Vifm

The directory contains the color schemes. The format is outlined in the file and follows vi/vim syntax highlight format. It is basically:

highlight group cterm=attribute ctermfg=color ctermbg=color

An example colorscheme looks like:

highlight Win cterm=none ctermfg=white ctermbg=black
highlight Directory cterm=bold ctermfg=cyan ctermbg=none
highlight Link cterm=bold ctermfg=yellow ctermbg=none
highlight BrokenLink cterm=bold ctermfg=red ctermbg=none
highlight Socket cterm=bold ctermfg=magenta ctermbg=none
highlight Device cterm=bold ctermfg=red ctermbg=none
highlight Fifo cterm=bold ctermfg=cyan ctermbg=none
highlight Executable cterm=bold ctermfg=green ctermbg=none
highlight Selected cterm=bold ctermfg=magenta ctermbg=none
highlight CurrLine cterm=bold ctermfg=none ctermbg=blue
highlight TopLine cterm=none ctermfg=black ctermbg=white
highlight TopLineSel cterm=bold ctermfg=black ctermbg=none
highlight StatusLine cterm=bold ctermfg=black ctermbg=white
highlight WildMenu cterm=underline,reverse ctermfg=white ctermbg=black
highlight CmdLine cterm=none ctermfg=white ctermbg=black
highlight ErrorMsg cterm=none ctermfg=red ctermbg=black
highlight Border cterm=none ctermfg=black ctermbg=white

You can also highlight different filetypes using regular expressions:

highlight /^.*\.(mp3|ogg|oga|flac|m4a)$/ ctermfg=magenta
highlight /^.*\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|tiff|webp|bmp|svg|svgz)$/ ctermfg=yellow
highlight /^.*\.(zip|gz|bz2|xz|tar|tgz|tbz2|7z|rar|iso|rpm|deb)$/ ctermfg=red

Other colorschemes can be seen here.

As of 0.6.2 you can customize key bindings in vifm. These can be set from the command mode using the map command, like so:  :map ] :s

However, these mappings will not be saved between sessions. To map a key permanently, place them in . More sample mappings can be seen at the end of that file.

You can assign applications to filetypes in vifmrc, eg.

filetype *.jpg,*.jpeg,*.png,*.gif feh %f 2>/dev/null &
filetype *.md5 md5sum -c %f

Several defaults can be found in vifmrc. These can be edited or added to following the same format.

filextype *.jpg,*.jpeg,*.png,*.gif
       \ {View in feh}
       \ feh -FZ %d --start-at %d/%c 2>/dev/null

It will display your selected image in feh, but it will enable you to browse all other images in the directory as well, in their default order.

You can also create custom commands in vifmrc, eg.

command df df -h %m 2> /dev/null
command diff vim -d %f %F

command link ln -s %d/%f %D

When you call  :link a link of the selected file is made in the other directory (if you are in split view). It even works with multiple files selected with visual (v) or tag (t).

make a .torrent of the current file in the other tab's dir

command mkt mktorrent -p -a [your announce url here] -o %D/%f.torrent %d/%f

Marks can be set same as in vi. To set a mark for current file:

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

Go to a file set for mark:

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

vifm will remember the marks between the sessions.

Provided is installed, putting

fileviewer *.pdf
  \ pdftotext %c -

into vifmrc enables pdf-previewing using pdftotext. The %c is a vifm macro for the current file under the cursor. The preview is activated with  :view Neat image previewing can be achieved using img2txt from

fileviewer *.png,*.jpeg,*.jpg
 \ img2txt %c 

Previewing the contents of tar-archives:

fileviewer *.tar,*.tar.gz
 \ tar -tvf %c

For previewing html documents suitable programs are text based browsers including , or

fileviewer *.html
 \ w3m %c

For printing text instead of previewing the file (for binary files for example):

fileviewer *.exe
 \ echo Binary file: no preview available. %i
is there because %c is implicitly used if no other macro is used. In this case,  is ignored.

For handling filetypes not handled by anything else, put fileviewer * <your command> as the last fileviewer option in your configuration file.

Further useful programs for previews include

• for directory previews
• for viewing information about mp3 files
• for the mediainfo program (audio and video information)
• for syntax highlighting

It is also possible to clone vifmimg into your directory. Than you need to create an alias to run the script, which will prepare everything for the previews:

alias v="~/.config/vifm/vifmrun ."

vifm should start just by typing v in your terminal now.

nmap ; :

Hold shift to jump five files

nnoremap J 5j
nnoremap K 5k

Just type or to resize the panels

nnoremap - <C-w>5<
nnoremap _ <C-w>5>

Yank the directory path by typing yd

nnoremap yd :!echo -n %d | xclip -selection clipboard %i<cr>:echo expand('%"d') "is yanked to clipboard"<cr>

Yank the absolute path to the file by typing

nnoremap yf :!echo -n %c:p | xclip -selection clipboard %i<cr>:echo expand('%"c:p') "is yanked to clipboard"<cr>

vifm assumes that you are using and will throw errors if it does not find it. If you are using or (Neovim), you need to edit your file. Comment out the line and replace it with or set vicmd=nvim. Note that, just like , comment lines are introduced by double quotes.

To get the total size of selected files change %s to %E in , like so:

set statusline="  %t%= %A %10u:%-7g %15E %20d  "

Here is a status line that calls lsattr, passing it the name of the file currently under the cursor:

set statusline="%{system('lsattr -l ' . expand('%c'))}"

If you want to print a file with your printer than you can create a command with :

command! print lp -n 1 -o sides=two-sided-long-edge %f

You just need to select your file which should be printed and type

You will need to install and add a new command:

command! dragon dragon-drag-and-drop -a -x %f

If you want, you can also set a shortcut to this new command:

nmap <C-d> :dragon<CR>

So if you press Ctrl+d your current selected file will be pop so you can drop it somewhere else. If you want to drag multiple files, just select the files with and press Ctrl+d.

For more information see expression syntax and available functions.