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 to open it for writing, then logging of	 early
	      initialization (before configuration directories are determined)
	      is put there.

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

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

       --remote
	      Sends  the rest of the command line to another instance of vifm,
	      --server-name is treated just like any other argument and should
	      precede --remote on the command line.  When there is no  server,
	      quits  silently.	There is no limit on how many arguments can be
	      processed.  One can combine --remote with -c <command> or +<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.

       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 search and go to
       the first matching item resets current selection in normal mode.	 It is
       not the case if search was already performed on files in the directory,
       thus selection is not reset after clearing selection with escape key
       and hitting n/N key again.

       See also "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 [count] times.

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

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

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

       p      copy yanked files to the current directory or move the files  to
	      the  current directory if they were deleted with dd or :d[elete]
	      or if the files were yanked from trash  directory.   See	"Trash
	      directory" section below.

       P      move the last yanked files.  The advantage of using P instead of
	      d followed by p is that P moves files only once.	This isn't 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.

       al     put symbolic links with absolute paths.

       rl     put symbolic links with relative paths.

       t      select or unselect (tag) the current file.

       u      undo last change.

       Ctrl-R redo last change.

       dp     in  compare view of "ofboth grouppaths" kind makes corresponding
	      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 previous selected entry or do nothing.

       ]s     go to next selected entry or do nothing.

Using Count
       You can use count with commands like yy.

       [count]yy
	      yank count files starting from current cursor position downward.

       Or you can use count with motions passed to y, d or D.

       d[count]j
	      delete (count + 1) files starting from current  cursor  position
	      upward.

Registers
       vifm  supports  multiple registers for temporary storing list of yanked
       or deleted files.

       Registers should be specified by hitting double quote key followed by a
       register name.  Count is specified after	 register  name.   By  default
       commands use unnamed register, which has double quote as its name.

       Though  all  commands  accept  registers, most of commands ignores them
       (for example H or Ctrl-U).  Other commands can fill register or	append
       new files to it.

       Presently vifm supports ", _, a-z and A-Z characters as register names.

       As mentioned above " is unnamed register and has special meaning of the
       default	register.  Every time when you use named registers (a-z and A-
       Z) unnamed register is updated to contain same list  of	files  as  the
       last used register.

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

       Registers with names from a to z and from A to Z are named ones.	  Low-
       ercase  registers  are cleared before adding new files, while uppercase
       aren't and should be used to append new files to the existing file list
       of appropriate lowercase register (A for a, B for b, ...).

       Registers can be changed on :empty command if they contain files	 under
       trash directory (see "Trash directory" section below).

       Registers do not contain one file more than once.

       Example:

	 "a2yy

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

	 "Ad

       removes	one file and append its name to register a (and to the unnamed
       register),

	 p or "ap or "Ap

       inserts previously yanked and deleted files into current directory.

Selectors
       y, d, D, !, gu and gU commands accept selectors.	 You can combine them
       with any of selectors below to quickly remove or yank several files.

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

       a      all files in current view.

       s      selected files.

       S      all files except selected.

       Examples:

	 - dj - delete file under cursor and one below;

	 - d2j - delete file under cursor and two below;

	 - y6gg - yank all files from cursor position to 6th file in the list.

       When you pass a count to whole command and its selector they are 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.

       Shift-Tab
	      complete in reverse order.

       Ctrl-_ stop completion and return original input.

       Ctrl-B, Left
	      move cursor to the left.

       Ctrl-F, Right
	      move cursor to the right.

       Ctrl-A, Home
	      go to line beginning.

       Ctrl-E, End
	      go to line end.

       Alt-B  go to the beginning of previous word.

       Alt-F  go to the end of next word.

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

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

       Ctrl-H, Backspace
	      remove character before the cursor.

       Ctrl-D, Delete
	      remove character under the cursor.

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

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

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

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

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

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

       Ctrl-P recall older command-line from history.

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

       Down   recall  older command-line from history, that begins as the 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 their syntax con-
       flicts with names of registers and fields where double quotes  are  al-
       lowed.

       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
	   :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.

						: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.

						: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 over-
	      write.

       :[range]co[py][!?] -skip ...[ &]
	      see "-skip parameter" 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 | {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 | {pat1,pat2,...} | /regexp/[iI] )
       cterm=style | ctermfg=color | ctermbg=color | gui=style | guifg=color |
       guibg=color
	      set style (cterm, gui), foreground (ctermfg, guifg) and/or back-
	      ground (ctermbg, guibg) parameters of highlight  group  or  file
	      name pattern for color scheme used in the active view.

       All style values as well as color names are case insensitive.

       Available style values (some of them can be combined):
	- bold
	- underline
	- reverse or inverse
	- standout
	- italic (on unsupported systems becomes reverse)
	-  combine - add attributes of current group to attributes of the par-
       ent in group hierarchy (see below) instead of replacing them
	- none

       Available group-name values:
	- Win - color of all windows (views, dialogs, menus) and default color
       for their content (e.g. regular files in views)
	- AuxWin - color of auxiliary areas of windows
	- OtherWin - color of inactive pane
	- Border - color of vertical parts of the border
	- TabLine - tab line color (for 'tabscope' set to "global")
	- TabLineSel - color of the tip of selected tab (regardless  of	 '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
	- WildMenu - color of the wild menu items
	- SuggestBox - color of key suggestion box
	- CurrLine - line at cursor position in active view
	- OtherLine - line at cursor position in inactive view
	- OddLine - color of every second entry line in a pane
	- LineNr - line number column of views
	- Selected - color of selected files
	- Directory - color of directories
	- Link - color of symbolic links in the views
	- BrokenLink - color of broken symbolic links
	- HardLink - color of regular files with more than one hard link
	- Socket - color of sockets
	- Device - color of block and character devices
	- Executable - color of executable files
	- Fifo - color of fifo pipes
	-  CmpMismatch	- color of mismatched files in side-by-side comparison
       by path
	- 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

       Available colors:
	- -1 or default or none - default or transparent
	- black	  and lightblack
	- red	  and lightred
	- green	  and lightgreen
	- yellow  and lightyellow
	- blue	  and lightblue
	- magenta and lightmagenta
	- cyan	  and lightcyan
	- white	  and lightwhite
	- 0-255 - corresponding colors from 256-color palette (for ctermfg and
       ctermbg)
	- #rrggbb - direct ("gui", "true", 24-bit) color in hex-notation, each
       of  the	three compontents are in the range 0x00 to 0xff (for guifg and
       guibg)

       Light versions of colors are regular colors with bold attribute set 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
	   WildMenu
	   User1..User20
	 Border
	 CmdLine
	   ErrorMsg
	 Win
	   OtherWin
	     AuxWin
	       OddLine
		 File name specific highlights
		   Directory
		   Link
		   BrokenLink
		   HardLink
		   Socket
		   Device
		   Fifo
		   Executable
		     CmpMismatch
		     CmpUnmatched
		     CmpBlank
		       Selected
			 CurrLine
			   LineNr (in active pane)
			 OtherLine
			   LineNr (in inactive pane)
	 TopLine
	   TopLineSel
	     TabLineSel (for pane tabs)
	       User1..User20
	 TabLine
	   TabLineSel
	     User1..User20

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

       Here file name specific highlights mean those configured via globs ({})
       or regular expressions (//).  At most one of them is applied  per  file
       entry,  namely  the first that matches file name, hence order of :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).
	      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.	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/path] [filename]
	      Set mark x (a-zA-Z0-9) at /full/path and filename.   By  default
	      current  directory  is being used.  If no filename was given and
	      /full/path is current directory then last	 file  in  [range]  is
	      used.  Using of macros is allowed.  Question mark will stop com-
	      mand from overwriting existing marks.

						:marks

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

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

						:media

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

						:messages

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

						:mkdir

       :[line]mkdir[!] dir ...
	      create  directories  at specified paths.	The [line] can be used
	      to pick node in a tree-view.  "!" means make parent  directories
	      as needed.  Macros are expanded.

						:move

       :[range]m[ove][!?][ &]
	      move  files  to  directory  of other view.  With "?" prompts for
	      destination file names in an editor.  "!" forces overwrite.

       :[range]m[ove][!] path[ &]
	      move files to directory specified with  the  path	 (absolute  or
	      relative to directory of other view).  "!" forces overwrite.

       :[range]m[ove][!] name1 name2...[ &]
	      move  files  to  directory of other view giving each next file a
	      corresponding name from the argument  list.   "!"	 forces	 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.

						: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 quiting 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][!] $ENV_VAR1 $ENV_VAR2 ...
	      remove  environment variables. Add ! to omit displaying of warn-
	      ings about nonexistent variables.

						:unselect

       :[range]unselect
	      unselect files in the given range (current file if no  range  is
	      given).

       :unselect {pattern}
	      unselect files that match specified pattern.  Possible {pattern}
	      forms are described in "Patterns" section below.	Trailing slash
	      for  directories	is taken into account, so `:unselect */` 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).

						: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 preforming substitution of %a.

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

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

       %f %"f All  of  the selected files 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).

       %i     Run in background and suppress error dialogs, but collect errors
	      internally for viewing via :jobs menu.

       %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 on the command will
       take effect.

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

       You  can	 use  file  name modifiers after %c, %C, %f, %F, %b, %d and %D
       macros.	Supported modifiers are:

	 - :p		- full path

	 - :u		  -   UNC   name   of	path   (e.g.   "\\server"   in
	   "\\server\share"),  Windows only.  Expands to current computer name
	   for not UNC paths.

	 - :~		- relative to the home directory

	 - :.		- relative to current directory

	 - :h		- head of the file name

	 - :t		- tail of the file name

	 - :r		- root of the file name (without last extension)

	 - :e		- extension of the file name (last one)

	 - :s?pat?sub?	- substitute the first occurrence  of  pat  with  sub.
	   You	can use any character for '?', but it must not occur in pat or
	   sub.

	 - :gs?pat?sub? - like :s, but substitutes all occurrences of pat with
	   sub.

       See ':h filename-modifiers' in Vim's documentation for the detailed 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 file names only, when %C  and  %F  are
       expanded to full paths.	%f and %F follow this in %b too.

       :com move mv %f %D
	      set  the	:move command to move all of the files selected in the
	      current directory to the other directory.

       The %a macro is replaced with any arguments given to an alias command.
       All arguments are considered optional.
	      :com lsl !!ls -l %a - set the lsl command to execute ls -l  with
	      or without an argument.

       :lsl<Enter>
	      will list the directory contents of the current directory.

       :lsl filename<Enter>
	      will list only the given filename.

       The macros can also be used in directly executing commands.  ":!mv %f
       %D" would move the current directory selected files to the other 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
       Copy and move operation can take a lot of time to proceed.  That's  why
       vifm  supports  backgrounding  of  this	two operations.	 To run :copy,
       :move or :delete command in the background just add " &" at the end  of
       a command.

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

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

       Background operations cannot be undone.

Cancellation
       Note that cancellation works somewhat different on Windows platform due
       to different mechanism of break signal  propagation.   One  also	 might
       need to use Ctrl-Break shortcut instead of Ctrl-C.

       There are two types of operations that can be cancelled:

	 - file system operations;

	 - mounting  with  FUSE	 (but  not  unmounting as it can cause loss of
	   data);

	 - calls of external applications.

       Note that vifm never terminates applications, it	 sends	SIGINT	signal
       and lets the application quit normally.

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

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

       External application calls

       Each of this 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` and/or `%C`
	     - include neither `%f` nor `%F`
	    then each file is executed independently of the rest.


	 3. If	all  handlers are equal, the common handler is executed.  This
	    handler might ignore selection and process	only  file  under  the
	    cursor.


	 4. Otherwise,	an error is reported, because handlers differ and they
	    don't support parallel execution.

Patterns
       :highlight, :filetype, :filextype, :fileviewer commands and  'classify'
       option  support globs, regular expressions and mime types to match file
       names or their paths.

       There are six possible ways to write a single pattern:

	 1. [!]{comma-separated-name-globs}

	 2. [!]{{comma-separated-path-globs}}

	 3. [!]/name-regular-expression/[iI]

	 4. [!]//path-regular-expression//[iI]

	 5. [!]<comma-separated-mime-type-globs>

	 6. undecorated-pattern

       First five forms can include leading exclamation mark that negates 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 negotia-
       tion and the `-` symbol to set a range.	 `^`  and  `!`	should	appear
       right after the opening square bracket.	For example

	 :filetype *.[!d]/ inspect_dir

       associates `inspect_dir` as additional handler for all directories that
       have one character extension unless it's "d" letter.  And

	 :filetype [0-9].jpg sxiv

       associates  `sxiv` picture viewer only for JPEG-files that contain sin-
       gle digit in their name.

       If you need to include literal comma, which is normally separates  mul-
       tiple 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.	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, dd and DD normal mode commands act on
	      selection, otherwise they operate on current file only;
	       - t - when included, <tab> (thus <c-i>) behave as  <space>  and
	      switches	active	pane,  otherwise <tab> and <c-i> go forward in
	      the view history.	 It's possible to make both <tab> and <c-i> to
	      work as expected by setting up the terminal to emit a custom 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
		vborder:c    ' '	left, middle and right	vertical  bor-
	      ders
		hborder:c    ''		middle horizontal border

	      A null string for vborder is equivalent to a space.

	      A null string for hborder omits the horizontal border.

	      Example:

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

       'findprg'
	      type: string
	      default:	"find %s %a -print , -type d \( ! -readable -o ! -exe-
	      cutable \) -prune"
	      Specifies format for an external command to be  invoked  by  the
	      :find command.  The format supports expansion of macros specific
	      for this particular option and %% sequence for inserting percent
	      sign literally.  The macros are:

		macro	value/meaning
		 %s	literal arguments of :find or
			list of paths to search in

		 %A	empty or
			literal arguments of :find
		 %a	empty or
			literal arguments of :find or
			predicate followed by escaped arguments of :find
		 %p	empty or
			literal arguments of :find or
			escaped arguments (parameters) of :find

		 %u	 redirect  output  to custom view instead of showing a
	      menu
		 %U	redirect output to unsorted  custom  view  instead  of
	      showing a menu

	      Predicate in %a is "-name" on *nix and "-iname" on Windows.

	      If both %u and %U are specified, %U is chosen.

	      Some macros can be added implicitly:
	       - if %s isn't present, it's appended
	       - if neither of %a, %A and %p is present, %a is appended
	       - if neither of %s, %a, %A and %p is present, %s and %a are 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.

       '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'

	      - %*  - 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 only
	      owner is able to use it.
	      Note that even this setup is not completely secure when combined
	      with "%r/" and it's overall safer to keep files in  home	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.

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

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

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

       'wildstyle'
	      type: enumeration
	      default: bar
	      Picks presentation style of wild menu.  Possible values:
	       - bar   - one-line with left-to-right cursor
	       - popup - multi-line with top-to-bottom cursor

       'wordchars'
	      type: string list
	      default:	"1-8,14-31,33-255" (that is all non-whitespace 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.

       <c-f1> - <c-f12> {only for MS-Windows}
	      functional keys with Control key pressed.

       <a-f1> - <a-f12> {only for MS-Windows}
	      functional keys with Alt key pressed.

       <s-f1> - <s-f12> {only for MS-Windows}
	      functional keys with Shift key pressed.

       Note  that  due	to the way terminals process their input, several 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
		  v:var			  builtin variable
		  function(expr1, ...)	  function call
		  (expr1)		  nested expression

       ".." indicates that the operations in this level can be concatenated.

       expr1
       -----
       expr2 || expr2

       Arguments are converted to numbers before evaluation.

       Result is non-zero if at least one of arguments is non-zero.

       It's  right  associative	 and with short-circuiting, so sub-expressions
       are evaluated from left to right until result of	 whole	expression  is
       determined (i.e., until first non-zero) or end of the expression.

       expr2
       -----
       expr3 && expr3

       Arguments are converted to numbers before evaluation.

       Result is non-zero only if both arguments are non-zero.

       It's  right  associative	 and with short-circuiting, so sub-expressions
       are evaluated from left to right until result of	 whole	expression  is
       determined (i.e., until first zero) or end of the expression.

       expr3
       -----
       expr4 {cmp} expr4

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

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

       Examples:

	 'a' ==	 'a'	     == 1
	 'a' >	 'b'	     == 1
	 'a' ==	 'b'	     == 0
	 '2' >	 'b'	     == 0
	  2  >	 'b'	     == 1
	  2  >	 '1b'	     == 1
	  2  >	 '9b'	     == 0
	 -1  == -'1'	     == 1
	  0  ==	 '--1'	     == 1

       expr4
       -----
       expr5 + expr5 ..	    number addition expr5 - expr5 ..	  number  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.'

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

       Information exposed by vifm for use in scripting.

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

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

       See "Functions" section below.

       Examples:

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

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

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


Functions
       USAGE		     RESULT	 DESCRIPTION

       chooseopt({opt})	      String	   Queries choose parameters passed on
       startup.
       executable({expr})    Integer	 Checks whether {expr} command	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({fnum} [, {resolve}])
			     String	 Returns file type from position.
       fnameescape({expr})   String	 Escapes {expr} for use in a :command.
       getpanetype()	     String	 Returns type of current pane.
       has({property})	      Integer	   Checks  whether instance has {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}.
       system({command})     String	 Executes shell	 command  and  returns
       its output.
       tabpagenr([{arg}])     Integer	   Returns  number  of current or last
       tab.
       term({command})	     String	 Like system(),	 but  for  interactive
       commands.

       chooseopt({opt})

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

       executable({expr})

       If {expr} is absolute or relative path, checks whether path destination
       exists  and  refers  to an executable, otherwise checks whether command
       named {expr} is present in directories listed  in  $PATH.   Checks  for
       various	executable  extensions	on Windows.  Returns boolean value 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({fnum} [, {resolve}])

       The  result  is	a string, which represents file type and is one of the
       list:
	   exe	   executables
	   reg	   regular files
	   link	   symbolic links
	   broken  broken symbolic links (appears only when resolving)
	   dir	   directories
	   char	   character devices
	   block   block devices
	   fifo	   pipes
	   sock	   *nix domain sockets
	   ?	   unknown file type (should not normally happen) or
		   non-file (pseudo-entries in compare view)

       The result can also be an empty string in case of invalid argument.

       Parameter {fnum} can have following values:
	   - '.' to get type of file under the cursor in the active pane
	   - numerical value base 1 to get type of file on specified line num-
       ber

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

       fnameescape({expr})

       Escapes parameter to make it suitable for use as an argument of a :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

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

       Commands

       :range navigate to a menu line.

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

       :noh[lsearch]
	      reset search match highlighting.

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

       General

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

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

       In all menus

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

       Apropos menu

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

       Command-line mode abbreviations menu

       Type dd on an abbreviation to remove it.

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

       Color scheme menu

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

       Commands menu

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

       dd on a command to remove.

       Marks menu

       Selecting mark navigates to it.

       dd on a mark to remove it.

       Bookmarks menu

       Selecting a bookmark navigates to it.

       Type dd on a bookmark to remove it.

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

       Trash (:lstrash) menu

       r on a file name to restore it from trash.

       dd deletes file under the cursor.

       Trashes (:trashes) menu

       dd empties selected trash in background.

       Directory history and Trashes menus

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

       Directory stack menu

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

       File (:file) menu

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

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

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

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

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

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

       User menu without navigation (%m macro)

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

       Grep menu

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

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

       Command-line history menu

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

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

       Volumes menu

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

       Fileinfo dialog

       Enter, q - close dialog

       Sort dialog

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

       One shortcut per sorting key (see the dialog).

       Attributes (permissions or properties) dialog

       h, Space - check/uncheck.
       q - close dialog
       r - (*nix only) (un)set all read bits
       w - (*nix only) (un)set all write bits
       x - (*nix only) (un)set all execute bits
       s - (*nix only) (un)set all special (SetUID, SetGID, Sticky) bits
       e - (*nix only) (un)set recursion (for directories only)

       Item states:

       - * - checked flag.

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

       - d (*nix only) - (only for execute flags) means u-x+X, g-x+X or	 o-x+X
	 argument  for	the  chmod program.  If you're not on OS X and want to
	 remove execute permission bit from all files, but preserve it for di-
	 rectories, set all execute flags to 'd' and check  'Set  Recursively'
	 flag.

       Jobs menu (:jobs)

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

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

       r - reload the list of jobs.


       Undolist menu

       r - reset undo position to group under the cursor.


       Media menu

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

       Selecting a mount point navigates to it.

       Selecting "not mounted" line causes mounting.

       Selecting any other line does nothing.

       r - reload the list.

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

       [ - put cursor on the previous device.

       ] - put cursor on the next device.


       Plugins menu

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

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


Custom views
       Definition

       Normally	 file views contain list of files from a single directory, but
       sometimes it's useful to populate them with list of files that  do  not
       belong to the same directory, which is what custom views are for.

       Presentation

       Custom  views are still related to directory they were in before custom
       list was loaded.	 Path to that directory (original  directory)  can  be
       seen in the title of a custom view.

       Files in same directory have to be named differently, this doesn't hold
       for custom views thus seeing just file names might be rather confusing.
       In order to give an idea where files come from and when possible, rela-
       tive  paths  to	original directory of the view is displayed, otherwise
       full path is used instead.

       Custom views normally don't contain any inexistent files.

       Navigation

       Custom views have some differences related  to  navigation  in  regular
       views.

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

       h - go to closes parent node in tree  view,  otherwise  return  to  the
       original directory.

       gh - return to the original directory.

       Opening ".." entry also causes return to the original directory.

       History

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

       Filters

       Only local filter affects content of the view.	This  is  intentional,
       presumably  if  one loads list, precisely that list should be displayed
       (except for inexistent paths, which are ignored).

       Search

       Although directory names are visible in listing, they are  not  search-
       able.   Only file names are taken into account (might be changed in fu-
       ture, 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
       removed and meta-data of all other files is updated.

       Once custom view forgets about the file, it won't add it back  even  if
       it's created again.  So not seeing file previously affected by an oper-
       ation, which was 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 it doesn't make much sense.

       On  the	other  hand,  operations  that use files of a custom view as a
       source (e.g. yanking, copying, moving file from custom view,  deletion)
       and operations that modify names are all allowed.

Compare views
       Kinds

       :compare can produce four different results depending on arguments:
	- single compare view (ofone and either listall or listdups);
	- single custom view (ofone and listunique);
	- two compare views (ofboth and either listall or listdups);
	- two custom views (ofboth and listunique).

       The  first  two display files of one file system tree.  Here duplicates
       are files that have at least one copy in the same tree.	The other  two
       kinds  of  operation  compare  two trees, in which duplicates are files
       that are found in both trees.

       Lists of unique files are presented in custom views because there is no
       file grouping to preserve as all file ids are  guaranteed  to  be  dis-
       tinct.

       Creation

       Arguments  passed  to  :compare form seven categories each with its own
       prefix and is responsible for particular property of operation.

       Which files to compare:
	- ofboth - compares files of two panes against each other;
	- ofone	 - compares files of the same directory.

       How files are compared:
	- byname     - by their name only;
	- bysize     - only by their size;
	- bycontents - by data they contain (combination of size and  hash  of
       small  chunk of contents is used as first approximation, so don't worry
       too much about large files).

       Which files to display:
	- listall    - all files;
	- listunique - unique files only;
	- listdups   - only duplicated files.

       How results are grouped (has no effect if "ofone" specified):
	- groupids   - files considered identical are always adjacent in  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	  - toggle showing of identical files;
	- showdifferent	  - toggle showing of different files;
	- showuniqueleft  - toggle showing of unique top/left files;
	- showuniqueright - toggle showing of unique bottom/right files.

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

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

       Examples

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

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

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

	 :compare listdups ofone

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

	 :compare listunique

       Look

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

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

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

       Behaviour

       When  two  views	 are  being  compared against each other the following
       changes to the regular behaviour apply:
	- views are scrolled synchronously (as if '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}

       - 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 present both for  consistency
       with 'sort' option.

       Following types don't have corresponding sorting keys:

	 - {root}      -  display  name without extension (as a complement for
	   {ext})

	 - {fileroot} - display name without extension for anything except for
	   directories and symbolic links to directories (as a complement  for
	   {fileext})

       Empty  curly braces ({}) are replaced with the default secondary column
       for primary sort key. So after the next command view will be  displayed
       almost  as if 'viewcolumns' is empty, but adding ellipsis for long file
       names:

	 set viewcolumns=-{name}..,6{}.

       The last kind of column value is a string literal.  The literal is used
       as a column value for every row.	 The syntax is "{#literal}", for exam-
       ple:

	 3{#},{#|},{# | }

       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.  Example:

	 set viewcolumns=*{name}..,{#|},6{}.

       Cropping specifier

       It's from one to three dots after closing curly brace in column format.

       Specifies type of text truncation if it	doesn't	 fit  in  the  column.
       Currently three types are supported:

	 - truncation - text is truncated

	     set viewcolumns=-{name}.

	   results  in	truncation  of	names that are too long too fit in the
	   view.

	 - adding of ellipsis - ellipsis on the left or right are  added  when
	   needed

	     set viewcolumns=-{name}..

	   results  in	that  ellipsis	are  added at the end of too long file
	   names.

	 - none (default) - text can pass column boundaries

	     set viewcolumns=-{name}...,{ext}

	   results in that long file names can partially be written on the ext
	   column.

Color schemes
       The color schemes in vifm can be applied in two different ways:

	 - as the primary color scheme;

	 - as local to a pane color scheme.

       Both types are set using :colorscheme command, but of different forms:

	 - :colorscheme color_scheme_name - for the primary color scheme;

	 - :colorscheme color_scheme_name directory - for local color schemes.

       Look of different parts of the TUI (Text User Interface) is  determined
       in this way:

	 - Border,  TabLine,  TabLineSel,  TopLineSel,	TopLine,  CmdLine, Er-
	   rorMsg, StatusLine, JobLine, SuggestBox and WildMenu are always de-
	   termined 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.

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 momemnt.

       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/

       Esperanto translation of the documentation by Sebastian Cyprych:
       http://cyprych.neostrada.pl/tekstoj/komputiloj/vifm-help.eo.html

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

vifm 0.13			 04 April 2023			       VIFM(1)
