled.

       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  ab-
              solute ones beforehand.

       :[range]select! [{pattern}]
              same  as above, but resets previously selected items before pro-
              ceeding.

                                                :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 quitting the application in usual ways.  Sets v:session.

       :session -
              switch  to a previous session if it still exists (wasn't removed
              or detached from without saving).

                                                :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 op-
              tion^=x
               - for charset options - option=x, option+=x, option-=x and  op-
              tion^=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  op-
              tions.

                                                :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  cur-
              rent  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 se-
              lect  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 con-
              trols.

                                                :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  al-
              lowed.

       :sync! change the other pane to the current pane directory and synchro-
              nize  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 corre-
              sponding properties of the current  pane.   Arguments  have  the
              following meanings:

                - location - current directory of the pane;

                - cursorpos - cursor position (doesn't make sense without "lo-
                  cation");

                - localopts - all local options;

                - filters - all filters;

                - filelist  -  list  of  files for custom view (implies "loca-
                  tion");

                - 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 up-
              date 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  char-
              acter.

                                                :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  direc-
              tory.

                                                :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 au-
              tomatically 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][!] {var}...
              remove  one  or more environment (`$VAR`) or global (`g:global`)
              variables.  Use "!" to omit displaying warnings  about  nonexis-
              tent 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  */`  unse-
              lects 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  con-
              tents).  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 di-
              rectory 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).

                                                :wingo

       :wingo {id} [{substr}]
              navigate to a view by its id number.  The {substr} part is  used
              for  completion (can be any number of words, only leading white-
              space is removed).  The view will  become  the  current  one  by
              switching  to  the corresponding tab and pane.  Matching is case
              sensitive substring search in view title  or  its  full  current
              path (with `~` expanded regardless of any settings).

       :wingo {substr}
              this  form  navigates  to  a view that is uniquely identified by
              {substr} or errors.  The form will not be used if the first word
              of {substr} is a valid number that starts with a digit (i.e., no
              `+` or `-` in front).

                                                :winrun

       :winrun type [command...]
              execute command for pane(s), which is determined by  type  argu-
              ment:
                - ^ - 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.


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

       :amap lhs rhs
              map lhs to rhs in navigation mode.

       :cm[ap] lhs rhs
              map lhs to rhs in command line mode.

       :dm[ap] lhs rhs
              map lhs to rhs in dialog modes.

       :mm[ap] lhs rhs
              map lhs to rhs in menu mode.

       :nm[ap] lhs rhs
              map lhs to rhs in normal mode.

       :qm[ap] lhs rhs
              map lhs to rhs in view mode.

       :vm[ap] lhs rhs
              map lhs to rhs in visual mode.


                                                :*map

       :amap  list all maps in navigation mode.

       :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

       :amap beginning
              list all maps in navigation mode that start with the beginning.

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

       :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.

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

       :anoremap lhs rhs
              map the key sequence lhs to rhs for navigation mode,  but  don't
              expand user mappings in rhs.

       :cno[remap] lhs rhs
              map the key sequence lhs to rhs for command line mode, but don't
              expand user mappings in rhs.

       :dn[oremap] lhs rhs
              map  the key sequence lhs to rhs for dialog modes, but don't ex-
              pand 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 ex-
              pand 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 ex-
              pand 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.

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

       :aunmap lhs
              remove user mapping of lhs from navigation mode.

       :cu[nmap] lhs
              remove user mapping of lhs from command line mode.

       :du[nmap] lhs
              remove user mapping of lhs from dialog modes.

       :mu[nmap] lhs
              remove user mapping of lhs from menu mode.

       :nun[map] lhs
              remove user mapping of lhs from normal mode.

       :qun[map] lhs
              remove user mapping of lhs from view mode.

       :vu[nmap] lhs
              remove user mapping of lhs from visual mode.

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 parameters
       Some  of  the  command-line  commands  accept parameters in the form of
       `-paramname`.  Arguments of such commands can be split into two groups:
       parameters and positional arguments.  Items from the two groups  cannot
       be interleaved and parameters always come first.  List of parameters is
       terminated  implicitly  by the first argument that doesn't start with a
       dash ("-") or explicitly via "--" separator (needs to be a separate ar-
       gument), which is just discarded.  These strict rules  allow  arbitrary
       positional arguments, such as file names that start with a dash.


       -skip parameter
              This  parameter  makes :copy, :move, :alink and :rlink automati-
              cally skip source files that already exist  at  the  destination
              rather than refusing to perform the operation.

Command macros
       The command macros may be used in user commands.

       %a     User  arguments.   When  user arguments contain macros, they are
              expanded before performing 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 or the current file, but  see  "Selec-
              tion" section below.

       %F %"F Same as %f, %"f, but for the inactive pane.

       %l %"l List  of selected files.  Unlike %f from above, this is only for
              explicit selection (i.e., not via a range) and is  empty  if  no
              files are selected.

       %L %"L Same as %l, %"l, but for the inactive pane.

       %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  com-
              mand.

       %IU    Same  as  %U, but gives up terminal before running external com-
              mand.

       %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.

       %N     Do not detach viewer from  terminal  session  (keeps  `/dev/tty`
              available)  or  process  group  (keeps the command in the set of
              foreground clients of the terminal).  This flag is a  workaround
              for  rare  commands/terminals which might need a working TTY for
              :fileviewer command to operate correctly and has no effect  oth-
              erwise.

       %i     Run in background and suppress error dialogs, but collect errors
              internally  for  viewing via :jobs menu.  This macro doesn't de-
              tach the command from terminal session (`/dev/tty`) on its  own,
              add " &" to leave the command without access to the terminal.

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

       %Pz    Same as %Pl, 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 pre-
              view 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 ter-
              minal state.

       %pu    Uncached  preview.   Intended  to be used for commands that just
              send file path somewhere for preview.

       The following dimensions and coordinates are in characters:

       %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 in the command will
       take effect.

       Note that %Pl and %Pz are mutually exclusive.  Only  the  last  one  of
       them in the command will take effect.

       Note  that a previewer containing %pd is considered a pass-through pre-
       viewer, otherwise a previewer containing both %px and %py is considered
       to be a graphical previewer, the rest are treated as text previewers.

       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 de-
       scription.

       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 relative paths, while %C and %F are
       always expanded to full paths.  The same applies to %f and  %F  implic-
       itly used by %b.

       :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 direc-
       tory.

       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 background-
       ing:

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

Command backgrounding
       File system operations can take a lot of time to proceed.   That's  why
       vifm  supports backgrounding them.  To run :copy, :move or :delete com-
       mand in background just append " &" to it.

       For each background operation a new thread is created.   Job  cancella-
       tion can be requested in the :jobs menu via dd shortcut.

       You  can  check if a command is still running in the :jobs menu.  Back-
       grounded commands have progress instead of process id at the  beginning
       of the line.

       Background operations cannot be undone.

       See "File copying" section below.

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 a set of operations is cancelled (e.g. copying of 5th  file
       of  10 files), further operations are cancelled too.  In this case undo
       history will contain only actually performed operations.

       Cancelled operations are indicated by "(cancelled)" suffix appended  to
       information message on status bar.

       File system operations

       Currently  the  following  commands  can  be cancelled: :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 a notification on the sta-
       tus bar is shown.

       External application calls

       Each of these operations can be cancelled: :apropos, :find, :grep, :lo-
       cate.

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, oth-
       erwise 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.  Consis-
       tency 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 nat-
       ural  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`/`%"c` and/or `%C`/`%"C`
             - include neither `%f`/`%"f` nor `%F`/`%"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.  Directory paths get an implicit trailing slash
       on matching against a pattern, keep that in mind for globs  or  regular
       expressions that end with `$`.

       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 pat-
       tern 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 de-
       scription 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  explic-
       itly if the pattern should match the whole name or path.

       Patterns with globs

       "Globs"  section below provides short overview of globs and some impor-
       tant 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/` di-
       rectory (excluding its subdirectories):

         :filextype //^/home/user/downloads/[^/]*.pdf$// evince %f


Regular expressions
       All regular expressions are modern/extended.  See  `man  7  regex`  for
       more details on what's supported.

       The following special sequences are additionally parsed:
        - `\c` forces matching ignoring case of letters
        - `\C` forces matching respecting case of letters

       `\c`  and `\C` have the highest priority in determining whether case is
       matched or not and exist  to  override  'ignorecase',  'smartcase'  and
       `i`/`I` flags when necessary.

       If  multiple  sequences  are present, the one which appears later takes
       precedence.

       Note that unlike in Vim character classes are affected by settings  and
       sequences that control case sensitivity in regular expressions.

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  sym-
       bol.

       `*`  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 char-
       acter class matches against any of characters listed in it.  For  exam-
       ple

         :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 negation
       and the `-` symbol to set a range.  `^` and `!` should appear right af-
       ter 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 sin-
       gle digit in their name.

       If you need to include literal comma, which 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 ex-
              ception 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, spe-
              cific for a particular *prg option, and %% sequence for  insert-
              ing  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.

       'autocd'
              type: boolean
              default: false
              When enabled unknown command-line commands  are  interpreted  as
              implicit  invocation  of  :cd with one argument and no escaping.
              Tilde is expanded, but not macros or environment variables.

       '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 cur-
              sor 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 com-
              mand.  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 cur-
              sor 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  ele-
              ments  are present, the behaviour is default (depends on operat-
              ing 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" com-
              mand 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  (mind  that  directory names have an implicit trailing
              slash).  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  {pre-
              fix}  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  en-
              ables behaviour of older versions of vifm.  Flags:
               - f - when included, running :filter command results in not in-
              verted  (matching  files  are  filtered out) and :filter! in in-
              verted (matching files are left) filter, when  omitted,  meaning
              of the exclamation mark changes to the opposite;
               -  s - when included, yy, Y, dd and DD normal mode commands act
              on selection if there is any, otherwise they operate on the cur-
              rent file; when omitted, those commands always  operate  on  the
              current file;
               -  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 se-
              quence 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  regard-
              less 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 com-
              mands 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
                hborder:c    ''         middle horizontal border
                millersep:c  ''         separator of miller columns
                vborder:c     '  '        left, middle and right vertical bor-
              ders

              An empty string for millersep or  vborder  is  equivalent  to  a
              space.

              An empty string for hborder omits the horizontal border.

              Example:

                set fillchars=vborder:".",hborder:"",millersep:"|"

       'findprg'
              type: string
              default: "find %s %a"
              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 ap-
              pended 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 es-
              caped version of the arguments

              Starting with Windows Server 2003 a `where`  command  is  avail-
              able.  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/vifm | $VIFM)/fuse/"
              Directory  to  be  used as a root dir for FUSE mounts.  Value of
              the option can contain  environment  variables  (in  form  "$en-
              vname"), which will be expanded (prepend it with a slash to pre-
              vent expansion).  The value should expand to an absolute path.

              If  you change this option, vifm won't remount anything.  It af-
              fects 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,  spe-
              cific  for a particular *prg option, and %% sequence for insert-
              ing percent sign literally.  This option should include  the  %i
              macro  to specify placement of "-v" string when inversion of re-
              sults is requested, %a or %A macro to specify placement of argu-
              ments 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_sil-
              ver_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 di-
              rectory 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 situa-
              tions when cursor is positioned automatically.

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

       vifm-'hloptions'
              type: string list
              default: "filehi:onerow"
              Configures behaviour of highlighting.

                item        default
                filehi:str  onerow

              The "filehi" item specifies which columns of the view  get  col-
              ored according to file type and its name:
               -  path     -  highlight  columns that display file path, name,
              root or extension
               - onerow  - same as "path" and also highlight  all  columns  of
              the current line
               - allrows - highlight all columns of each row

       '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 de-
              tailed 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: datasync
              Controls  details  of file operations.  The following values are
              available:
               - datasync - periodically synchronize writes on  copying  files
              when  'syscalls' is set.  (This makes copying last as long as it
              takes to actually write data to the medium, which is slower than
              you might expect; however, this also prevents system hanging due
              to filling memory with file-system cache.)
               - fastfilecloning - perform fast file cloning  (copy-on-write),
              when available (available on Linux and btrfs file system).

       '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,  spe-
              cific  for a particular *prg option, and %% sequence for insert-
              ing 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 in-
              stalled)
                       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 pro-
              vided)
               - mount-point= - specifies a mount point (can be absent or  ap-
              pear more than once)

              All  other  lines are ignored.  Each `device=` starts a new sec-
              tion 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
                columncount   fixed number of columns to display or 0
                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 descrip-
              tion.  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 takes three values: dirs (only directo-
              ries), files (only files) or all.  Neither value enables preview
              of 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  be-
              tween 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.

       'mouse'
              type: charset
              default: ""

              Contains a sequence of single-character flags:
               - a - all supported modes (a shorthand for all the rest and fu-
              ture additions)
               - c - command-line mode (includes navigation mode)
               - m - menu mode
               - n - normal mode
               - q - view mode
               - v - visual mode

       'navoptions'
              type: string list
              default: "open:dirs"

              Configures behaviour of navigation mode.

                item      default
                open:str  dirs

              The "open" item specifies what  file-system  objects  should  be
              opened on Enter and can take two values: dirs (only directories)
              or all.

       'number' 'nu'
              type: boolean
              default: false
              scope: local
              Print  line  number in front of each file name when 'lsview' op-
              tion 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 col-
              umn and view mode).

                item               default  meaning
                graphicsdelay:num  0        delay before drawing graphics (mi-
              croseconds)
                hardgraphicsclear  unset    redraw screen to get rid of graph-
              ics
                maxtreedepth:num    0         max  number of levels in preview
              tree
                toptreestats       unset    show file counts before the tree

              graphicsdelay is needed if terminal requires some timeout before
              it can draw graphics (otherwise it gets lost).

              hardgraphicsclear seems to be necessary  to  get  rid  of  sixel
              graphics  in  some  terminals, where it otherwise lingers.  This
              can cause flicker on the screen due to erasure followed  by  re-
              drawing.

              0  for maxtreedepth means "unlimited", 1 will only show selected
              directory, 2 adds its children, and so forth.

              Default value is used when item is missing from the option.

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

              External command to be used instead of preview programs  config-
              ured 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 sup-
              ported:
               %=  - 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), al-
              ways 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  cur-
              sor.   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 com-
              pletely discarded, instead it's merged with the state of a  ses-
              sion  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 ses-
              sion.  You can't even run such a shell in background.   Consider
              writing  a wrapper for your shell that preloads aliases and com-
              mands 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 Power-
              Shell due to the internal use of `-encodedCommand`.

       'shortmess' 'shm'
              type: charset
              default: "p"
              Contains a sequence of single-character flags.   Each  flag  en-
              ables  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 cre-
              ated 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 con-
              sider.
                                {not  set}     Precision of 1 for integer part
              < 10,
                                              0 otherwise (provides old behav-
              iour).
                  space         {present}     Insert space  before  unit  sym-
              bols.
                                              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 di-
              rectory (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 im-
              plicitly: 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 hap-
              pens 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 sort-
              ing 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 regu-
              lar 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  pre-
              vious versions.  Following macros are supported:

              - %N  -  line break (increases height of the status line accord-
                ingly), 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 'clas-
                sify')

              - %A - file attributes (permissions on  *nix  or  properties  on
                Windows)

              - %o  -  file permissions in octal form on *nix (nothing on Win-
                dows)

              - %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' or `expand('%d')`; a raw `}` can be inserted  as  `\}`
                (mind that the slash doesn't need to be doubled to be inserted
                literally)

              - %*  - resets or applies one of User1..User20 highlight groups;
                reset happens when width field is 0 or not specified,  one  of
                the groups gets picked when width field is in the range from 1
                to 20

              - all '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  de-
              fault), '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
              among  each other.  When several instances of vifm have this op-
              tion set to identical value, they automatically synchronize con-
              tents of their registers on operations which use them.

       'syscalls'
              type: boolean
              default: false
              When disabled, vifm will rely on external applications  to  per-
              form file-system operations, otherwise system calls are used in-
              stead  (much faster and supports progress tracking).  The option
              should eventually be removed.  Mostly *nix-like systems are  af-
              fected.

       'tablabel'
              type: string
              default: ""
              When non-empty and 'tabline' isn't set, determines format of the
              main part of a single tab's label.

              When  empty,  tab label is set to either tab name for named tabs
              or to view title (usually current path) for unnamed tabs.

              The following macros can appear in the  format  (see  below  for
              what a flag is):

              - %C       - flag of a current tab

              - %N       - number of the tab

              - %T       - flag of a tree mode

              - %c       - description of a custom view

              - %n       - name of the tab

              - %p       - path of the view (handles 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*-%20* - applies one of User1..User20 highlight groups

              In global tabs the view in bullets above refers to currently ac-
              tive view of that tab.

              Flag  macros  are a special kind of macros that always expand to
              an empty value and are meant to be used inside  optional  blocks
              to control their visibility.

              Optional  blocks are ignored unless at least one macro inside of
              them is expanded to a non-empty value or is a set flag macro.

                " %[(%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

       'tabline' 'tal'
              type: string
              default: ""
              When non-empty, determines format of the tab  line.   Note  that
              mouse clicks won't be handled when this option is non-empty.

              The following macros can appear in the format:

              - %*, %0*  - resets highlighting

              - %1*-%20* - applies one of User1..User20 highlight groups

       '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  strf-
              time" 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,$XDG_DATA_HOME/vifm/Trash,%r/.vifm-Trash"
                  or
                  "%r/.vifm-Trash-%u,$VIFM/Trash,%r/.vifm-Trash"
                on Windows:
                  "%r/.vifm-Trash,$XDG_DATA_HOME/vifm/Trash"
                  or
                  "%r/.vifm-Trash,$VIFM/vifm/Trash"
              List of trash directory path specifications, separated with com-
              mas.  Each list item either defines an absolute  path  to  trash
              directory or a path relative to a mount point root when list el-
              ement  starts with "%r/".  Value of the option can contain envi-
              ronment 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 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  direc-
              tory, but that implies cost of copying files between partitions.

              When  new file gets cut (deleted) vifm traverses each element of
              the option in the order of their appearance and uses first trash
              directory that  it  was  able  to  create  or  that  is  already
              writable.

              Default  value  tries to use trash directory per mount point and
              falls back to trash common trash directory on failure.

              Will attempt to create the directory if it does not exist.   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 vertical middle border to equalize view sizes.

              Each  pane  title contains the path of the listed directory.  If
              too large, the path is truncated on the left for the active pane
              and on the right for the other pane.  This can be modified with:

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

       'uioptions'
              type: set
              default:
              Tweaks UI behaviour.  The following values are available:
               - iodetails - show I/O progress  details  dialog  automatically
              instead  of  displaying progress on statusbar until user presses
              "i" to see the dialog.

       '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 pre-
              vent 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 in-
              side 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 for special ones like '< and '>
                 cs        - primary color scheme
                 dirstack  - directory stack (overwrites previous  stack,  un-
              less stack of
                             current instance is empty)
                 registers - registers content
                 savedirs  - last visited directory
                 state     - file name and dot filters and terminal multiplex-
              ers integration
                             state
                 tabs      - global or pane tabs
                 tui        -  state of the user interface (sorting, number of
              windows, quick
                             view state, active view)

                 chistory  - command line history
                 dhistory  - directory history
                 ehistory  - expression register history (see  description  of
              Ctrl+R =
                             in command-line mode)
                 fhistory   -  history of local filter (see description of the
              "=" normal mode
                             command)
                 mchistory - command line history of menus
                 phistory  - prompt history
                 shistory  - search history (/ and ? commands)

                 commands  - user defined commands (see :command  description)
              (obsolete)
                 filetypes - associated programs and viewers (obsolete)
                 options   - all options that can be set with the :set command
              (obsolete)

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

       'wildinc'
              type: string
              default: ""
              A  comma-separated  list  of  globs which defines what should be
              completed incrementally.  Currently, it can  only  be  :commands
              which  are  matched  with the colon in front of their name.  For
              such commands completion is always active and is displayed  even
              if there is only one completion item.  Examples:

                " for all :commands
                set wildinc=:*
                " only for these two
                set wildinc=:wingo,:bmgo

              See "Patterns" and "Globs" sections for more information on syn-
              tax.

       '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  charac-
              ters)
              Specifies  which  characters in command-line mode should be con-
              sidered as part of a word.  Value of the option  is  comma-sepa-
              rated  list of ranges.  If both endpoints of a range match, sin-
              gle 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
       A  user  mapping  like `nnoremap lhs rhs` defines a substitution of the
       left-hand-side (LHS)  with  the  right-hand-side  (RHS)  in  the  input
       stream.   A regular mapping (without "nore" in :command's name) expands
       recognized sequences in the RHS, while "*noremap" mapping always inter-
       prets RHS as if no user mappings were defined  and  each  key  has  its
       builtin  meaning.  In most cases you want to use noremap variant and if
       your RHS includes LHS, only noremap variant will work because recursion
       in a mapping is not allowed.

       In order to define a mapping determine in which mode you want to  acti-
       vate it and use an appropriate "*noremap" :command (e.g., :nnoremap for
       a  normal  mode mapping).  RHS doesn't have to limit itself to the mode
       in which the mapping was started and can span multiple modes.

       Map arguments

       LHS of mappings can be preceded by arguments which  take  the  form  of
       special sequences:

       <silent>
              Postpone UI updates until RHS is completely processed.

       <wait> In  case  of builtin mapping causing conflict for a user-defined
              mapping (e.g., `t` builtin to a partially  typed  `ta`  user-de-
              fined  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 spe-
       cial sequences that can be used in place of them.  They are:

       <cr>   Enter key.

       <esc>  Escape key.

       <space>
              Space key.

       <lt>   Less-than character (<).

       <nop>  provides a way to disable a mapping (by mapping it to <nop>).

       <bs>   Backspace key (see key conflict description below).

       <tab> <s-tab>
              Tabulation and Shift+Tabulation keys.

       <home> <end>
              Home/End.

       <left> <right> <up> <down>
              Arrow keys.

       <pageup> <pagedown>
              PageUp/PageDown.

       <del> <delete>
              Delete key.   <del>  and  <delete>  mean  different  codes,  but
              <delete> is more common.

       <insert>
              Insert key.

       <s-home> <s-end>
       <s-left> <s-right> <s-up> <s-down>
       <s-pageup> <s-pagedown>
       <s-delete> <s-insert>
               Shift  +  one  of the keys from above, if terminal and its ter-
               minfo supports it.

       <c-a>,<c-b>,...,<c-z>,<c-[>,<c->,<c-]>,<c-^>,<c-_>
              Control + some key (see key conflict description below).

       <c-@> {only for *nix}
              Control + Space.

       <a-a>,<a-b>,...,<a-z>
       <m-a>,<m-b>,...,<m-z>
       <a-0>,<a-1>,...,<a-9> {only for *nix}
       <m-0>,<m-1>,...,<m-9> {only for *nix}
               Alt + some key.

       <a-s-a>,<a-s-b>,...,<a-s-z> {only for *nix}
       <s-a-a>,<s-a-b>,...,<s-a-z> {only for *nix}
       <m-s-a>,<m-s-b>,...,<m-s-z> {only for *nix}
       <s-m-a>,<s-m-b>,...,<s-m-z> {only for *nix}
               Alt + Shift + some key.

       <a-c-a>,<a-c-b>,...,<a-c-z> {only for *nix}
       <m-c-a>,<m-c-b>,...,<m-c-z> {only for *nix}
               Alt + Ctrl + some key.

       <f0> - <f63>
              functional keys.  These also correspond to keys like <c-f1>  and
              can be used in their place.

       <c-f1> - <c-f12>
              functional keys with Control key pressed.

       <a-f1> - <a-f12>, <m-f1> - <m-f12>
              functional keys with Alt key pressed.

       <s-f1> - <s-f12>
              functional keys with Shift key pressed.

       Note that whether and how functional keys work might depend on the ter-
       minal and corresponding terminfo record.

       Note  that  due  to the way terminals process their input, several key-
       board keys might be mapped to single key code, for example:

         - <cr> and <c-m>;

         - <tab> and <c-i>;

         - <c-h> and <bs> and <del>;

         - etc.

       Most of the time they are defined consistently  and  don't  cause  sur-
       prises,  but  <c-h> and <bs> are treated differently in different envi-
       ronments (although they match each other all the time), that's why they
       correspond to different keys in vifm.  As a consequence, if you map <c-
       h> or <bs> be sure to repeat the mapping with the other one so that  it
       works  in all environments.  Alternatively, provide your mapping in one
       form and add one of the following:

         " if mappings with <c-h> in the LHS work
         map <c-h> <bs>
         " if mappings with <bs> in the LHS work
         map <bs> <c-h>

       Also sometimes neither of them might work and it's <del> key which cor-
       responds to your backspace (don't mind the name).

       Whitespace

       vifm removes whitespace characters at the beginning  and  end  of  com-
       mands.   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
                  g:var                   global variable
                  v:var                   builtin variable (read-only)
                  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  sub-
       traction

       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.'

       global variable
       ---------------
       g:var                 global variable

       A  typed  storage of data for use in scripting.  Can be created/removed
       dynamically (via :let and :unlet) and used in expressions.

       builtin variable
       ----------------
       v:var                 builtin variable

       Information exposed by vifm for use in scripting.  Such  variables  are
       predefined and read-only, but not necessarily constant.

       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.
       v:version
         version of the application as an integer.   Version  `x.y.z`  becomes
       number `x*100*100 + y*100 + z`, examples:
          - v0.14 (that is v0.14.0) is 1400 (leading zeroes omitted)
          - v1.0.2 is 10002
         Release  candidates aren't real releases, they report the number of a
       corresponding release.

       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.
       escape({string}, {chars})
                             String       Returns  {string}   after   escaping
       {chars} in it.
       executable({expr})     Integer     Checks whether {expr} command avail-
       able.
       expand({expr})        String      Expands special keywords in {expr}.
       extcached({cache}, {path}, {extcmd})
                             String      Caches output of {extcmd} per {cache}
       and
                                         {path} combination.
       filereadable({path})  Integer     Checks whether {expr} points to a
                                         non-directory that can be read.
       filetype({file} [, {resolve}])
                             String      Returns file type from position/path.
       fnameescape({expr})   String      Escapes {expr} for use in a :command.
       getpanetype()         String      Returns type of current pane.
       has({property})       Integer     Checks whether  instance  has  {prop-
       erty}.
       input({prompt} [, {initial} [, {completion}]])
                             String      Prompts user for an input on command-
       line.
       layoutis({type})       Integer      Checks  whether  layout  is of type
       {type}.
       paneisat({loc})       Integer     Checks whether  current  pane  is  at
       {loc}.
       selected()             Integer     Returns number of currently selected
       files.
       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)

       escape({string},{chars})

       Escapes  all occurrences of {chars} in the {string} by prepending slash
       (``) to them.  Note that the slash itself is not escaped unless it  ap-
       pears in {chars}.

       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 de-
       scribing 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}  (in  this  order).
       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')
         " full path to the current file with backslashes
         :echo expand('%c:p:gs!/!\!')

       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')) }"

       filereadable({path})

       Checks whether {path} exists and refers to a  non-directory  entry  and
       its permissions allow reading.  Returns boolean value describing result
       of the check.

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

       Checks type of a view's entry or of a file specified by its path.

       Parameter {file} can be of the following forms:
        - '.' 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
       (only if there are no characters other than "+-0123456789")
        - a path (prepend "./" to force interpretation of a number or '.' as a
       path)

       Optional parameter {resolve} is treated  as  a  boolean  and  specifies
       whether symbolic links should be resolved.

       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.

       fnameescape({expr})

       Escapes parameter to make it suitable for use as an argument of a :com-
       mand.  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 val-
       ues:
           regular      regular file listing of some directory
           custom       custom file list (%u)
           very-custom  very custom file list (%U)
           tree         tree view
           compare      compare view

       has({property})

       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 proper-
       ties are supported (anything else will yield 0):
           unix  runs in *nix-like environment (including Cygwin)
           win   runs on Windows
           #*    whether particular Lua handler exists

       Usage example:

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

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

       input({prompt} [, {initial} [, {completion}]])

       Creates a command-line prompt to obtain user's  input.   Initial  value
       can be supplied as an optional second parameter, otherwise empty string
       is used.

       Optional third parameter specifies kind of completion, which can be one
       of:
           dir   paths to directories
           file  paths to files and directories
           ""    (empty string, default) no completion

       Note that behaviour differs from Vim where executing a mapping like
         nnoremap j :echo input('text: ')<cr>input
       leaves  you in a prompt mode with "input" typed in.  Vifm will wait for
       leaving the prompt and then continue executing the mapping.

       Usage example:

         nnoremap ,m : let $DIR_NAME = input('mkdir: ', '', 'dir')
                    \| if $DIR_NAME != ''
                    \|     execute 'mkdir' fnameescape($DIR_NAME)
                    \| endif<cr>

       layoutis({type})

       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

       selected()

       Retrieves number of files selected in the active pane.

       system({command})

       Runs  the command in shell and returns its output (joined standard out-
       put and standard error streams).  All trailing newline  characters  are
       stripped  to allow easy appending to command output.  Ctrl-C should in-
       terrupt the command.

       Use this function to consume output of external commands that don't re-
       quire 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  the
       end location depending on whether the path has a trailing slash.  Files
       normally don't have trailing slashes so "file/" won't work.  In case of
       directories there are two options: navigate to a directory or inside of
       it.   To  allow both use cases, the first action is taken for "dir" and
       the second one for "dir/".

       Menu commands

       :range navigate to a menu line.

                                                :chistory

       :chi[story]
              display menu of saved menus.  See "Menus  and  dialogs"  section
              for controls, also see "Menus history" section.

                                                :colder

       :col[der]
              load  an older navigation menu if there is one.  See also "Menus
              history" section.

                                                :cnewer

       :cnew[er]
              load a newer navigation menu if there is one.  See  also  "Menus
              history" section.

                                                :find

       :fin[d]
              the  behaviour  matches  that  of  non-menu :find except that no
              range is accepted.  If active view  contained  selection  before
              entering menu mode, the command takes it into account.

                                                :grep

       :gr[ep]
              the  behaviour  matches  that  of  non-menu :grep except that no
              range is accepted.  If active view  contained  selection  before
              entering menu mode, the command takes it into account.

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

       :noh[lsearch]
              reset search match highlighting.

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

       Common keys of all menus and dialogs


       j, Ctrl-N
              move the cursor down.

       k, Ctrl-P
              move the cursor up.

       Enter  select and usually close menu/dialog.

       Ctrl-L redraw menu/dialog.

       Escape, Ctrl-C
       ZZ, ZQ
       q
              close menu/dialog.


       Common keys of all menus

       Ctrl-B, Ctrl-F
       Ctrl-D, Ctrl-U
       Ctrl-E, Ctrl-Y
       /, ?
       n, N
       [count]G, [count]gg
       H, M, L
       zb, zt, zz
              these keys have the same meaning as in normal mode.


       [count]zh
              scroll  menu  items  [count]  characters  (1  by default) to the
              right.

       [count]zl
              scroll menu items [count] characters (1 by default) to the left.

       zH     scroll menu items half the screen width to the right.

       zL     scroll menu items half the screen width to the left.

       :      enter command line mode for menus.

       b      interpret content of the menu as a list of paths and use  it  to
              create  custom view in place of the previously active pane.  See
              "Custom views" section below.

       B      same as above, but create an unsorted view.

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


       Navigation menus

       This applies to the following menus:
        - :bmarks, :bmgo
        - :find
        - :grep
        - :locate
        - user menu with navigation (%M macro)


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

       e      open selected path in an editor, stays in menu mode.

       c      leave menu preserving file selection and insert file name  after
              :! in command-line mode.  Does nothing in :bmarks and :bmgo.

       Note that each of these menus can have additional keys, see below.

       History menus (:history *)
       ==========================


       Command-line history menu

       Enter, l
              execute  the item as a command-line command, search query or lo-
              cal filter.

       c      leave the menu preserving file selection  and  insert  the  item
              into the command-line of appropriate kind.


       Directory history menu

       Enter, l
              navigate into the selected directory.


       Menu commands history menu

       Enter, l
              execute command without leaving the menu.

       c      insert menu item into command-line for editing.


       Other menus
       ===========

       Apropos (:apropos) menu

       Enter, l
              run man on a given topic.  Menu won't be closed automatically to
              allow viewing several pages one by one.


       Bookmarks (:bmarks, :bmgo) menu

       Enter, l
              navigate to the selected bookmark.

       dd     remove bookmark under the cursor.

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

       Command-line mode abbreviations (:cabbrev) menu

       dd     remove abbreviation under the cursor.


       Color scheme (:colorscheme) menu

       Enter, l
              apply  selected colorscheme as if ":colorscheme <name>" was exe-
              cuted on the command-line.


       Commands (:command) menu

       Enter, l
              execute the command with empty arguments (%a macro).

       dd     remove command under the cursor.

       c      leave menu preserving file selection and insert right-hand  side
              of selected command into the command-line.


       Directory stack (:dirs) menu

       Enter, l
              rotate the stack to put selected directory pair at the top.


       File (:file) menu

       Commands  from  vifmrc or typed on the command-line are displayed above
       an empty line if it's present.  All commands below the empty line  come
       from .desktop files.

       Commands detected as available have "[present]" to the left of them.


       Enter, l
              run  selected  command (regardless whether it was detected to be
              present or not).

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


       Grep (:grep) menu

       Enter, l
              open file in an editor set by  'vicmd'  at  given  line  number.
              Menu  won't  be  closed automatically to allow viewing more than
              one result.


       See above for "gf", "e" and "c" keys.

       Jobs (:jobs) menu

       dd     request cancellation of job under the cursor.  The job won't  be
              removed from the list, but marked as being cancelled (if cancel-
              lation  was  successfully  requested).  A message will pop up if
              the job has already stopped.  Note that  on  Windows  cancelling
              external programs like this might not work, because their parent
              shell doesn't have any windows.

       e      display  errors of selected job if any were collected.  They are
              displayed in a new menu, but you can  return  to  jobs  menu  by
              pressing h.

       r      reload the list of jobs.


       Marks (:marks) menu

       Enter, l
              navigate to selected mark.

       dd     remove mark under the cursor.


       Media (:media) menu

       Enter, l
              behaviour is different for different kinds of lines:
               - mount an unmounted device
               - navigate to the first mount point of a mounted device
               - navigate to a mount point
               - do nothing for "not mounted" or an empty line

       r      reload the list.

       m      mount/unmount device (cursor should be positioned on lines under
              device information).

       [      put cursor on the previous device.

       ]      put cursor on the next device.


       Menus history (:chistory) menu

       Enter, l
              load selected menu.


       Plugins (:plugins) menu

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

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


       Trash (:lstrash) menu

       r      restore a file from the trash to its original location.

       dd     delete file under the cursor.


       Trashes (:trashes) menu

       Enter, l
              navigate into current trash directory.

       dd     start emptying selected trash in background.


       Undolist (:undolist) menu

       r      reset undo position to group under the cursor.


       User menu without navigation (%m macro)

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


       Volumes (:volumes) menu
       only for MS-Windows

       Enter, l
              navigate into the root of the selected drive.


       Dialog-specific operations
       ==========================

       Attributes (permissions or properties) dialog

       h, Space
              check/uncheck.

       q      close the dialog.

       r      (*nix only) (un)set all read bits.

       w      (*nix only) (un)set all write bits.

       x      (*nix only) (un)set all execute bits.

       s      (*nix only) (un)set all special (SetUID, SetGID, Sticky) bits.

       e      (*nix only) (un)set recursion (for directories only).


       Possible item states:

       - * - checked flag.

       - X - selected files have inconsistent value of this flag.

       - 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 di-
         rectories,  set  all execute flags to 'd' and check 'Set Recursively'
         flag.

       Fileinfo (Ctrl-G) dialog

       Enter, q
              close the dialog.


       Sort (:sort) dialog

       h, Space
              switch ascending/descending order.

       q      close the dialog.


       There is also a shortcut per sorting key (drawn on the dialog).


Menus history
       Menus are often used to present results of operations (like finding  or
       grepping files).  Once closed they can be recreated by repeating a com-
       mand, but it might be inconvenient (require changing directory, finding
       the command and possibly finding position in a menu) and time consuming
       to  re-run  the  operation.  To make referring to older menus possible,
       vifm stores up to 25 last such menus and provides means  for  recalling
       them using familiar set of Vim commands.

       As  already  hinted  above,  this  doesn't  apply to every menu because
       things like :version or :commands rely  solely  on  internal  data  and
       don't  need  to  be  saved.   Only menus that are derived from external
       sources and support navigation (like via gf) are remembered.

       Navigating through history

       Re-opening the last viewed menu of relevant type  is  done  by  running
       :copen  command.   Once  opened :colder can be used to view older menus
       and :cnewer to view newer ones.

       Closing a menu after moving through the history remembers the  position
       such that running :copen again will open the last viewed menu and allow
       one to continue exploring history in both directions.

       The  history always contains menus sorted from oldest to newest.  After
       opening more than 25 menus the oldest one is likely  to  be  forgotten.
       It's  not  guaranteed to happen because after viewing an older menu new
       entry replaces all more recent ones.  As an example, assume the history
       looks like this:

        1. :find 1
        2. :find 2
        ...
       23. :find 23 (current element)
       24. :find 24
       25. :find 25

       Running `:find 11` results in:

        1. :find 1
        2. :find 2
        ...
       23. :find 23
       24. :find 26 (current element)
       25. None

       For convenience, :colder and :cnewer can be used any time you're  in  a
       menu,  not  just  after :copen.  :cnewer will work only if current menu
       can't be saved and you've moved back in menus history  before.   Behav-
       iour of :colder is like this:
        - if current menu can be stashed, behave as :quit, :copen, :colder se-
       quence (current menu is stashed the same way as described above)
        - if current menu can't be stashed, behave as :quit, :copen sequence

       Viewing history

       In  order  to  avoid  enumerating  menus  looking for the matching one,
       :chistory command can be used to get an overview of saved menus,  maybe
       search for one and then open it.  The command is also available in menu
       mode.

       Related topics

       Commands: :chistory, :copen Menu commands: :chistory, :colder, :cnewer

Custom views
       Definition

       Normally,  file  views present a list of files from a single directory,
       but sometimes it's useful to populate them with  files  from  unrelated
       locations.  This is what custom views are mainly for.

       Presentation

       Custom  views  are  still  related to the 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  the  same  directory have to be named differently but custom
       views are free from this constraint,  hence  seeing  file  names  alone
       might  be  rather confusing.  In order to give an idea where files come
       from paths relative to the original directory of  the  view  are  used,
       when that's not possible full paths are shown.

       Custom views normally don't contain any inexistent files.

       Navigation/exiting

       Navigation in custom views somewhat differs compared to regular views.

       gf  - acts similar to gf on symbolic links and navigates to the file at
       its real
            location.

       h - goes to the closest parent node in the tree view or terminates  the
       custom
           view returning to the original directory.

       gh - terminates the custom view returning to the original directory.

       Going  to  the  parent directory in other ways (whether by opening ".."
       entry or executing `:cd ..`) also causes termination and return to  the
       original location.

       All  other  ways  of  changing  location  (e.g., marks, bookmarks, :cd,
       :sync) also cause termination of the custom view.

       History

       Custom list exists only while it's visible, once left one can't  return
       to it, so there is no traces of it in any history.

       Filters

       Only  local  filter affects contents of the view.  This is intentional.
       Presumably, if one loads a particular 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 search-
       able.  Only file names are taken into account (might be changed in  the
       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  direc-
       tory elements.

       Updates

       Reloads  can  occur,  though  they are not automatic due to files being
       scattered among different places.  On a reload inexistent files are re-
       moved 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 oper-
       ation which was later undone is normal.

       Operations

       All  operations that add files are forbidden for custom views.  For ex-
       ample, moving/copying/putting files into a custom  view  doesn't  work,
       because that's not a real file system location.

       On  the  other  hand,  operations  that use files of a custom view as a
       source (e.g., yanking, copying, moving file from a custom  view,  dele-
       tion) 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 a single file system tree.  Here dupli-
       cates 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 dis-
       tinct.  See "Custom views" section.

       Creation

       Arguments passed to :compare form seven categories each  with  its  own
       prefix and is responsible for particular property of the 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; non-regular files like pipes are assumed to
       be empty).

       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 out-
       put;
        - grouppaths - file system ordering is preferred  (this  also  enables
       displaying identically named files as mismatches).

       Which files to omit:
        - skipempty - ignore empty files.

       Comparison tweaks:
        - withicase - ignore case when comparing file names/paths;
        - withrcase - respect case when comparing file names/paths.

       Which results to show (has no effect for single pane comparison):
        - showidentical   - control visibility of identical files;
        - showdifferent   - control visibility of changed files;
        - showuniqueleft  - control visibility of unique top/left files;
        - showuniqueright - control visibility of unique bottom/right files.

       Each argument can appear multiple times, the rightmost one of the group
       defines  the  behaviour.  All arguments alter default behaviour instead
       of substituting it.

       When neither "withicase" nor "withrcase" is specified, case depends  on
       the running operating system and the file system on which the files are
       located.

       Exiting

       Comparing  two  views  results  in them entering a special state imple-
       mented on top of custom views.  Both views leave this state when either
       of them stops being custom.  Custom views terminate on  changing  to  a
       different  location  or  as  a result of a command like :regular, going
       into the parent directory (like with h key or `:cd ..` command) returns
       to a regular state without changing the location.  See  "Custom  views"
       section for more details.

       Examples

       The defaults correspond to probably the most common use case of compar-
       ing  files  in  two  trees with grouping by paths, so the following are
       equivalent:

         :compare
         :compare bycontents grouppaths
         :compare bycontents listall ofboth grouppaths
         :compare showidentical showdifferent showuniqueleft showuniqueright

       Another use case is to find duplicates in the current sub-tree:

         :compare listdups ofone

       The following command lists files that are unique to each pane:

         :compare listunique

       Look

       The view can't switch to ls-like view as it's unable to  display  diff-
       like data.

       Comparison  views  have  second column displaying id of the file, files
       with the same id are considered to be equal.  The view columns configu-
       ration is predefined.

       The status bar displays only the initial result of the  comparison  and
       can be out of date.

       Behaviour

       When  two  views  are  being compared against one another 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  be-
       haviour;
        - 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  compari-
       son,  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  exe-
       cution.  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  or-
       der:
        - $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 fol-
       lowing 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  $MYV-
       IFMRC.

       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  con-
       figured 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 ex-
       ample:

         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 reg-
       isters 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 some-
           thing 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 con-
           tain 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  ex-
           tension being truncated).

Sessions
       Sessions  provide  a way to have multiple persistent runtime configura-
       tions.  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 ad-
       dition to it.  One can empty 'vifminfo' option and rely solely on  ses-
       sions,  but  in  practice  one might want to share some state among in-
       stances 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 addi-
       tion 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 se-
       quence 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.  Conse-
       quently 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 sup-
       ported:

       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 re-
       mote 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  ad-
       dressed 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 direc-
           tory (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 'view-
           columns' option (see "Column view" section below for details);

         - in a multicolumn list manner which looks almost like `ls  -x`  com-
           mand 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 simi-
       lar navigation keys.

       Also  some of options can be ignored if they don't affect view display-
       ing 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 descrip-
       tions, 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  logi-
       cal  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 sup-
       ported:

       - left align

           set viewcolumns=-{name}

       - right align (default)

           set viewcolumns={name}

       - middle align

         It's  like  left alignment, but when the text is bigger than the col-
         umn, it is cut in the middle (so the start and the end of  the  field
         are always visible).

           set viewcolumns=^{name}

       - dynamic align

         It's  like  left alignment, but when the text is bigger than the col-
         umn, 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 ren-
         dering.

       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 are both present for  consis-
       tency with 'sort' option.

       The following column 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' was 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}", examples:

         " double-character pseudo-padding on both sides
         set viewcolumns='2{#},*{name}..,{},2{#}'
         " pseudo-border between columns
         set viewcolumns='*{name}..,{#|},6{}'
         " pseudo-border with padding between columns
         set viewcolumns='*{name}..,{# | },6{}'

       This can be used to draw column separators.  Mind that for  convenience
       literals  have  different defaults: truncation and automatically deter-
       mined absolute size, which is what you usually  want  for  them.   Make
       sure to quote or escape spaces, vertical bars and other special symbols
       when using them as part of literals.

       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,  Er-
           rorMsg,  StatusLine,  JobLine, SuggestBox, WildBox and WildMenu are
           always determined by the primary color scheme;

         - CurrLine, Selected, Directory, Link,  BrokenLink,  Socket,  Device,
           Executable,  Fifo, CmpMismatch, CmpUnmatched, CmpBlank, Win, AuxWin
           and OtherWin are determined by primary color scheme and  a  set  of
           local color schemes, which can be empty.

       There might be a set of local color schemes because they are structured
       hierarchically  according to file system structure. For example, having
       the following piece of file system:

         ~
         `-- bin
            |
            `-- my

       Two color schemes:

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

         # ~/.config/vifm/colors/for_bin_my.vifm
         highlight CurrLine cterm=none ctermfg=green ctermbg=black

       And these three commands in the vifmrc file:

         colorscheme Default
         colorscheme for_bin ~/bin
         colorscheme for_bin_my ~/bin/my

       File list will look in the following way for each level:

       - ~/ - Default color scheme
         black background
         cursor with blue background

       - ~/bin/ - mix of Default and for_bin color schemes
         red background
         cursor with black background and red foreground

       - ~/bin/my/ - mix of Default, for_bin and for_bin_my color schemes
         red background
         cursor with black background and green foreground

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  direc-
       tory.

       There are two scenarios of using trash in vifm:

         1. As  a  place for storing files that were cut by "d" and may be in-
            serted 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  dri-
       ves 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 di-
       rectory, 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.

File copying
       For enabling copy-on-write of BTRFS  on  Linux,  set  "fastfilecloning"
       flag of 'iooptions' option.

       File  copying  within an XFS file system uses reflinks by default.  Any
       file copied from another file system will be  copied  without  reflinks
       even  if it has a matching list of XFS extents.  Reflinks are not guar-
       anteed when using external programs.  This behaviour  was  observed  on
       Linux and doesn't necessarily hold for other environments.

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 <com-
       mand> or +<command>.  For example:

         vifm --remote -c 'cd /'
         vifm --remote '+cd /'

       To change directory not using command-line mode commands one can  spec-
       ify 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  tem-
       porary 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.

Using mouse
       Note:  <ScrollWheelDown>  is  not available on 32-bit *nix systems, be-
       cause ncurses doesn't support it there (limitation of implementation).

       Note: these are not available in mappings at the moment.

       Normal Mode

         event             position  change  action
                            cursor   window
         <LeftMouse>         yes      yes    <cr> if cursor wasn't move
         <LeftRelease>        no      yes
         <MiddleMouse>        no      yes    <c-e>
         <MiddleRelease>      no      yes
         <RightMouse>        yes      yes    :file
         <RightRelease>       no      yes
         <ScrollWheelUp>      no      yes    <c-y> or :tabprevious
         <ScrollWheelDown>    no      yes    <c-e> or :tabnext

       Clicking on or scrolling over an inactive pane (including  its  title),
       makes  it  active  and does nothing else.  Tabs are scrolled when mouse
       hovers over them.

       Clicking on the left miller column goes to parent directory and  click-
       ing the right one opens current entry.

       Visual Mode

         event             position  selection  action
                            cursor
         <LeftMouse>         yes      update    <cr> if cursor wasn't move
         <LeftRelease>        no
         <MiddleMouse>        no      update    <c-e>
         <MiddleRelease>      no
         <RightMouse>         no
         <RightRelease>       no
         <ScrollWheelUp>      no      update    <c-y>
         <ScrollWheelDown>    no      update    <c-e>

       Command-line Mode

         event             position  action
                            cursor
         <LeftMouse>         yes
         <LeftRelease>        no
         <MiddleMouse>        no     <c-n>
         <MiddleRelease>      no
         <RightMouse>         no
         <RightRelease>       no
         <ScrollWheelUp>      no     <c-p>
         <ScrollWheelDown>    no     <c-n>

       Menu Mode

         event             position  action
                            cursor
         <LeftMouse>         yes     <cr> if cursor wasn't moved
         <LeftRelease>        no
         <MiddleMouse>        no     <c-e>
         <MiddleRelease>      no
         <RightMouse>         no
         <RightRelease>       no
         <ScrollWheelUp>      no     <c-y>
         <ScrollWheelDown>    no     <c-e>

       view Mode

         event               action

         <ScrollWheelUp>     k
         <ScrollWheelDown>   j

       Clicking  on  or scrolling over an inactive pane (including its title),
       detaches view mode if it wasn't activated for exploring a file.


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 de-
       fault 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  ~/.con-
              fig/vifm/).

       MYVIFMRC
              Points   to   main   configuration   file    (usually    ~/.con-
              fig/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 Win-
       dows: 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/

AUTHOR
       Vifm was originally created by ksteen <ksteen@users.sourceforge.net>
       It is currently developed by xaizek <xaizek@posteo.net>

vifm 0.14.3                      04 June 2025                          VIFM(1)
