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 without having
     to learn a new set of commands.

OPTIONS
     vifm  starts in the current directory unless it is given a different direc-
     tory 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 di-
	    rectory 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  sin-
     gle-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/vim-
	    files and quit.

     --choose-files <path>|-
	    Sets  output file to write selection into on exit instead of opening
	    files.  "-" means standard output.	Use empty value to disable it.

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

     --delimiter <delimiter>
	    Sets  separator  for  list of file paths written out by vifm.  Empty
	    value means null character.	 Default is new line character.

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

     --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 per-
	    missions allow one 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 +<command>
	    to	execute	 commands in already running instance of vifm.	See also
	    "Client-Server" section below.

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

     -c <command> or +<command>
	    Run	 command-line mode <command> on startup.  Commands in such argu-
	    ments are executed in the order they appear in command  line.   Com-
	    mands  with	 spaces or special symbols must be enclosed in double or
	    single quotes or all special symbols should be  escaped  (the  exact
	    syntax  strongly  depends  on shell).  "+" argument is equivalent to
	    "$" and thus picks last item of of the view.

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

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

     --no-configs
	    Skip reading vifmrc and vifminfo.


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

General keys
     Ctrl-C or Escape
	    cancel most operations (see "Cancellation" section below), clear all
	    selected files.  In addition to that Escape also aborts waiting  for
	    more  input	 when  the current input is insufficient for determining
	    the shortcut.

     Ctrl-L
	    clear and redraw the screen.  Can also reload file list in appropri-
	    ate 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 direc-
	    tory node in tree view), otherwise move left one file.

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

     gg	    move to the first line of the file list.

     G	    move to the last line in the file list.

     gh	    go	up one directory regardless of view representation (regular, ls-
	    like).  Also can be used to leave custom views including tree view.

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

     H	    move to the first file in the window.

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

     L	    move to the last file in the window.

     Ctrl-F or Page Down
	    move forward one page.

     Ctrl-B or Page Up
	    move back one page.

     Ctrl-D
	    jump back one half page.

     Ctrl-U
	    jump forward one half page.

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

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

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

     Space  switch file lists.

     gt	    switch to the next tab (wrapping around).

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

     gT	    switch to the previous tab (wrapping around).

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

Movement with Count
     Most movement commands also accept a count, 12j would move down 12 files.

     [count]%
	    move to percent of the file list.

     [count]j
	    move down [count] files.

     [count]k
	    move up [count] files.

     [count]G or [count]gg
	    move to list position [count].

     [count]h
	    go up [count] directories.

Scrolling panes
     zt	    redraw pane with file in top of list.

     zz	    redraw pane with file in center of list.

     zb	    redraw pane with file in bottom of list.

     Ctrl-E
	    scroll pane one line down 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 _ commands
     count can be given before and/or after Ctrl-W.  The resulting  count  is  a
     multiplication  of those two.  So "2 Ctrl-W 2 -" decreases window size by 4
     lines or columns.

     Ctrl-W | and Ctrl-W _ maximise current view by default.

Marks
     Marks are set the same way as they are in vi.

     You can use these characters for marks [a-z][A-Z][0-9].

     m[a-z][A-Z][0-9]
	    set a mark for the file at the current cursor position.

     '[a-z][A-Z][0-9]
	    navigate to the file set for the mark.


     There are also several special marks that can't be set manually:

       - ' (single quote) - previously visited directory of the view, thus  hit-
	 ting '' allows switching between two last locations

       - < - the first file of the last visually selected block

       - > - the last file of the last visually selected block

Searching
     /regular expression pattern
	    search  for	 files	matching regular expression in forward direction
	    and advance cursor to next match.

     /	    perform forward search with top item of search pattern history.

     ?regular expression pattern
	    search for files matching regular expression in  backward  direction
	    and advance cursor to previous match.

     ?	    perform backward search with top item of search pattern history.

     Trailing slash for directories is taken into account, so /\/ searches for
     directories and symbolic links to directories.  At the moment // works too,
     but this can change in the future, so consider escaping the slash if not
     typing pattern by hand.

     Matches are automatically selected if 'hlsearch' is set.  Enabling 'inc-
     search' makes search interactive.	'ignorecase' and 'smartcase' options af-
     fect case sensitivity of search queries as well as local filter and other
     things detailed in the description of 'caseoptions'.


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

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

     If 'hlsearch' option is set, hitting n/N to perform a search and go to a
     matching item can reset existing selection in normal mode.	 It happens when
     there are no prior search results (i.e., no files with highlighting of the
     matched part), otherwise the selection is left as is.  Resetting search
     matches in any way (like running :nohlsearch or pressing Escape) will force
     the search next time n/N is pressed and cause matching files to be se-
     lected.

     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 'dotfiles'
	 option;

       - permanent filter;

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

     Permanent	filter	essentially allows defining a group of files names which
     are not desirable to be seen by default, like temporary  or  backup  files,
     which  might be created alongside normal ones.  Just like you don't usually
     need to see hidden dot files (files starting with a dot).	Local filter  on
     the  other	 hand is for temporary immediate filtering of file list at hand,
     to get rid of uninterested files in the view or to make it possible to  use
     % range in a :command.

     For  the  purposes	 of more deterministic editing permanent filter is split
     into two parts:

       - one edited explicitly via :filter command;

       - another one which is edited implicitly via zf shortcut.

     Files are tested against both parts and a match counts if at least	 one  of
     the parts matched.


     Each file list has its own copy of each filter.

     Filtered files are not checked in / search or :commands.

     Files and directories are filtered separately.  This is done by appending a
     slash to a directory name before testing whether it matches the filter. Ex-
     amples:


       " 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  excludes  that
	    sub-tree.	For  compare  views zd hides group of adjacent identical
	    files, count can be specified as 1 to exclude just	single	file  or
	    selected  items instead.  Files excluded this way are not counted as
	    filtered out and can't be returned unless view is reloaded.

     =regular expression
	    only keep files matching the regular expression.  This is  called  a
	    local  filter.   Whether  view  is	updated as regular expression is
	    changed depends on the value of the 'incsearch' option.   This  kind
	    of filter is automatically reset when directory is changed.

Tree-related Keys
     While  some of the keys make sense outside of tree-view, they are most use-
     ful 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 "Com-
	    mand line editing" section for details.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

     ga	    calculate directory size.  Uses cached directory sizes when possible
	    for	 better performance.  As a special case calculating size of ".."
	    entry results in calculation of size of current directory.

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

     If file under cursor is selected, each selected item is  processed,  other-
     wise 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 privi-
	    leges.

     av	    go into visual mode for updating current selection, any existing se-
	    lection 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 selection).  When
	    you leave a directory, its saved selection is  remembered  for  that
	    path and visiting the directory again restores it.	Selection is re-
	    membered for up to 10 distinct file-system locations.

     gu<selector>
	    make names of selected files lowercase.

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

     gU<selector>
	    make names of selected files uppercase.

     [count]gUU and [count]gUgU
	    make names of [count] files starting from the current one uppercase.
	    Without [count] only current file is affected.

     e	    explore file in the current pane.

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

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

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

     cl	    change  link  target.   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  Win-
	    dows).   If [count] is specified, it's treated as numerical argument
	    for non-recursive `chmod` command (of  the	form  [0-7]{3,4}).   See
	    "Menus and dialogs" section for controls.

     [count]C
	    clone file(s) [count] times.

     [reg][count]dd
	    move  files	 to  trash directory if 'trash' option is set, otherwise
	    delete them permanently.  See "Trash directory" section below.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

     [reg]P
	    move  the  last yanked files.  The advantage of using P instead of d
	    followed by p is that P moves files only once.  This isn't important
	    in case you're moving files in the same file system where your  home
	    directory  is,  but	 using P to move files on some other file system
	    (or file systems, in case you want to move files from fs1 to fs2 and
	    your home is on fs3) can save your time.

     [reg]al
	    put symbolic links with absolute paths.

     [reg]rl
	    put symbolic links with relative paths.

     t	    select or unselect (tag) the current file.

     u	    undo last change.

     Ctrl-R
	    redo last change.

     dp	    in compare view of "ofboth grouppaths" kind makes corresponding  en-
	    tries  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 noth-
	    ing.

     [d	    go to previous directory entry or do nothing.

     ]d	    go to next directory entry or do nothing.

     [r	    same as :siblprev.

     ]r	    same as :siblnext.

     [R	    same as :siblprev!.

     ]R	    same as :siblnext!.

     [s	    go to the previous selected entry or do nothing.

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

     [S	    same as [s, but wraps.

     ]S	    same as ]s, but wraps.

Using Count
     You can use count with commands like yy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

     As mentioned above " is unnamed register and has special meaning of the de-
     fault register.  Every time a named register (a-z and A-Z) is used, unnamed
     register is updated to contain the same list of files.

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

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

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

     Example:

       "a2yy

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

       "Add

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

       p or "ap or "Ap

     inserts previously yanked and deleted files into current directory.

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

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

     a	    all files in current view.

     s	    selected files.

     S	    all files except selected.

     Examples:

       - dj - delete file under cursor and one below;

       - d2j - delete file under cursor and two below;

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

     When you pass a count to whole command and its  selector  they  are  multi-
     plied. So:

       - 2d2j - delete file under cursor and four below;

       - 2dj - delete file under cursor and two below;

       - 2y6gg - yank all files from cursor position to 12th file in the list.

Visual Mode
     Visual mode has two generic operating submodes:

       - plain selection as it is in Vim;

       - selection editing submode.

     Both  submodes select files in the range (let's call it "selection region")
     from the cursor position at which visual mode was started	to  the	 current
     cursor  position.	Either end of the range can be adjusted by switching the
     active one via `o` or `O` keys and then updating cursor position via  regu-
     lar  cursor  motion  keys.	 After the initial cursor position is altered in
     this way it cannot be restored.

     Plain Vim-like visual mode starts by clearing any selection.  If  the  mode
     is	 then  aborted (via `Escape`, `CTRL-C`, `v` or `V`), the original selec-
     tion is not restored automatically.  Contrary to it, selection editing pre-
     serves previously selected files and restores them	 in  case  the	mode  is
     aborted.	Accepting  selection  by performing an operation on the selected
     items (e.g., by yanking them via `y`) moves the cursor to the  top	 of  the
     current selection region, not to the top-most selected file of the view.

     Selection	editing	 submode supports three types of editing (the status bar
     indicates which one is currently active):

       - append - amends selection by selecting elements in  the  selection  re-
	 gion;

       - remove	 - amends selection by deselecting elements in the selection re-
	 gion;

       - invert - amends selection by inverting selection of elements in the se-
	 lection region.

     No matter how activated, selection editing starts with  "append"  operation
     active.   The  operations	can be cycled through (in the order given above)
     via `CTRL-G` key.

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

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

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

     gv	    restore previous visual selection.

     v, V, Ctrl-C or Escape
	    leave  visual mode if not in amending mode, otherwise switch to nor-
	    mal 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 similar to
	    `tail -F` or F key in less.

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

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

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

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

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

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

     [count]N
	    repeat  previous  search in reverse direction (for [count]-th occur-
	    rence).

     [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 ac-
     tivated  on file preview is left using one by "Ctrl-W x" keys, its state is
     stored until another file is displayed  using  preview  (it's  possible  to
     leave  the mode, hide preview pane, do something else, then get back to the
     file and show preview pane again with previously stored state in it).

Command line Mode
     These keys are available in all submodes of the command line mode: command,
     search, prompt and filtering.

     Down, Up, Left, Right, Home, End and Delete are extended keys and they  are
     not available if vifm is compiled with --disable-extended-keys option.

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

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

     Ctrl-I, Tab
	    complete command or its argument on editing of a :command,	complete
	    file  names	 in  file name prompts, move cursor onto the next search
	    match in file search prompt (including  in	navigation)  when  'inc-
	    search' is set.

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

     Ctrl-_
	    stop completion and restore original input.

     Ctrl-B, Left
	    move cursor to the left.

     Ctrl-F, Right
	    move cursor to the right.

     Ctrl-A, Home
	    go to line beginning.

     Ctrl-E, End
	    go to line end.

     Alt-B  go to the beginning of previous word.

     Alt-F  go to the end of next word.

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

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

     Ctrl-H, Backspace
	    remove character before the cursor.

     Ctrl-D, Delete
	    remove character under the cursor.

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

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

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

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

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

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

     Ctrl-P
	    recall older command-line from history.

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

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

     Ctrl-]
	    trigger abbreviation expansion.

     Ctrl-R =
	    insert result of evaluating an expression.	Expression is to be  en-
	    tered  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 finished.

     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  map-
     pings  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 ('wrap-
	    scan' 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  po-
     sition.  Last key of every shortcut references value that it inserts:
       - c - [c]urrent file
       - d - [d]irectory path
       - e - [e]xtension of a file name
       - r - [r]oot part of a file name
       - t - [t]ail part of directory path

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

     Values  related  to  filelist  in current pane are available through Ctrl-X
     prefix, while values from the other pane have doubled Ctrl-X key  as  their
     prefix (doubled Ctrl-X is presumably easier to type than uppercase letters;
     it's  still  easy	to  remap  the	keys  to  correspond to names of similar
     macros).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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


     Ctrl-X /
	    last pattern from search history.

Command line editing
     vifm provides a facility to edit several kinds of	data,  that  is	 usually
     edited in command-line mode, in external editor (using command specified by
     'vicmd'  or 'vixcmd' option).  This has at least two advantages over built-
     in command-line mode:
       - one can use full power of Vim to edit text;
       - finding and reusing history entries becomes possible.

     The facility is supported by four input submodes of the command-line:
       - command;
       - forward search;
       - backward search;
       - file rename (see description of cw and cW normal mode keys).

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

     Temporary file created for the purpose of editing the line has the	 follow-
     ing 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  re-
	  cent	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 --"  mes-
     sage at the bottom.

     The following keys are handled in this mode:


     Enter, Ctrl-J, j or Down
	    scroll one line down.

     Backspace, k or Up
	    scroll one line up.


     d	    scroll one page (half of a screen) down.

     u	    scroll one page (half of a screen) up.


     Space, f or PageDown
	    scroll down a screen.

     b or PageUp
	    scroll up a screen.


     G	    scroll to the bottom.

     g	    scroll to the top.


     q, Escape or Ctrl-C
	    quit the mode.

     :	    switch to command-line mode.

Commands
     Commands are executed with :command_name<Enter>

     Commented	out  lines  should start with the double quote symbol ("), which
     may be preceded by whitespace characters intermixed  with	colons.	  Inline
     comments  can  be	added  at the end of the line after double quote symbol,
     only last line of a multi-line command can contain such comment.	Not  all
     commands  support	inline	comments as it's not always possible to identify
     one unambiguously:

       - the syntax conflicts with names of registers

       - the syntax conflicts with quoting arguments to commands

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

     Most of the commands have two forms: complete and the short one.  Example:

       :noh[lsearch]

     This means the complete command is nohlsearch, and the short one is noh.

     Parsing of the text after the colon is based on quoting and escaping rules.
     These  rules  determine  how  Vifm	 splits the entered text into arguments.
     Note: some commands, such as :echo, interpret their  arguments  as	 expres-
     sions, which use their own syntax (see "Expression syntax").

     Supported mechanisms:

       - single quotes '...'
	 The content is taken literally.
	 Backslash escaping does not work inside.
	 However, '' inside single quotes is replaced with ' (same as in Vim).
	 Everything between the quotes becomes a single argument.

       - double quotes "..."
	 Also form a single argument.
	 A  backslash inside double quotes escapes the next character (for exam-
     ple, \" becomes a quote, \\ becomes a backslash).
	 Some Castyle escape sequences are interpreted (\a, \b, \f, \n, \r,  \t,
     \v).

	 Example:
	     :echo "a b c
	 output:
	     a b c "x"

       - backslash escaping \
	 Outside quotes, it allows including spaces, quotes, or a backslash into
     an argument.
	 Works	similarly  in  double  quotes  and  does  not work inside single
     quotes.

	 Example (visible behavior):
	     :command Foo touch a b
	     defines the Foo command with a single argument: a b

	     Calling it:
		 :Foo
	     creates a file named:
		 a b

     After processing quotes and backslashes, most commands split the line  into
     arguments	by  whitespace.	  Some commands (such as :substitute or :tr) can
     use custom characters as separators.

     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 execution.

     '|'  can be used to separate commands, so you can give multiple commands in
     one line.	If you want to use '|' in an argument, precede it with '\'.

     These commands see '|' as part of their arguments even when it's escaped:

	 :[range]!
	 :amap
	 :anoremap
	 :autocmd
	 :cabbrev
	 :cmap
	 :cnoreabbrev
	 :cnoremap
	 :command
	 :dmap
	 :dnoremap
	 :filetype
	 :fileviewer
	 :filextype
	 :keepsel
	 :map
	 :mmap
	 :mnoremap
	 :nmap
	 :nnoremap
	 :noremap
	 :normal
	 :qmap
	 :qnoremap
	 :vmap
	 :vnoremap
	 :wincmd
	 :windo
	 :wingo
	 :winrun

     To be able to use another command after one of these, wrap it with the :ex-
     ecute 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 mov-
	    ing down.

     :3d    would delete one file at the third line in the list.

     :command [args]

     :[range]!program
	    execute command via shell.	Accepts macros.

     :[range]!command &

     same as above, but the command is run in the background using vifm's means.

     Programs that write to stderr create error dialogs showing	 errors	 of  the
     command.

     Note the space before ampersand symbol, if you omit it, command will be run
     in the background using job control of your shell.

     Accepts macros.

					      :!!

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

     :!!    repeat the last command.

					      :alink

     :[range]alink[!?]
	    create  absolute  symbolic	links  to files in directory of inactive
	    view.  With "?" prompts for destination file  names	 in  an	 editor.
	    "!" forces overwrite.

     :[range]alink[!] path
	    create  absolute  symbolic	links to files in directory specified by
	    the path (absolute or relative to directory of inactive view).

     :[range]alink[!] name1 name2...
	    create absolute symbolic links of files in directory of  other  view
	    giving each next link a corresponding name from the argument list.

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

					      :apropos

     :apropos keyword...
	    create  a  menu of items returned by the apropos command.  Selecting
	    an item in the menu opens corresponding man page.	By  default  the
	    command  relies on the external "apropos" utility, which can be cus-
	    tomized by altering value of the 'aproposprg'  option.   See  "Menus
	    and dialogs" section for controls.

					      :autocmd

     :au[tocmd] {event} {pat} {cmd}
	    register autocommand for the {event}, which can be:
	      - DirEnter - triggered after directory is changed
	    Event name is case insensitive.

	    {pat}  is  a  comma-separated list of modified globs patterns, which
	    can contain tilde or environment variables.	  All  paths  use  slash
	    ('/')  as  directory  separator.   The pattern can start with a '!',
	    which negates it.  Patterns that do not contain slashes are	 matched
	    against  the last item of the path only (e.g. "dir" in "/path/dir").
	    Literal comma can be entered by doubling it.  Two  modifications  to
	    globs matching are as follows:
	      -	 *   - never matches a slash (i.e., can signify single directory
	    level)
	      - ** - matches any character (i.e., can match  path  of  arbitrary
	    depth)

	    {cmd} is a :command or several of them separated with '|'.

	    Examples of patterns:
	      - conf.d	    - matches conf.d directory anywhere
	      - *.d	    - matches directories ending with ".d" anywhere
	      - **.git	    - matches something.git, but not .git anywhere
	      - **/.git/**  - matches /path/.git/objects, but not /path/.git
	      -	 **/.git/**/  -	 matches  /path/.git/  only (because of trailing
	    slash)
	      -	 /etc/*	      -	 matches   /etc/conf.d/,   /etc/X11,   but   not
	    /etc/X11/fs
	      - /etc/**/*.d - matches /etc/conf.d, /etc/X11/conf.d, etc.
	      - /etc/**/*   - matches /etc/ itself and any file below it
	      - /etc/**/**  - matches /etc/ itself and any file below it

     :au[tocmd] [{event}] [{pat}]
	    list those autocommands that match given event-pattern combination.
	    {event}  and {pat} can be omitted to list all autocommands.	 To list
	    any autocommands for specific pattern one can use *	 placeholder  in
	    place of {event}.

     :au[tocmd]! [{event}] [{pat}]
	    remove  autocommands  that	match  given  event-pattern combination.
	    Syntax is the same as for listing above.

     :apropos
	    repeat last :apropos command.

					      :bmark

     :bmark tag1 [tag2 [tag3...]]
	    bookmark current directory with specified tags.

     :bmark! path tag1 [tag2 [tag3...]]
	    same as :bmark, but allows bookmarking specific path instead of cur-
	    rent directory.  This is for  use  in  vifmrc  and	for  bookmarking
	    files.

	    Path  can contain macros that expand to single path (%c, %C, %d, %D)
	    or those that can expand to multiple paths,	 but  contain  only  one
	    (%f, %F, %rx).  The latter is done for convenience on using the com-
	    mand  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, other-
	    wise 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 di-
	    alogs" section for controls.

     :ca[bbrev] lhs-prefix
	    display  command-line mode abbreviations which left-hand side starts
	    with specified prefix.

     :ca[bbrev] lhs rhs
	    register new or overwrites existing	 abbreviation  for  command-line
	    mode.   rhs can contain spaces and any special sequences accepted in
	    rhs of mappings (see "Mappings" section below).   Abbreviations  are
	    expanded non-recursively.

					      :call

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

					      :chistory

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

					      :cnoreabbrev

     :cnorea[bbrev]
	    display menu of command-line mode abbreviations.  See "Menus and di-
	    alogs" section for controls.

     :cnorea[bbrev] lhs-prefix
	    display  command-line mode abbreviations which left-hand side starts
	    with specified prefix.

     :cnorea[bbrev] lhs rhs
	    same as :cabbrev, but mappings in rhs are ignored during expansion.

					      :cd

     :cd or :cd ~ or :cd $HOME
	    change to home directory.

     :cd -  go to the last visited directory.

     :cd ~/dir
	    change directory to ~/dir.

     :cd /curr/dir /other/dir
	    change directory of the current pane to /curr/dir and  directory  of
	    the other pane to /other/dir.  Relative paths are assumed to be rel-
	    ative  to  directory  of current view.  Command won't fail if one of
	    directories is invalid.  All forms of the command accept macros.

     :cd! /dir
	    same as :cd /dir /dir.

					      :cds

     :cds[!] pattern string
	    navigate to path obtained by substituting  first  match  in	 current
	    path.   Arguments  can  include slashes, but starting first argument
	    with a separator will activate below form of the command.	Specify-
	    ing "!" changes directory of both panes.

     Available flags:

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

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

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

					      :change

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

					      :chmod

     :[range]chmod
	    display file attributes (permission on *nix and properties	on  Win-
	    dows) 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  recur-
	    sively.

					      :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 rela-
	    tive to current directory).	 "!" forces overwrite.	Macros	are  ex-
	    panded.

     :[range]clone[!] name1 name2...
	    clones  files  in  current directory giving each next clone a corre-
	    sponding 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 direc-
	    tory specific colorscheme fits current path.  It's also used to  set
	    border  color  (except view titles) and colors in menus and dialogs.
	    See "Menus and dialogs" section for controls.

     :colo[rscheme] color_scheme_name
	    change primary color scheme to color_scheme_name.  In case of errors
	    (e.g. some colors are not supported by terminal) either  nothing  is
	    changed  or	 color	scheme is reset to builtin colors to ensure that
	    TUI is left in a usable state.

     :colo[rscheme] color_scheme_name directory
	    associate directory with the color scheme.	The  directory	argument
	    can be either absolute or relative path when :colorscheme command is
	    executed from command line, but mandatory should be an absolute path
	    when  the  command	is  executed in scripts loaded at startup (until
	    vifm is completely loaded).

     :colo[rscheme] color_scheme_name color_scheme_name...
	    loads the first color scheme in the order given that exists	 and  is
	    supported by the terminal.	If none matches, current one remains un-
	    changed.  For example:

	      " use a separate color scheme for panes which are inside FUSE mounts
	      execute 'colorscheme in-fuse' &fusehome

					      :comclear

     :comc[lear]
	    remove all user defined commands.

					      :command

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

     :com[mand] prefix
	    display user defined commands that start with the prefix.

     :com[mand] name action[ &]
	    set or redefine a user command.
	    Use :com[mand]! to overwrite a previously set command  of  the  same
	    name.  Builtin commands can't be redefined.
	    User  commands  must start with an upper or lower case letter.  Com-
	    mand name can't contain special symbols except for a single trailing
	    '?' or '!'.	 Numbers are allowed  provided	that  they  don't  cause
	    parsing  ambiguity (no command name prefix that precedes a digit can
	    match an existing command unless it has a digit in the same	 place),
	    for example:
	      " good
	      :command mp3 command
	      " good
	      :command mp4 command
	      :command mp3! command
	      :command mp4? command
	      " bad
	      :command mp command
	      :command mp44 command
	      " good
	      :command mp4c command

	    User commands are run in a shell by default (see below for syntax of
	    other options).  To run a command in the background you must mark it
	    as	a  background  command by adding " &" after the command's action
	    (e.g., `:com rm rm %f &`).
	    User commands of all kinds have macros expanded in them.  See  "Com-
	    mand 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 exam-
	    ple:

	      " 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  showidentical
	    showdifferent  showuniqueleft showuniqueright".  See "Compare views"
	    section below for details.	Diff structure is incompatible with  al-
	    ternative  representations,	 so  values of 'lsview' and 'millerview'
	    options are ignored.

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

					      :copen

     :cope[n]
	    reopen the most recently closed navigation menu, if any.   See  also
	    "Menus history" section.

					      :copy

     :[range]co[py][!?][ &]
	    copy  files to directory of other view.  With "?" prompts for desti-
	    nation file names in an editor.  "!" forces overwrite.

     :[range]co[py][!] path[ &]
	    copy files to directory specified with the path (absolute  or  rela-
	    tive to directory of other view).  "!" forces overwrite.

     :[range]co[py][!] name1 name2...[ &]
	    copy files to directory of other view giving each next file a corre-
	    sponding name from the argument list.  "!" forces overwrite

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

     Also see "File copying" section below.

					      :cquit

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

					      :cunabbrev

     :cuna[bbrev] lhs
	    unregister command-line mode abbreviation by its lhs.

     :cuna[bbrev] rhs
	    unregister command-line mode abbreviation by its rhs, so that abbre-
	    viation 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 cur-
	    rent 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  con-
	    tent).

					      :dirs

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

					      :echo

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

					      :edit

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

					      :else

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

					      :elseif

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

					      :empty

     :empty
	    permanently	 remove files from all existing non-empty trash directo-
	    ries (see "Trash directory" section below).	 Trash directories which
	    are specified via %r and/or %u also get  deleted  completely.   Also
	    remove  all operations from undolist that have no sense after :empty
	    and remove all records about files located inside  directories  from
	    all	 registers.   Removal is performed as background task with unde-
	    termined amount of work and can be checked via :jobs menu.

					      :endif

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

					      :execute

     :exe[cute] [<expr>...]
	    evaluate each argument as an expression and join  results  separated
	    by	a  space to get a single string which is then executed as a com-
	    mand-line command.	See help on :let command  for  a  definition  of
	    <expr>.

					      :exit

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

					      :file

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

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

					      :filetype

     :filet[ype] pattern-list [{descr}]def_prog[ &],[{descr}]prog2[ &],...
	    associate given program list to each of  the  patterns.   Associated
	    program  (command) is used by handlers of l and Enter keys (and also
	    in the :file menu).	 If you need to insert comma into  command  just
	    double  it (",,").	Space followed by an ampersand as two last char-
	    acters of a command means running of the command in the  background.
	    Optional  description  can	be  given to each command to ease under-
	    standing of what command will do in the :file menu.	 Vifm  will  try
	    the	 rest  of the programs for an association when the default isn't
	    found.  When program entry doesn't contain any of vifm macros,  name
	    of	current file is appended as if program entry ended with %c macro
	    on *nix and %"c on Windows.	 On Windows path to executables contain-
	    ing 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 speci-
	    fied file name.  Same as ":filextype filename".

					      :filextype

     :filex[type] pattern-list [{ description }] def_program,program2,...
	    same as :filetype, but this command is ignored if not running in  X.
	    In X :filextype is equal to :filetype.  See "Patterns" section below
	    for	 pattern definition and "Selection" section for how selection is
	    handled.  See also "Automatic FUSE mounts" section below.

	    For example, consider the following settings (the order  might  seem
	    strange, but it's for the demonstration purpose):

	      filetype *.html,*.htm
		      \ {View in lynx}
		      \ lynx
	      filextype *.html,*.htm
		      \ {Open with dwb}
		      \ dwb %f %i &,
	      filetype *.html,*.htm
		      \ {View in links}
		      \ links
	      filextype *.html,*.htm
		      \ {Open with firefox}
		      \ firefox %f &,
		      \ {Open with uzbl}
		      \ uzbl-browser %f %i &,

	    If	you're	using vifm inside a terminal emulator that is running in
	    graphical environment (when X is used on *nix; always  on  Windows),
	    vifm attempts to run application in this order:

	    1. lynx
	    2. dwb
	    3. links
	    4. firefox
	    5. uzbl

	    If	there  is  no graphical environment (checked by presence of non-
	    empty $DISPLAY or $WAYLAND_DISPLAY	environment  variable  on  *nix;
	    never happens on Windows), the list will look like:

	    1. lynx
	    2. links

	    Just as if all :filextype commands were not there.

	    The	 purpose  of such differentiation is to allow comfortable use of
	    vifm with same settings in desktop environment/through  remote  con-
	    nection (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  speci-
	    fied file name.  Same as ":filetype filename".

					      :fileviewer

     :filev[iewer] pattern-list command1,command2,...
	    register  specified list of commands as viewers for each of the pat-
	    terns.  Viewer is a command which output is captured  and  displayed
	    in one of the panes of vifm after pressing "e" or running :view com-
	    mand.   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 ap-
	    ply to this command.  See "Patterns" section below for pattern defi-
	    nition.  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  speci-
	    fied 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.	 Ignores
	    selection and range.

     :[range]fin[d]
	    repeat last :find command.

					      :finish

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

					      :goto

     :go[to]
	    change  directory if necessary and put specified path under the cur-
	    sor.  The path should be existing non-root path.  Macros  and  envi-
	    ronment variables are expanded.

					      :grep

     :[range]gr[ep][!] pattern
	    will  show	results of grep command in the menu.  Add "!" to request
	    inversion of search (look for lines	 that  do  not	match  pattern).
	    Searches  among  selected  files if any and no range given.	 Ignores
	    binary files by default.  By default the command relies on	the  ex-
	    ternal  "grep" utility, which can be customized by altering value of
	    the 'grepprg' option.

     :[range]gr[ep][!] -opt...
	    same as :grep above, but user defines all grep arguments, which  are
	    not escaped.  Searches among selected files if any.

     :[range]gr[ep][!]
	    repeat  last  :grep command.  "!" of this command inverts "!" in re-
	    peated command.

					      :help

     :h[elp]
	    show the help file.

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

					      :hideui

     :hideui
	    hide interface to show previous commands' output.

					      :highlight

     :hi[ghlight]
	    display information about all highlight groups active at the moment.

     :hi[ghlight] clear
	    reset all highlighting to builtin defaults and remove all  filename-
	    specific rules.

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

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

     :hi[ghlight] ( group-name | column: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.

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

     Available group-name values:
      - Win - color of all windows (views, dialogs, menus) and default color for
     their content (e.g. regular files in views)
      - AuxWin - color of auxiliary areas of windows
      - OtherWin - color of inactive pane
      - Border - color of vertical parts of the border
      - TabLine - tab line color (for 'tabscope' set to "global")
      - TabLineSel - color of the tip of selected tab (regardless of 'tabscope')
      - TopLine - top line color of the other pane
      - TopLineSel - top line color of the current pane
      - CmdLine - the command line/status bar color
      - ErrorMsg - color of error messages in the status bar
      - StatusLine - color of the line above the status bar
      - JobLine - color of job line that appears above the status line
      - WildBox - color of the wild menu
      - WildMenu - color of the selected wild menu item
      - SuggestBox - color of key suggestion box
      - CurrLine - line at cursor position in active view
      - OtherLine - line at cursor position in inactive view
      - OddLine - color of every second entry line in a pane
      - LineNr - line number column of views
      - Selected - color of selected files
      - Directory - color of directories
      - Link - color of symbolic links in the views
      - BrokenLink - color of broken symbolic links
      - HardLink - color of regular files with more than one hard link
      - Socket - color of sockets
      - Device - color of block and character devices
      - Executable - color of executable files
      - Fifo - color of fifo pipes
      -	 CmpMismatch  -	 color of mismatched files in side-by-side comparison by
     path
      - CmpUnmatched - comparison file entry that has no pair in the other pane
      - CmpBlank - entry placeholder in a compare view, paired with CmpUnmatched
      - User1..User20 - 20 colors which can be used via %* 'statusline' macro

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

       highlight column:fileext ctermfg=red

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

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

     Light  versions  of colors are regular colors with bold attribute set auto-
     matically in terminals that have less than 16 colors.  So	order  of  argu-
     ments  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 numeri-
     cal suffix.

       0 Black			86 Aquamarine1		 172 Orange3
       1 Red			87 DarkSlateGray2	 173 LightSalmon3_2
       2 Green			88 DarkRed_2		 174 LightPink3
       3 Yellow			89 DeepPink4_2		 175 Pink3
       4 Blue			90 DarkMagenta		 176 Plum3
       5 Magenta		91 DarkMagenta_2	 177 Violet
       6 Cyan			92 DarkViolet		 178 Gold3_2
       7 White			93 Purple		 179 LightGoldenrod3
       8 LightBlack		94 Orange4_2		 180 Tan
       9 LightRed		95 LightPink4		 181 MistyRose3
      10 LightGreen		96 Plum4		 182 Thistle3
      11 LightYellow		97 MediumPurple3	 183 Plum2
      12 LightBlue		98 MediumPurple3_2	 184 Yellow3_2
      13 LightMagenta		99 SlateBlue1		 185 Khaki3
      14 LightCyan	       100 Yellow4		 186 LightGoldenrod2
      15 LightWhite	       101 Wheat4		 187 LightYellow3
      16 Grey0		       102 Grey53		 188 Grey84
      17 NavyBlue	       103 LightSlateGrey	 189 LightSteelBlue1
      18 DarkBlue	       104 MediumPurple		 190 Yellow2
      19 Blue3		       105 LightSlateBlue	 191 DarkOliveGreen1
      20 Blue3_2	       106 Yellow4_2		 192 DarkOliveGreen1_2
      21 Blue1		       107 DarkOliveGreen3	 193 DarkSeaGreen1_2
      22 DarkGreen	       108 DarkSeaGreen		 194 Honeydew2
      23 DeepSkyBlue4	       109 LightSkyBlue3	 195 LightCyan1
      24 DeepSkyBlue4_2	       110 LightSkyBlue3_2	 196 Red1
      25 DeepSkyBlue4_3	       111 SkyBlue2		 197 DeepPink2
      26 DodgerBlue3	       112 Chartreuse2_2	 198 DeepPink1
      27 DodgerBlue2	       113 DarkOliveGreen3_2	 199 DeepPink1_2
      28 Green4		       114 PaleGreen3_2		 200 Magenta2_2
      29 SpringGreen4	       115 DarkSeaGreen3	 201 Magenta1
      30 Turquoise4	       116 DarkSlateGray3	 202 OrangeRed1
      31 DeepSkyBlue3	       117 SkyBlue1		 203 IndianRed1
      32 DeepSkyBlue3_2	       118 Chartreuse1		 204 IndianRed1_2
      33 DodgerBlue1	       119 LightGreen_2		 205 HotPink
      34 Green3		       120 LightGreen_3		 206 HotPink_2
      35 SpringGreen3	       121 PaleGreen1		 207 MediumOrchid1_2
      36 DarkCyan	       122 Aquamarine1_2	 208 DarkOrange
      37 LightSeaGreen	       123 DarkSlateGray1	 209 Salmon1
      38 DeepSkyBlue2	       124 Red3			 210 LightCoral
      39 DeepSkyBlue1	       125 DeepPink4_3		 211 PaleVioletRed1
      40 Green3_2	       126 MediumVioletRed	 212 Orchid2
      41 SpringGreen3_2	       127 Magenta3		 213 Orchid1
      42 SpringGreen2	       128 DarkViolet_2		 214 Orange1
      43 Cyan3		       129 Purple_2		 215 SandyBrown
      44 DarkTurquoise	       130 DarkOrange3		 216 LightSalmon1
      45 Turquoise2	       131 IndianRed		 217 LightPink1
      46 Green1		       132 HotPink3		 218 Pink1
      47 SpringGreen2_2	       133 MediumOrchid3	 219 Plum1
      48 SpringGreen1	       134 MediumOrchid		 220 Gold1
      49 MediumSpringGreen     135 MediumPurple2	 221 LightGoldenrod2_2
      50 Cyan2		       136 DarkGoldenrod	 222 LightGoldenrod2_3
      51 Cyan1		       137 LightSalmon3		 223 NavajoWhite1
      52 DarkRed	       138 RosyBrown		 224 MistyRose1
      53 DeepPink4	       139 Grey63		 225 Thistle1
      54 Purple4	       140 MediumPurple2_2	 226 Yellow1
      55 Purple4_2	       141 MediumPurple1	 227 LightGoldenrod1
      56 Purple3	       142 Gold3		 228 Khaki1
      57 BlueViolet	       143 DarkKhaki		 229 Wheat1
      58 Orange4	       144 NavajoWhite3		 230 Cornsilk1
      59 Grey37		       145 Grey69		 231 Grey100
      60 MediumPurple4	       146 LightSteelBlue3	 232 Grey3
      61 SlateBlue3	       147 LightSteelBlue	 233 Grey7
      62 SlateBlue3_2	       148 Yellow3		 234 Grey11
      63 RoyalBlue1	       149 DarkOliveGreen3_3	 235 Grey15
      64 Chartreuse4	       150 DarkSeaGreen3_2	 236 Grey19
      65 DarkSeaGreen4	       151 DarkSeaGreen2	 237 Grey23
      66 PaleTurquoise4	       152 LightCyan3		 238 Grey27
      67 SteelBlue	       153 LightSkyBlue1	 239 Grey30
      68 SteelBlue3	       154 GreenYellow		 240 Grey35
      69 CornflowerBlue	       155 DarkOliveGreen2	 241 Grey39
      70 Chartreuse3	       156 PaleGreen1_2		 242 Grey42
      71 DarkSeaGreen4_2       157 DarkSeaGreen2_2	 243 Grey46
      72 CadetBlue	       158 DarkSeaGreen1	 244 Grey50
      73 CadetBlue_2	       159 PaleTurquoise1	 245 Grey54
      74 SkyBlue3	       160 Red3_2		 246 Grey58
      75 SteelBlue1	       161 DeepPink3		 247 Grey62
      76 Chartreuse3_2	       162 DeepPink3_2		 248 Grey66
      77 PaleGreen3	       163 Magenta3_2		 249 Grey70
      78 SeaGreen3	       164 Magenta3_3		 250 Grey74
      79 Aquamarine3	       165 Magenta2		 251 Grey78
      80 MediumTurquoise       166 DarkOrange3_2	 252 Grey82
      81 SteelBlue1_2	       167 IndianRed_2		 253 Grey85
      82 Chartreuse2	       168 HotPink3_2		 254 Grey89
      83 SeaGreen2	       169 HotPink2		 255 Grey93
      84 SeaGreen1	       170 Orchid
      85 SeaGreen1_2	       171 MediumOrchid1

     There  are	 two  colors  (foreground  and background) and only one bold at-
     tribute.  Thus single bold attribute affects both colors when "reverse" at-
     tribute is used in vifm run inside terminal emulator.   At	 the  same  time
     linux  native console can handle boldness of foreground and background col-
     ors independently, but for consistency  with  terminal  emulators	this  is
     available	only  implicitly by using light versions of colors.  This behav-
     iour might be changed in the future.

     Although vifm supports 256 colors in a sense they are supported by UI draw-
     ing library, whether you will be able to use all of them highly depends  on
     your  terminal.   To  set up terminal properly, make sure that $TERM in the
     environment you run vifm is set to name of 256-color terminal (on *nixes it
     can also be set via X resources), e.g. xterm-256color.  One can  find  list
     of	 available terminal names by listing /usr/lib/terminfo/.  Number of col-
     ors 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, cor-
     responding	 terminfo  record (probably ends in "-direct" like in "xterm-di-
     rect") and $TERM pointing to it.  When vifm detects  direct  color	 support
     "cterm*"  values  are  ignored for groups which have at least one of "gui*"
     values set, otherwise  they  are  used  after  translating	 via  a	 builtin
     palette.

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

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

     Here  file name specific highlights mean those configured via globs ({}) or
     regular expressions (//).	At most one of them is applied per  file  entry,
     namely the first that matches file name, hence order of :highlight commands
     might be important in certain cases.

					      :history

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

     :his[tory] x
	    x can be:
	      d[ir]	or . show directory history.
	      c[md]	or : show command line history.
	      s[earch]	or / show search history and search forward on l key.
	      f[search] or / show search history and search forward on l key.
	      b[search] or ? show search history and search backward on l key.
	      i[nput]	or @ show prompt history (e.g. on one file renaming).
	      fi[lter]	 or  = show local filter history (see description of the
	    "=" normal mode command).
	      e[xprreg]	     show expression register history  (see  description
	    of Ctrl+R = in command-line mode).
	      mc[md]	     show command-line history of menus.
	    See "Menus and dialogs" section for controls.

					      :histnext

     :histnext
	    same as <c-i>.  The main use case for this command is to work around
	    the	 common pain point of <tab> and <c-i> being the same ASCII char-
	    acter: one could alter the terminal emulator settings to  emit,  for
	    example,  the  `F1`	 keycode  when Ctrl-I is pressed, then `:noremap
	    <f1> :histnext<cr>` in vifm, add "t" flag to  the  'cpoptions',  and
	    thus have both <c-i> and <tab> working as expected.

					      :histprev

     :histprev
	    same as <c-o>.

					      :if

     :if {expr1}
	    start  conditional block.  Commands are executed until next matching
	    :elseif, :else or :endif command if {expr1} evaluates  to  non-zero,
	    otherwise  they  are ignored.  An error during evaluation of {expr1}
	    results in not taking any conditional branches (not	 even  an  else-
	    branch).  See also help on :else and :endif commands.

	    Example:

	      if $TERM == 'screen.linux'
		  highlight CurrLine ctermfg=lightwhite ctermbg=lightblack
	      elseif $TERM == 'tmux'
		  highlight CurrLine cterm=reverse ctermfg=black ctermbg=white
	      else
		  highlight CurrLine cterm=bold,reverse ctermfg=black ctermbg=white
	      endif

					      :invert

     :invert [f]
	    invert file name filter.

     :invert? [f]
	    show current filter state.

     :invert s
	    invert selection.

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

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

					      :jobs

     :jobs  display  menu of current backgrounded processes.  See "Menus and di-
	    alogs" 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 operation.

	    Example:

	      :keepsel view

					      :let

     :let $ENV_VAR = <expr>
	    set	 an environment variable.  Warning: setting environment variable
	    to an empty string on Windows removes it.

     :let $ENV_VAR .= <expr>
	    append value to environment variable.

     :let &[l:|g:]opt = <expr>
	    assign an option.

     :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 en-
     vironment variable, function call or a concatanation of any of them in any
     order using the '.' operator.  Any whitespace is ignored.

					      :locate

     :locate filename
	    use "locate" command to create a menu  of  filenames.   Selecting  a
	    file from the menu will reload the current file list in vifm to show
	    the	 selected  file.   By default the command relies on the external
	    "locate" utility (it's assumed that its database is already	 built),
	    which can be customized by altering value of the 'locateprg' option.
	    See "Menus and dialogs" section for controls.

     :locate
	    repeat last :locate command.

					      :ls

     :ls    list  windows  of  an  active terminal multiplexer if one is in use.
	    This is achieved by issuing a proper command to the terminal  multi-
	    plexer, thus the list is not handled by vifm.

					      :lstrash

     :lstrash
	    display  a	menu listing files in a trash.	Each element of the list
	    is the original path of a deleted file, thus the  list  can	 contain
	    duplicates.	 See "Menus and dialogs" section for controls.

					      :mark

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

					      :marks

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

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

					      :media

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

					      :messages

     :mes[sages]
	    display the history of the status bar messages (up to 50 items).

					      :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  desti-
	    nation file names in an editor.  "!" forces overwrite.

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

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

     :[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 mappings
	    are ignored.  Unfinished last command is aborted as if <esc> or  <c-
	    c>	was  typed.   A ":" should be completed as well.  Commands can't
	    start with a space, so put a count of 1 (one) before it.

					      :only

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

					      :open

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

					      :plugin

     :plugin load
	    loads  all	plugins.   To  be used in configuration file to manually
	    load plugins at an earlier point.  The plugins can	be  loaded  only
	    once, additional calls will do nothing.

     :plugin blacklist {plugin}
	    adds {plugin} to the list of plugins to be ignored.

     :plugin whitelist {plugin}
	    adds {plugin} to the list of plugins to be loaded while ignoring all
	    other plugins.  This list should normally be empty.

					      :plugins

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

					      :popd

     :popd  remove pane directories from stack.

					      :pushd

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

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

					      :put

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

					      :pwd

     :pw[d]
	    show the present working directory.

					      :qall

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

					      :quit

     :q[uit][!]
	    if there is more than one tab, close the current one, otherwise exit
	    vifm  (add	!  to  skip  saving  state and checking for active back-
	    grounded commands).

					      :redraw

     :redr[aw]
	    redraw the screen immediately.

					      :regedit

     :rege[dit] [{reg}]
	    edit register contents using external editor. If {reg}  is	omitted,
	    unnamed  register  will be edited by default.  Edited paths are nor-
	    malized (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  con-
	    tent).

					      :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  ar-
	    gument list, thus losing all unsaved changes (e.g. recent history or
	    keys  mapped after starting this instance).	 Session that wasn't yet
	    stored gets reset.

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

     :restart full
	    variation of :restart that makes no attempt to preserve anything.

					      :restore

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

					      :rlink

     :[range]rlink[!?]
	    create  relative symbolic links to files in directory of other view.
	    With "?" prompts for destination file names in an editor. "!" forces
	    overwrite.

     :[range]rlink[!] path
	    create relative symbolic links of files in directory specified  with
	    the	 path  (absolute  or  relative to directory of other view).  "!"
	    forces overwrite.

     :[range]rlink[!] name1 name2...
	    create relative symbolic links of files in directory of  other  view
	    giving  each  next link a corresponding name from the argument list.
	    "!" forces overwrite.

     :[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  win-
	    dows  to be used in the console or in a single xterm.  Starting vifm
	    from terminal multiplexer with appropriate support	turned	on  will
	    cause  vifm	 to  open a new terminal multiplexer window for each new
	    file edited or program launched from vifm.
	    This requires screen version 3.9.9 or newer for the screen -X  argu-
	    ment or tmux (1.8 version or newer is recommended).

     :screen!
	    enable integration with terminal multiplexers.

     :screen?
	    display whether integration with terminal multiplexers is enabled.

     Note: the command is called screen for historical reasons (when tmux wasn't
     yet supported) and might be changed in future releases, or get an alias.

					      :select

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

     :select {pattern}
	    select files that match specified pattern.	Possible {pattern} forms
	    are	 described  in "Patterns" section below.  Trailing slash for di-
	    rectories is taken into account, so `:select! */ | invert s` selects
	    only files.

     :select //[iI]
	    same as item above, but reuses last search pattern.

     :select !{external command}
	    select files from the list supplied by external command.  Files  are
	    matched by full paths, relative paths are converted to absolute ones
	    beforehand.

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

					      :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  quit-
	    ting 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  op-
	    tion^=x
	     - for enumeration options - option=x, option+=x and option-=x
	     - for set options - option=x, option+=x, option-=x and option^=x
	     -	for  charset  options  -  option=x, option+=x, option-=x and 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  white-
	    space 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 val-
	    ues of local options.  Changes to the latter might	be  not	 visible
	    until directory is changed.

					      :setlocal

     :setl[ocal]
	    display all local options that differ from their default value.

     :setl[ocal] all
	    display all local options.

     :setl[ocal] opt1=val1 opt2='val2' opt3="val3" ...
	    same as :set, but changes/prints only local values of local options.

					      :shell

     :sh[ell][!]
	    start  a  shell in current directory.  "!" suppresses spawning dedi-
	    cated window of terminal multiplexer for  a	 shell.	  To  make  vifm
	    adaptive  to  environment  it uses $SHELL if it's defined, otherwise
	    'shell' value is used.


					      :siblnext

     :[count]siblnext[!]

	    change directory to [count]th next sibling directory  after	 current
	    path using value of global sort option of current pane.  "!" enables
	    wrapping.

	    For example, say, you're at /boot and root listing starts like this:

		bin/
		boot/
		dev/
		...

	    Issuing :siblnext will navigate to /dev.


					      :siblprev

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

					      :sort

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

					      :source

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

					      :split

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

     :sp[lit]!
	    toggle horizontal window splitting.

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

					      :stop

     :st[op]
	    suspend  vifm  (same  as pressing Ctrl-Z).	Does nothing if this in-
	    stance isn't running in a shell.  The command exists to  allow  map-
	    ping to the action of Ctrl-Z.

					      :substitute

     :[range]s[ubstitute]/pattern/string/[flags]
	    for each file in range replace a match of pattern with string.

     String  can contain \0...\9 to link to capture groups (\0 - all match, \1 -
     first group, etc.).

     Pattern is stored in search history.

     Available flags:

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

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

       - g - substitute all matches in each file name (each g toggles this)

     :[range]s[ubstitute]/pattern
	    substitute pattern with an empty string.

     :[range]s[ubstitute]//string/[flags]
	    use last pattern from search history.

     :[range]s[ubstitute]
	    repeat previous substitution command.

					      :sync

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

     :sync!
	    change  the other pane to the current pane directory and synchronize
	    cursor position.  If current pane displays custom list of files, po-
	    sition 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 correspond-
	    ing properties of the current pane.	 Arguments  have  the  following
	    meanings:

	      - location - current directory of the pane;

	      - cursorpos  -  cursor position (doesn't make sense without "loca-
		tion");

	      - localopts - all local options;

	      - filters - all filters;

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

	      - tree - tree structure for tree view (implies "location");

	      - all - all of the above.

					      :tabclose

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

					      :tabmove

     :tabm[ove] [N]
	    without the argument or with `$` as the argument,  current	tab  be-
	    comes  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 cur-
	    rent 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 argu-
	    ment differently.

					      :touch

     :[line]touch file...
	    create  files at specified paths.  Aborts on errors.  Doesn't update
	    time of existing files.  The [line] can be used to pick  node  in  a
	    tree-view.	Macros are expanded.

					      :tr

     :[range]tr/pattern/string/
	    for	 each file in range transliterate the characters which appear in
	    pattern to the corresponding character in string.	When  string  is
	    shorter than pattern, it's padded with its last character.

					      :trashes

     :trashes
	    lists  all	valid  trash  directories in a menu.  Only non-empty and
	    writable trash directories are shown.  This is exactly the	list  of
	    directories that are cleared when :empty command is executed.

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

					      :tree

     :tree  turn  pane	into  tree view with current directory as its root.  The
	    tree view is implemented on top of a custom view, but  is  automati-
	    cally kept in sync with file system state and considers all the fil-
	    ters.   Thus the structure corresponds to what one would see on vis-
	    iting 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 particu-
	    lar, `:cd ..`.

	    Tree structure is incompatible with alternative representations,  so
	    values of 'lsview' and 'millerview' options are ignored.

	    The	 "depth"  argument  specifies  nesting level on which loading of
	    subdirectories won't happen (they will be folded).	Values start  at
	    1.

     :tree!
	    toggle current view in and out of tree mode.

					      :undolist

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

					      :unlet

     :unl[et][!] {var}...
	    remove one or more environment (`$VAR`) or global (`g:global`) vari-
	    ables.  Use "!" to omit displaying warnings about nonexistent  vari-
	    ables.

					      :unselect

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

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

     :unselect !{external command}
	    unselect files from the list supplied by  external	command.   Files
	    are	 matched by full paths, relative paths are converted to absolute
	    ones beforehand.

     :unselect //[iI]
	    same as item above, but reuses last search pattern.

					      :version

     :ve[rsion]
	    show menu with version information.

					      :vifm

     :vifm  same as :version.

					      :view

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

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

					      :volumes

     :volumes
	    only for MS-Windows
	    display  menu  with volume list.  Hitting l (or Enter) key opens ap-
	    propriate volume in the current pane.  See "Menus and dialogs"  sec-
	    tion 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  direc-
	    tory of active pane).

					      :wincmd

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

					      :windo

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

					      :wingo

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

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

					      :winrun

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

					      :write

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

					      :wq

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

     :wqa[ll][!]
	    same as :qall, but ! disables only the check  of  backgrounded  com-
	    mands, 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 beginning.

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

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

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

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

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

					      :noremap

     :no[remap] lhs rhs
	    map	 the  key  sequence  lhs to rhs for normal and visual modes, but
	    don't expand user mappings in rhs.

     :no[remap]! lhs rhs
	    map the key sequence lhs to rhs for command line mode, but don't ex-
	    pand 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  ex-
	    pand user mappings in rhs.

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

     :dn[oremap] lhs rhs
	    map	 the  key sequence lhs to rhs for dialog modes, but don't expand
	    user mappings in rhs.

     :mn[oremap] lhs rhs
	    map the key sequence lhs to rhs for menu mode, but don't expand user
	    mappings in rhs.

     :nn[oremap] lhs rhs
	    map the key sequence lhs to rhs for normal mode,  but  don't  expand
	    user mappings in rhs.

     :qn[oremap] lhs rhs
	    map the key sequence lhs to rhs for view mode, but don't expand user
	    mappings in rhs.

     :vn[oremap] lhs rhs
	    map	 the  key  sequence lhs to rhs for visual mode, but don't expand
	    user mappings in rhs.

					      :unmap

     :unm[ap] lhs
	    remove user mapping of lhs from normal and visual modes.

     :unm[ap]! lhs
	    remove user mapping of lhs from command line mode.

			: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
     A range is a sequence of one or more address elements separated  by  commas
     (`,`)  or	semicolons  (`;`).  The addresses are processed left-to-right to
     produce a two-element range where the  first  element  is	not  numerically
     larger than the second one:
      - a single-element range `X` is equivalent to `X,X`
      -	 a range with more than two elements is reduced to the last two, for ex-
     ample: `X;Y,Z` becomes `Y,Z` (yet `X` is not completely ignored as	 it  can
     affect evaluation of `Y` and then `Z` through offsets)
      -	 a  user  is  prompted to determine whether a decreasing range should be
     swapped instead of being rejected

     A range will be deemed invalid if:
      - its second element is less than the first one
      - it references a mark which doesn't point within the current file list

     Each address can take several forms described below, but all of them can be
     followed by an unspecified number of offsets: increments (`+{n}`) or decre-
     ments (`-{n}`).  When an element starts with an offset, the offset	 is  ap-
     plied to either the current position or the preceeding address depending on
     the separator:
      - for `,` the current cursor position is used
      - for `;` the previous range element is used

     Addresses	are positive integers in the range from 1 (the first item, which
     could be ../) to the number of items in the list (inclusive, represents the
     last item).  All values are normalized to fit this range.

     The following addresses are supported:
       .   - position of the cursor
       {n} - position {n}
       $   - position of the last item
       't  - position of the mark `t`

     The following shorthand range also exists:
       % - all items in the list (equivalent to `1,$`)

     Examples:

       :.gr[ep] ...	grep the file under the cursor.
       :.d[elete]	delete the file under the cursor.
       :%d[elete]	delete all visible files.
       :1,4d[elete]	delete the files at the list positions 1, 2, 3 and 4.
			Note: parent directory ../ is not handled by operations and can be safely included as part of various ranges.
       :2,4d[elete]	delete the files at the list positions 2, 3 and 4.
       :2d[elete]4	delete the files at the list positions 2, 3, 4 and 5.
       :.,$d[elete]	delete the files from the current position to the end of the filelist.
       :'a+1y[ank]	yank the file below the file marked with 'a.
       :+1,+1y[ank]	yank the file below the cursor.
       :+1;+1y[ank]	yank two files below the cursor.
       :+1;+1;+1y[ank]	skip two files below and yank the next two.
       :-3;+1		move two files up.


     All commands documented with `[range]` in front of them accept  and  handle
     ranges.   Those  which  accept  a position use only the last element of the
     range.

: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: pa-
     rameters and positional arguments.	 Items from the two groups cannot be in-
     terleaved	and  parameters always come first.  List of parameters is termi-
     nated implicitly by the first argument that doesn't start with a dash ("-")
     or explicitly via "--" separator (needs to be a separate  argument),  which
     is	 just  discarded.   These  strict rules allow arbitrary positional argu-
     ments, such as file names that start with a dash.


     -skip parameter
	    This parameter makes :copy, :move, :alink and  :rlink  automatically
	    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  ex-
	    panded before performing substitution of %a.

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

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

     %f %"f
	    All	 of  the selected files or the current file, but see "Selection"
	    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  ex-
	    plicit  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 de-
	    fault 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  ab-
	    sence of sorting at the moment.

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

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

     %S	    Show command output in the status bar.

     %q	    Redirect  command  output  to quick view, which is activated if dis-
	    abled.

     %s	    Execute command in horizontally split window of active terminal mul-
	    tiplexer (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`  avail-
	    able)  or  process group (keeps the command in the set of foreground
	    clients of the terminal).  This flag is a workaround for  rare  com-
	    mands/terminals  which might need a working TTY for :fileviewer com-
	    mand to operate correctly and has no effect otherwise.

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

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

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

     %pc    Marks the end of the main command and the  beginning  of  the  clear
	    command  for  graphical preview, which is invoked on closing preview
	    of a file.

     %pd    Marks a preview command as one that directly communicates  with  the
	    terminal.  Beware that this is for things like sixel which are self-
	    contained sequences that depend only on current cursor position, us-
	    ing this with anything else is likely to mangle terminal state.

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

     The following dimensions and coordinates are in characters:

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

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

     %pw    width of preview area.

     %ph    height of preview area.


     Use %% if you need to put a percent sign in your command.

     Note that %i, %Iu, %IU, %m, %M, %n, %q, %s, %S, %u, %U and	 %v  macros  are
     mutually exclusive.  Only the last one of them in the command will take ef-
     fect.

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

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

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

       - :p	      - full path

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

       - :~	      - relative to the home directory

       - :.	      - relative to current directory

       - :h	      - head of the file name

       - :t	      - tail of the file name

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

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

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

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

     See ':h filename-modifiers' in Vim's documentation	 for  the  detailed  de-
     scription.

     Using %x means expand corresponding macro escaping all characters that have
     special  meaning.	 And  %"x  means  using of double quotes and escape only
     backslash and double quote characters, which is more useful on Windows sys-
     tems.

     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 result-
     ing command.

     %c and %f macros are expanded to relative paths, while %C and %F are always
     expanded  to  full paths.	The same applies to %f and %F implicitly used by
     %b.

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

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

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

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

     The macros can also be used in directly executing commands.  ":!mv %f %D"
     would move the current directory selected files to the other directory.

     Appending & to the end of a command causes it to be executed in the back-
     ground.  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.  Any-
     way, if you did run such a command, you can use Ctrl-L key to update vifm's
     TUI.

     Rewriting the example command with macros given above with backgrounding:

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

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

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

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

     Background operations cannot be undone.

     See "File copying" section below.

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

     There are two types of operations that can be cancelled:

       - file system operations;

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

       - calls of external applications.

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

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

     Cancelled	operations are indicated by "(cancelled)" suffix appended to in-
     formation 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 al-
     lowed for convenience, but is not recommended as further  undo/redo  opera-
     tions might get blocked by side-effects of partially cancelled group of op-
     erations.

     These commands can't be cancelled: :empty, :rename, :substitute, :tr.

     Mounting with FUSE

     It's  not	considered  to be an error, so only a notification on the status
     bar is shown.

     External application calls

     Each of these operations can be cancelled: :apropos, :find, :grep, :locate.

Selection
     If there is a selection, it's stashed before proceeding further unless file
     under the cursor is part of that selection.  This means  that  when  macros
     are  expanded  for	 :filetype  or :filextype programs, `%f` and `%F` become
     equivalent to `%c` and `%C` respectively if current file is  not  selected.
     So	 you  run  selection  by running one of selected files, otherwise you're
     running a single file even if there are other selected entries.

     When running a selection it must not include broken symbolic links, has  to
     be	 consistent  and  set  of file handlers must be compatible.  Consistency
     means that selection contains either only directories (including  links  to
     them) or only files, but not their mix.

     Compatibility  is a more sophisticated check, but it's defined in a natural
     way so that you get what you'd expect.  The following properties of  selec-
     tion  are taken into account while checking it for compatibility and decid-
     ing how to handle it:


       1. If there any files for which handler isn't defined, then all files are
	  opened using 'vicmd' or 'vixcmd'.


       2. If all handlers match the following criteria:
	   - backgrounded
	   - include `%c`/`%"c` and/or `%C`/`%"C`
	   - include neither `%f`/`%"f` nor `%F`/`%"F`
	  then each file is executed independently of the rest.


       3. If all handlers are equal, the common handler is executed.  This  han-
	  dler 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'  op-
     tion  support globs, regular expressions and mime types to match file names
     or their paths.  Directory paths get an implicit trailing slash on matching
     against a pattern, keep that in mind for globs or regular expressions  that
     end with `$`.

     There are six possible ways to write a single pattern:

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

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

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

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

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

       6. undecorated-pattern

     First  five forms can include leading exclamation mark that negates pattern
     matching.

     The last form implicitly refers to one of the others.  :highlight does  not
     accept undecorated form, while :filetype, :filextype, :fileviewer, :select,
     :unselect and 'classify' treat it as a list of name globs.

     Path patterns receive absolute path of the file that includes its name com-
     ponent 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 oper-
     ation 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 descrip-
     tion of commands, which might override default behaviour.

     Flags of regular expressions mean the following:
       - "i" makes filter case insensitive;
       - "I" makes filter case sensitive.  They can be repeated multiple  times,
     but  the  later one takes precedence (e.g.	 "iiiI" is equivalent to "I" and
     "IiIi" is the same as "i").

     There are no implicit `^` or `$`, so make sure to specify	them  explicitly
     if the pattern should match the whole name or path.

     Patterns with globs

     "Globs"  section  below provides short overview of globs and some important
     points that one needs to know about them.

     Patterns with mime-types

     Mime type matching is essentially globs matching applied to mime type of  a
     file  instead  of	its name/path.	Note: mime types aren't detected on Win-
     dows.

     Examples

     Associate `evince` to PDF-files only inside `/home/user/downloads/`  direc-
     tory (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 prece-
     dence.

     Note that unlike in Vim character classes are affected by settings and  se-
     quences 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 symbol.

     `*`  means any number of any characters (possibly an empty substring), with
     one exception: asterisk at the pattern beginning doesn't match dot	 in  the
     first position.  E.g.

       :fileviewer *.zip,*.jar zip -sf %c

     associates	 using of `zip` program to preview all files with `zip` or `jar`
     extensions as listing of their content, but `.file.zip` won't be matched.

     `?` means any character at this position.	E.g.

       :fileviewer ?.out file %c

     calls `file` tool for all files which have	 exactly  one  character  before
     their extension (e.g. a.out, b.out).

     Square brackets designate character class, which means that whole character
     class matches against any of characters listed in it.  For example

       :fileviewer *.[ch] highlight -O xterm256 -s dante --syntax c %c

     makes  vifm call `highlight` program to colorize source and header files in
     C language for a 256-color terminal.  Equal command would be

       :fileviewer *.c,*.h highlight -O xterm256 -s dante --syntax c %c


     Inside square brackets `^` or `!` can be used for symbol class negation and
     the `-` symbol to set a range.  `^` and `!` should appear right  after  the
     opening square bracket.  For example

       :filetype *.[!d]/ inspect_dir

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

       :filetype [0-9].jpg sxiv

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

     If	 you  need  to	include literal comma, which normally separates multiple
     globs, double it.

:set options
     Local options
	    These are kind of options that are local to a specific view.  So you
	    can set ascending sorting order for left pane and  descending  order
	    for right pane.

	    In	addition  to being local to views, each such option also has two
	    values:

	      - local to current directory (value associated with current  loca-
		tion);

	      - global to current directory (value associated with the pane).

	    The idea is that current directory can be made a temporary exception
	    to	regular	 configuration of the view, until directory change.  Use
	    :setlocal for that.	 :setglobal changes  view  value  not  affecting
	    settings  until  directory change.	:set applies changes immediately
	    to all values.


     'aproposprg'
	    type: string
	    default: "apropos %a"
	    Specifies format for an external command to be invoked by the :apro-
	    pos command.  The format supports expanding of macros, specific  for
	    a particular *prg option, and %% sequence for inserting percent sign
	    literally.	 This  option  should  include	the  %a macro to specify
	    placement of arguments passed to the :apropos command.  If the macro
	    is not used, it will be implicitly added after a space to the  value
	    of this option.

     'autocd'
	    type: boolean
	    default: false
	    When  enabled  unknown  command-line commands are interpreted as im-
	    plicit 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 af-
	    ter	 :cd and :pushd commands instead of saved cursor position.  Dis-
	    abling this will also make vifm clear information about cursor posi-
	    tion in the view history on :cd and :pushd commands (and on	 startup
	    if	'autochpos'  is disabled in the vifmrc).  l key in the ":history
	    ." and ":trashes" menus are treated like :cd command.   This  option
	    also affects marks so that navigating to a mark doesn't restore cur-
	    sor position.

	    When  this	option is enabled, more fine grained control over cursor
	    position is available via 'histcursor' option.

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

     'caseoptions'
	    type: charset
	    default: ""
	    This option gives additional control over case sensitivity by allow-
	    ing overriding default behaviour to either always be case  sensitive
	    or	always be case insensitive.  Possible values form pairs of lower
	    and upper case letters that configure specific aspect of behaviour:
	      p - always ignore case of paths during completion.
	      P - always match case of paths during completion.
	      g - always ignore case of characters for f/F/;/,.
	      G - always match case of characters for f/F/;/,.

	    At most one item of each pair takes affect,	 if  both  or  more  are
	    present,  only  the	 last one matters.  When none of pair's elements
	    are present, the behaviour is default (depends on  operating  system
	    for	 path  completion  and on values of 'ignorecase' and 'smartcase'
	    options for file navigation).

     'cdpath' 'cd'
	    type: string list
	    default: value of $CDPATH with commas instead of colons
	    Specifies locations to check on  changing  directory  with	relative
	    path that doesn't start with "./" or "../".	 When non-empty, current
	    directory is examined after directories listed in the option.

	    This option doesn't affect completion of :cd command.

	    Example:

	      set cdpath=~

	    This  way  ":cd  bin" will switch to "~/bin" even if directory named
	    "bin" exists in current directory, while ":cd  ./bin"  command  will
	    ignore value of 'cdpath'.

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

     'classify'
	    type: string list
	    default: ":dir:/"
	    Specifies file name prefixes and suffixes depending on file type  or
	    name  (mind	 that  directory names have an implicit trailing slash).
	    The format is either of:
	      - [{prefix}]:{filetype}:[{suffix}]
	      - [{prefix}]::{pattern}::[{suffix}]
	    Possible {pattern} forms are described in "Patterns" section above.

	    Priority rules:
	      - file name patterns have priority over type patterns
	      - file name patterns are matched in left-to-right order  of  their
	    appearance in this option

	    Either {prefix} or {suffix} or both can be omitted (which is the de-
	    fault  for	all  unspecified  file types), this means empty {prefix}
	    and/or {suffix}.  {prefix} and {suffix} should consist  of	at  most
	    eight  characters.	 Elements are separated by commas.  Neither pre-
	    fixes nor suffixes are part of file names, so they don't affect com-
	    mands 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! com-
	    mand or on undo/redo operation).

     'cpoptions' 'cpo'
	    type: charset
	    default: "fst"
	    Contains a sequence of single-character flags.   Each  flag	 enables
	    behaviour of older versions of vifm.  Flags:
	     -	f  -  when  included, running :filter command results in not in-
	    verted (matching files are filtered out) and  :filter!  in	inverted
	    (matching  files  are left) filter, when omitted, meaning of the ex-
	    clamation mark changes to the opposite;
	     - s - when included, yy, Y, dd and DD normal mode commands	 act  on
	    selection  if  there  is  any, otherwise they operate on the current
	    file; when omitted, those commands always  operate	on  the	 current
	    file;
	     -	t  -  when  included,  <tab>  (thus <c-i>) behave as <space> and
	    switches active pane, otherwise <tab> and <c-i> go	forward	 in  the
	    view history.  It's possible to make both <tab> and <c-i> to work as
	    expected  by  setting up the terminal to emit a custom sequence when
	    <c-i> is pressed; see :histnext for details.

     'cvoptions'
	    type: set
	    default:
	    Specifies whether entering/leaving custom views triggers events that
	    normally happen on entering/leaving directories:
	     - autocmds	   - trigger  autocommands  on	entering/leaving  custom
	    views;
	     -	localopts    -	reset  local  options on entering/leaving custom
	    views;
	     - localfilter -  reset  local  filter  on	entering/leaving  custom
	    views.

     'deleteprg'
	    type: string
	    default: ""
	    Specifies  program	to  run	 on  files that are permanently removed.
	    When empty, files are removed as usual, otherwise  this  command  is
	    invoked  on each file by appending its name.  If the command doesn't
	    remove files, they will remain on the file system.

     'dirsize'
	    type: enumeration
	    default: size
	    Controls how size of directories is displayed in  file  views.   The
	    following values are possible:
	     -	size	-  size	 of  directory (i.e., size used to store list of
	    files)
	     - nitems - number of entries in the directory (excluding . and ..)

	    Size obtained via ga/gA overwrites this setting so seeing  count  of
	    files and occasionally size of directories is possible.

     'dotdirs'
	    type: set
	    default: nonrootparent,treeleafsparent
	    Controls  displaying  of  dot directories.	The following values are
	    possible:
	     - rootparent      - show "../" in root directory of file system
	     - nonrootparent   - show "../" in non-root directories of file sys-
	    tem
	     - treeleafsparent - show "../" in empty directories of tree view

	    Note that empty directories always contain "../" entry regardless of
	    value of this option.  "../" disappears at the moment at  least  one
	    file is created.

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

     'fastrun'
	    type: boolean
	    default: false
	    With this option turned on you can run  partially  entered	commands
	    with unambiguous beginning using :! (e.g. :!Te instead of :!Terminal
	    or :!Te<tab>).

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

	      item	   default    used for
	      hborder:c	   ''	      middle horizontal border
	      millersep:c  ''	      separator of miller columns
	      vborder:c	   ' '	      left, middle and right vertical borders

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

	    An empty string for hborder omits the horizontal border.

	    Example:

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

     'findprg'
	    type: string
	    default: "find %s %a"
	    Specifies  format for an external command to be invoked by the :find
	    command.  The format supports expansion of macros specific for  this
	    particular	option and %% sequence for inserting percent sign liter-
	    ally.  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  as-
	    signed 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  argu-
	    ment  starts with a dash ("-"), otherwise %a gets an escaped version
	    of the arguments with a predicate and %p contains escaped version of
	    the arguments

	    Starting with Windows Server 2003 a `where`	 command  is  available.
	    One can configure vifm to use it in the following way:

		set findprg="where /R %s %A"

	    As the syntax of this command is rather limited, one can't use :find
	    command with selection of more than one item because the command ig-
	    nores all directory paths except for the last one.

	    When  using	 find port on Windows, another option is to setup 'find-
	    prg' 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 af-
	    fects links to directories, which are always entered (use gf key for
	    directories).

     'fusehome'
	    type: string
	    default: "($XDG_DATA_HOME/vifm | $VIFM)/fuse/"
	    Directory  to  be  used as a root dir for FUSE mounts.  Value of the
	    option can contain environment variables (in form "$envname"), which
	    will be expanded (prepend it with a	 slash	to  prevent  expansion).
	    The value should expand to an absolute path.

	    If	you change this option, vifm won't remount anything.  It affects
	    future mounts only.	 See "Automatic FUSE mounts" section  below  for
	    more information.

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

     'grepprg'
	    type: string
	    default: "grep -n -H -I -r %i %a %s"
	    Specifies  format for an external command to be invoked by the :grep
	    command.  The format supports expanding of macros,	specific  for  a
	    particular	*prg  option, and %% sequence for inserting percent sign
	    literally.	This option should  include  the  %i  macro  to	 specify
	    placement  of "-v" string when inversion of results is requested, %a
	    or %A macro to specify placement of arguments passed  to  the  :grep
	    command  and  the  %s macro to specify placement of list of files to
	    search in.	If some of the macros are not used, they will be implic-
	    itly 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 cho-
	    sen) to force redirection to custom or unsorted custom view	 respec-
	    tively.

	    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  direc-
	    tory history:
	     - startup	- on loading file lists during startup
	     - dirmark	- after navigating to a mark that doesn't specify file
	     - direnter - on opening directory from a file list

	    This option has no effect when 'autochpos' is disabled.

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

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

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

	      item	  default
	      filehi:str  onerow

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

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

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

     'ignorecase' 'ic'
	    type: boolean
	    default: false
	    Ignore  case in search patterns (:substitute, / and ? commands), lo-
	    cal filter (but not the rest of filters) and other	things	detailed
	    in the description of 'caseoptions'.

     'incsearch' 'is'
	    type: boolean
	    default: false
	    When  this option is set, search and view update for local filter is
	    be performed starting from initial cursor position each time  search
	    pattern is changed.

     'iooptions'
	    type: set
	    default: 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  :lo-
	    cate command.  The format supports expanding of macros, specific for
	    a particular *prg option, and %% sequence for inserting percent sign
	    literally.	 This  option  should  include	the  %a macro to specify
	    placement of arguments passed to the :locate command.  If the  macro
	    is	not used, it will be implicitly added after a space to the value
	    of this option.

	    Optional %u or %U macro could be used (if both specified %U is  cho-
	    sen)  to force redirection to custom or unsorted custom view respec-
	    tively.

     'mediaprg'
	    type: string
	    default: path to bundled script that supports udevil, udisks and ud-
	    isks2
		     (using udisks2 requires python with dbus module installed)
		     OS X: path points to a python script that uses diskutil
	    {only for *nix}
	    Specifies command to be used to manage media devices.  Used by  :me-
	    dia command.

	    The command can be passed the following parameters:
	     - list	      -- list media
	     - mount {device} -- mount a device
	     - unmount {path} -- unmount given mount point

	    The	 output	 of  `list` subcommand is parsed in search of lines that
	    start with one of the following prefixes:
	     - device=	    - specifies device path (e.g., "/dev/sde")
	     - label=	    - specifies optional  device  label	 (e.g.,	 "Memory
	    card")
	     - info=	    - specifies arbitrary text to display next to device
	    (by
			      default "[label]" is used, if label is provided)
	     -	mount-point=  - specifies a mount point (can be absent or appear
	    more than once)

	    All other lines are ignored.  Each `device=` starts	 a  new	 section
	    describing	a  device  which  should include two other possible pre-
	    fixes.

	    `list` subcommand is assumed to always succeed, while exit	code  of
	    `mount` and `unmount` is taken into account to determine whether op-
	    eration 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 multi-
	    ple columns with file names similar to output of  `ls  -x`	command.
	    See	 "ls-like  view" section below for format description.	This op-
	    tion 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  directories),
	    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  multi-
	    ple cascading columns.  Ignores 'lsview'.

     'mintimeoutlen'
	    type: integer
	    default: 150
	    The	 fracture of 'timeoutlen' in milliseconds that is waited between
	    subsequent input polls, which affects  various  asynchronous  opera-
	    tions  (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 future
	    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' option is
	    turned  off.   Use	'numberwidth'  to  control width of line number.
	    Also see 'relativenumber'.

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

     'previewoptions'
	    type: string list
	    default: "graphicsdelay:50000"

	    Tweaks how previewing is done (in quick view, miller  view's  column
	    and view mode).

	      item		 default  meaning
	      graphicsdelay:num	  0	    delay  before  drawing graphics (mi-
	    croseconds)
	      hardgraphicsclear	 unset	  redraw screen to get rid of graphics
	      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 redrawing.

	    0 for maxtreedepth means "unlimited", 1 will only show selected  di-
	    rectory, 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 configured
	    via :fileviewer command.

	    Example:

	      " always show git log in preview of files inside some repository
	      au DirEnter '~/git-repo/**/*' setl previewprg='git log --color -- %c 2>&1'

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

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

				    nonumber		   number

		norelativenumber   | first		  |   1 first
				   | second		  |   2 second
				   | third		  |   3 third

		  relativenumber   |   1 first		  |   1 first
				   |   0 second		  |2	second
				   |   1 third		  |   1 third


     'rulerformat' 'ruf'
	    type: string
	    default: "%l/%S "
	    Determines	the content of the ruler.  Its minimal width is 13 char-
	    acters and it's right aligned.  Following macros are supported:
	     %=	 - separation point between left and right aligned halves of the
	    line
	     %l	 - file number
	     %L	 - total number of files in view (including filtered out ones)
	     %x	 - number of files excluded by filters
	     %0- - old name for %x macro
	     %P	 - percentage through file list (All, Top, xx% or Bot), always 3
	    in length
	     %S	 - number of displayed files
	     %=	 - separation point between left and right align items
	     %%	 - literal percent sign
	     %[	 - designates beginning of an optional block
	     %]	 - designates end of an optional block

	    Percent sign can be followed by optional minimum field  width.   Add
	    '-'	 before	 minimum  field	 width	if  you	 want  field to be right
	    aligned.

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

	    Example:

	      set rulerformat='%2l-%S%[ +%x%]'

     'runexec'
	    type: boolean
	    default: false
	    Run executable file on Enter, l or Right Arrow  key.   Behaviour  of
	    the last two depends on the value of the 'lsview' option.

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

     'scrolloff' 'so'
	    type: integer
	    default: 0
	    Minimal number of screen lines to keep above and below  the	 cursor.
	    If	you want cursor line to always be in the middle of the view (ex-
	    cept at the beginning or end of the file list), set this  option  to
	    some large value (e.g. 999).

     'sessionoptions' 'ssop'
	    sessionoptions ssop
	    type: set
	    default: tui,state,tabs,savedirs,dhistory
	    An	equivalent  of	'vifminfo'  for	 sessions, uses the same values.
	    When both options include the same value, data from session file has
	    higher priority (data from	vifminfo  isn't	 necessarily  completely
	    discarded,	instead it's merged with the state of a session the same
	    way state of multiple instances is merged on exit).

     'shell' 'sh'
	    type: string
	    default: $SHELL or "/bin/sh" or "cmd" (on MS-Windows)
	    Full path to the shell to use to run external commands.  On	 *nix  a
	    shell argument can be supplied.

     'shellcmdflag' 'shcf'
	    type: string
	    default: "-c" or "/C" (for cmd.exe on MS-Windows)
	    Command-line option used to pass a command to 'shell'.  It's used in
	    contexts where command comes from the user.

	    Note  that	using this option to force interactive mode of the shell
	    is most likely a BAD IDEA.	In general interactive host and interac-
	    tive child shell can't share the same terminal session.   You  can't
	    even run such a shell in background.  Consider writing a wrapper for
	    your  shell	 that  preloads	 aliases and commands without making the
	    shell interactive and ending up using it in a way it was  not  meant
	    to be used.

	    Note  that	this option is ignored when 'shell' is set to PowerShell
	    due to the internal use of `-encodedCommand`.

     'shortmess' 'shm'
	    type: charset
	    default: "p"
	    Contains a sequence of single-character flags.   Each  flag	 enables
	    shortening of some message displayed by vifm in the TUI.  Flags:
	     - L - display only last directory in tab line instead of full path.
	     - M - shorten titles in windows of terminal multiplexers created by
	    vifm down to file name instead of using full path.
	     -	T  -  truncate status bar messages in the middle if they are too
	    long to fit on the command line.  "..." will appear in the middle.
	     - p - use tilde shortening in view titles.


     'showtabline' 'stal'
	    type: enumeration
	    default: multiple
	    Specifies when tab line should be displayed.  Possible values:
	     - never	- never display tab line
	     - multiple - show tab line only when there are at least two tabs
	     - always	- display tab line always

	    Alternatively 0, 1 and 2 Vim-like values  are also accepted and cor-
	    respond 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 symbols.
					    This is the default.
		nospace	      {present}	    Do not insert space before unit sym-
	    bols.

	    Numbers are rounded from zero.  Trailing zeros are dropped.

	    Example:

	      set sizefmt=units:iec,precision:2,nospace


     'slowfs'
	    type: string list
	    default: ""
	    only for *nix
	    A list of mounter fs name beginnings (first column in  /etc/mtab  or
	    /proc/mounts)  or  paths  prefixes	for fs/directories that work too
	    slow for you.  This option can be used to stop vifm from making some
	    requests to particular kinds of file systems that can slow down file
	    browsing.	Currently  this	 means	don't  check  if  directory  has
	    changed,  skip check if target of symbolic links exists, assume that
	    link target located on slow fs to be a  directory  (allows	entering
	    directories	 and navigating to files via gf).  If you set the option
	    to "*", it means all the systems are  considered  slow  (useful  for
	    cygwin,  where  all	 the checks might render vifm very slow if there
	    are network mounts).

	    Example for autofs root /mnt/autofs:

	      set slowfs+=/mnt/autofs

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

     '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 sec-
	    ondary 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	 implic-
	    itly:  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  op-
	    tion, for example like this:

	      set sort+=dir

	    or

	      set sort=-size,dir

	    Value  of the option is checked to include dir key and default sort-
	    ing key (name on *nix, iname on Windows).  Here is what  happens  if
	    one of them is missing:

	      - type key is added at the beginning;

	      - default key is added at the end;

	    all other keys are left untouched (at most they are moved).

	    This  option  also changes view columns according to primary sorting
	    key set, unless 'viewcolumns' option is not empty.

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

     'sortgroups'
	    type: string
	    default: ""
	    scope: local
	    Sets comma-separated list of regular expressions for group	type  of
	    sorting.  Double the comma to insert it literally.

	    The regular expressions are used to extract substrings of file names
	    to serve as keys for sorting.  It is essentially a way to ignore un-
	    interesting parts of file names during sorting by name.

	    Each  expression should contain at least one group or its value will
	    be considered to be always empty.  Also, only  the	first  match  of
	    regular expression is processed.

	    The first group divides list of files into sub-groups, each of which
	    is	then sorted by substrings extracted using second regular expres-
	    sion 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 com-
	    mand-line).	 Empty string means use same  format  like  in	previous
	    versions.  Following macros are supported:

	    - %N - line break (increases height of the status line accordingly),
	      ignores %[ %] blocks

	    - %t - file name (considering value of the 'classify' option)

	    - %T - symbolic link target (empty for other filetypes)

	    - %f  -  file  name	 relative to current directory (considers 'clas-
	      sify')

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

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

	    - %u - user name or uid (if it cannot be resolved)

	    - %g - group name or gid (if it cannot be resolved)

	    - %s - file size in human readable format

	    - %E  -  size of selected files in human readable format, same as %s
	      when no files are selected, except that it will never show size of
	      ../ in visual mode, since it cannot be selected

	    - %d - file modification date (uses 'timefmt' option)

	    - %D - path of the other pane for single-pane layout

	    - %a - amount of free space available on current FS

	    - %c - size of current FS

	    - %z - short tips/tricks/hints that chosen randomly after one minute
	      period

	    - %{<expr>} - evaluate  arbitrary  vifm  expression	 '<expr>',  e.g.
	      '&sort' or `expand('%d')`; a raw `}` can be inserted as `\}` (mind
	      that  the	 slash	doesn't need to be doubled to be inserted liter-
	      ally)

	    - %* - resets or applies one of User1..User20 highlight groups;  re-
	      set  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 fol-
	    lowing values are available:
	     - normal	       - in normal mode;
	     - visual	       - in visual mode;
	     - view	       - in view mode;
	     -	otherpane	 -  use	 other pane to display suggestions, when
	    available;
	     - delay[:num]     - display suggestions after a small delay (to  do
	    not	 annoy	if  you	 just want to type a fast shortcut consisting of
	    multiple keys), num specifies the delay  in	 ms  (500  by  default),
	    'timeoutlen' at most;
	     - keys	       - include shortcuts (commands and selectors);
	     - foldsubkeys     - fold multiple keys with common prefix;
	     - marks	       - include marks;
	     -	registers[:num] - include registers, at most num files (5 by de-
	    fault).

     'syncregs'
	    type: string
	    default: ""
	    Specifies identifier of group  of  instances  that	share  registers
	    among  each	 other.	 When several instances of vifm have this option
	    set to identical value, they automatically synchronize  contents  of
	    their registers on operations which use them.

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

     'tablabel'
	    type: string
	    default: ""
	    When non-empty 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  active
	    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  con-
	    trol 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.  Pos-
	    sible values:
	     -	global - tab describes complete UI of two views and how they are
	    arranged
	     - pane   - tab is located "inside" a pane and manages it and  quick
	    view

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

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

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

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

     'title'
	    type: boolean
	    default: true when title can be restored, false otherwise
	    When enabled, title of the terminal or terminal multiplexer's window
	    is updated according to current location.  Because not all terminals
	    support setting title, this works only if `$TERM` value matches  one
	    of the following conditions:
	     - equals "xterm" or starts with "xterm-"
	     - equals "rxvt" or starts with "rxvt-"
	     - equals "screen" or starts with "screen-"
	     - equals "aterm"
	     - equals "Eterm"

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

     'trashdir'
	    type: string
	    default:
	      on *nix:
		"%r/.vifm-Trash-%u,$XDG_DATA_HOME/vifm/Trash,%r/.vifm-Trash"
		or
		"%r/.vifm-Trash-%u,$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 commas.
	    Each list item either defines an absolute path to trash directory or
	    a path relative to a mount point root when list element starts  with
	    "%r/".   Value  of	the option can contain environment variables (of
	    form "$envname"), which will be expanded (prepend $ with a slash  to
	    prevent expansion).	 Environment variables are expanded when the op-
	    tion is set.

	    On	*nix,  if element ends with "%u", the mark is replaced with real
	    user ID and permissions are set so that only that owner is	able  to
	    use it.
	    Note  that	even  this  setup is not completely secure when combined
	    with "%r/" and it's overall safer to keep files in	home  directory,
	    but that implies cost of copying files between partitions.

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

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

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

     'tuioptions' 'to'
	    type: charset
	    default: "psv"
	    Each flag configures some aspect of TUI appearance.	 The flags are:
	    p - when included:
		* file list inside  a  pane  gets  additional  single  character
	    padding on left and right sides;
		* quick view and view mode get single character padding.
	    s  -  when included, left and right borders (side borders, hence "s"
	    character) are visible.
	    u - use Unicode characters in the TUI (Unicode ellipsis  instead  of
	    "...").
	    v - vary width of vertical middle border to equalize view sizes.

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

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

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

     'undolevels' 'ul'
	    type: integer
	    default: 100
	    Maximum number of changes that can be undone.  Note that here single
	    file  operation  is	 used as a unit, not operation, i.e. deletion of
	    101 files will exceed default limit.

     'vicmd'
	    type: string
	    default: "vim"
	    Command used to edit files in various contexts.  Ampersand	sign  at
	    the	 end  (regardless  whether  it's preceded by space or not) means
	    backgrounding of command.

	    Background flag is ignored in certain context where vifm  waits  for
	    the editor to finish.  Such contexts include any command that spawns
	    editor to change list of file names or a command, with :rename being
	    one	 example.   `-f`  is  also  appended  to prevent forking in such
	    cases, so the command needs to handle the flag.

	    Additionally `+{num}` and `+'call cursor()'` arguments are	used  to
	    position cursor when location is known.

     'viewcolumns'
	    type: string
	    default: ""
	    scope: local
	    Format string containing list of columns in the view.  When this op-
	    tion  is  empty, view columns to show are chosen automatically using
	    sorting keys (see 'sort') as a base.  Value of this	 option	 is  ig-
	    nored  if 'lsview' is set.	See "Column view" section below for for-
	    mat description.

	    An example of setting the options for both panes (note  :windo  com-
	    mand):

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

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

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

	       bmarks	 - named bookmarks (see :bmark command)
	       bookmarks - marks, except for special ones like '< and '>
	       cs	 - primary color scheme
	       dirstack	 - directory stack (overwrites	previous  stack,  unless
	    stack of
			   current instance is empty)
	       registers - registers content
	       savedirs	 - last visited directory
	       state	  -  file name and dot filters and terminal multiplexers
	    integration
			   state
	       tabs	 - global or pane tabs
	       tui	 - state of the user interface (sorting, number of  win-
	    dows, quick
			   view state, active view)

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

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

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

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

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

	    See "Patterns" and "Globs" sections for more information on syntax.

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

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

     'wordchars'
	    type: string list
	    default: "1-8,14-31,33-255" (that is all non-whitespace characters)
	    Specifies which characters in command-line mode should be considered
	    as part of a word.	Value of the option is comma-separated	list  of
	    ranges.   If  both	endpoints  of  a range match, single endpoint is
	    enough (e.g. "a" = "a-a").	Both endpoints are inclusive.  There are
	    two accepted forms: character representing itself or number encoding
	    character according to ASCII table.	 In case of ambiguous characters
	    (dash, comma, digit) use numeric form.  Accepted characters	 are  in
	    the	 range	from  0 to 255.	 Any Unicode character with code greater
	    than 255 is considered to be part of a word.

	    The option affects Alt-D, Alt-B and Alt-F, but not Ctrl-W.	This  is
	    intentionally to allow two use cases:

	     - Moving by WORDS and deletion by words.
	     - Moving by words and deletion by WORDS.

	    To get the latter use the following mapping:

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

	    Also used for abbreviations.

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

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

Mappings
     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 reg-
     ular mapping (without "nore" in :command's	 name)	expands	 recognized  se-
     quences in the RHS, while "*noremap" mapping always interprets 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 activate
     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 map-
	    ping (e.g., `t` builtin to a partially typed `ta` user-defined  map-
	    ping), ignore the builtin mapping and wait for input indefinitely as
	    opposed to default behaviour of triggering the builtin mapping after
	    a delay defined by 'timeoutlen'.  Example:

	      nnoremap <wait> tw :set wrap!<cr>
	      nnoremap <wait> tn :set number!<cr>
	      nnoremap <wait> tr :set relativenumber!<cr>

     Special sequences

     Since  it's  not easy to enter special characters there are several special
     sequences that can be used in place of them.  They are:

     <cr>   Enter key.

     <esc>  Escape key.

     <space>
	    Space key.

     <lt>   Less-than character (<).

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

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

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

     <home> <end>
	    Home/End.

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

     <pageup> <pagedown>
	    PageUp/PageDown.

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

     <insert>
	    Insert key.

     <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 terminfo
	     supports it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

       - <cr> and <c-m>;

       - <tab> and <c-i>;

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

       - etc.

     Most of the time they are defined consistently and don't  cause  surprises,
     but  <c-h>	 and <bs> are treated differently in different environments (al-
     though 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 environ-
     ments.  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 corre-
     sponds to your backspace (don't mind the name).

     Whitespace

     vifm removes whitespace characters at the beginning and  end  of  commands.
     That's  why you may want to use <space> at the end of rhs in mappings.  For
     example:

       cmap <f1> man<space>

     will put "man " in line when you hit the <f1> key in the command line mode.

Expression syntax
     Supported expressions is a subset of what VimL provides.

     Expression syntax summary, from least to most significant:

     expr1	expr2
		expr2 || expr2 ..	logical OR

     expr2	expr3
		expr3 && expr3 ..	logical AND

     expr3	expr4
		expr4 == expr4		equal
		expr4 != expr4		not equal
		expr4 >	 expr4		greater than
		expr4 >= expr4		greater than or equal
		expr4 <	 expr4		smaller than
		expr4 <= expr4		smaller than or equal

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

     expr5	expr6
		expr6 . expr6 ..	string concatenation

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

     expr7	number			number constant
		"string"		string constant, \ is special
		'string'		string constant, ' is doubled
		&option			option value
		$VAR			environment variable
		g:var			global variable
		v:var			builtin variable (read-only)
		function(expr1, ...)	function call
		(expr1)			nested expression

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

     expr1
     -----
     expr2 || expr2

     Arguments are converted to numbers before evaluation.

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

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

     expr2
     -----
     expr3 && expr3

     Arguments are converted to numbers before evaluation.

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

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

     expr3
     -----
     expr4 {cmp} expr4

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

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

     Examples:

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

     expr4
     -----
     expr5 + expr5 ..	  number addition expr5 - expr5 ..	number	subtrac-
     tion

     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 spe-
     cial 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 op-
     tion value

     Examples:

       echo 'Terminal size: '.&columns.'x'.&lines
       if &columns > 100

     Any valid option name can be used here (note that "all" in ":set all" is  a
     pseudo option).  See ":set options" section above.

     environment variable
     --------------------
     $VAR		   environment variable

     The  String value of any environment variable.  When it is not defined, the
     result is an empty string.

     Examples:

       'This is my $PATH env: ' . $PATH
       'vifmrc at ' . $MYVIFMRC . ' is used.'

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

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

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

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

     v:count
       count passed to : command, 0 by default.	 Can  be  used	in  mappings  to
     passthe count to a different command.
     v:count1
       same as v:count, but 1 by default.
     v:jobcount
       number of active jobs (as can be seen in the :jobs menu).
     v:session
       name of the current session or empty string.
     v:servername
       See below.
     v:version
       version of the application as an integer.  Version `x.y.z` becomes number
     `x*100*100 + y*100 + z`, examples:
	- v0.14 (that is v0.14.0) is 1400 (leading zeroes omitted)
	- v1.0.2 is 10002
       Release candidates aren't real releases, they report the number of a cor-
     responding release.

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

     See "Functions" section below.

     Examples:

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

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

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


Functions
     USAGE		   RESULT      DESCRIPTION

     chooseopt({opt})	    String	 Queries  choose  parameters  passed  on
     startup.
     escape({string}, {chars})
			   String	Returns	 {string} after escaping {chars}
     in it.
     executable({expr})	   Integer     Checks whether {expr} command available.
     expand({expr})	   String      Expands special keywords in {expr}.
     extcached({cache}, {path}, {extcmd})
			   String      Caches output of {extcmd} per {cache} and
				       {path} combination.
     filereadable({path})  Integer     Checks whether {expr} points to a
				       non-directory that can be read.
     filetype({file} [, {resolve}])
			   String      Returns file type from position/path.
     fnameescape({expr})   String      Escapes {expr} for use in a :command.
     getpanetype()	   String      Returns type of current pane.
     has({property})	   Integer     Checks whether instance has {property}.
     input({prompt} [, {initial} [, {completion}]])
			   String      Prompts user for	 an  input  on	command-
     line.
     layoutis({type})	   Integer     Checks whether layout is of type {type}.
     paneisat({loc})	   Integer     Checks whether current pane is at {loc}.
     selected()		    Integer	 Returns  number  of  currently selected
     files.
     system({command})	   String      Executes shell command  and  returns  its
     output.
     tabpagenr([{arg}])	   Integer     Returns number of current or last tab.
     term({command})	    String	 Like system(), but for interactive com-
     mands.

     chooseopt({opt})

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

     escape({string},{chars})

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

     executable({expr})

     If {expr} is absolute or relative path, checks whether path destination ex-
     ists  and	refers	to an executable, otherwise checks whether command named
     {expr} is present in directories listed in $PATH.	Checks for various  exe-
     cutable  extensions on Windows.  Returns boolean value describing result of
     the check.

     Example:

       " use custom default viewer script if it's available and installed
       " in predefined system directory, otherwise try to find it elsewhere
       if executable('/usr/local/bin/defviewer')
	   fileview * /usr/local/bin/defviewer %c
       else
	   if executable('defviewer')
	       fileview * defviewer %c
	   endif
       endif

     expand({expr})

     Expands environment variables and macros in {expr} (in  this  order).   Re-
     turns 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 nec-
     essary  based  on monitoring change date of a {path}.  The cache is invali-
     dated when file or its meta-data is updated.  A single path can have multi-
     ple caches associated with it.

     {path} value is normalized, but symbolic links in it aren't resolved.

     Example:

       " display number and size of blocks actually used by a file or directory
       set statusline+=" Uses: %{ extcached('uses',
					  \ expand('%c'),
					  \ expand('stat --format=%%bx%%B %c')) }"

     filereadable({path})

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

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

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

     Parameter {file} can be of the following forms:
      - '.' to get type of file under the cursor in the active pane
      - numerical value base 1 to get type of  file  on	 specified  line  number
     (only if there are no characters other than "+-0123456789")
      -	 a  path  (prepend  "./" to force interpretation of a number or '.' as a
     path)

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

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

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

     fnameescape({expr})

     Escapes parameter to make it suitable for use as an argument of a :command.
     List of escaped characters includes %, which is doubled.

     Usage example:

       " navigate to most recently modified file in current directory
       execute 'goto' fnameescape(system('ls -t | head -1'))

     getpanetype()

     Retrieves string describing type of current pane.	Possible return values:
	 regular      regular file listing of some directory
	 custom	      custom file list (%u)
	 very-custom  very custom file list (%U)
	 tree	      tree view
	 compare      compare view

     has({property})

     Allows  examining internal parameters from scripts to e.g. figure out envi-
     ronment in	 which	application  is	 running.   Returns  1	if  property  is
     true/present,  otherwise 0 is returned.  Currently the following properties
     are supported (anything else will yield 0):
	 unix  runs in *nix-like environment (including Cygwin)
	 win   runs on Windows
	 #*    whether particular Lua handler exists

     Usage example:

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

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

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

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

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

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

     Usage example:

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

     layoutis({type})

     Checks  whether current interface layout is {type} or not, where {type} can
     be:
	 only	 single-pane mode
	 split	 double-pane mode (either vertical or horizontal split)
	 vsplit	 vertical split (left and right panes)
	 hsplit	 horizontal split (top and bottom panes)

     Usage example:

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

     paneisat({loc})

     Checks whether position of active pane in current layout matches one of the
     following locations:
	 top	 pane reaches top border
	 bottom	 pane reaches bottom border
	 left	 pane reaches left border
	 right	 pane reaches right border

     selected()

     Retrieves number of files selected in the active pane.

     system({command})

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

     Use this function to consume output of external commands that don't require
     user  interaction and term() for interactive commands that make use of ter-
     minal 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 execu-
     tion  of  the  command, which makes sure that external interactive applica-
     tions won't affect the way terminal is used by vifm.

     Usage example:

       " command to change directory by picking it via fzf
       command! fzfcd :execute 'cd'
			     \ fnameescape(term('find -type d | fzf 2> /dev/tty'))

Menus and dialogs
     When navigating to some path from a menu there is a difference in	the  end
     location  depending  on  whether the path has a trailing slash.  Files nor-
     mally don't have trailing slashes so "file/" won't work.  In case of direc-
     tories there are two options: navigate to a directory or inside of it.   To
     allow  both  use  cases, the first action is taken for "dir" and the second
     one for "dir/".

     Menu commands

     :range navigate to a menu line.

					      :chistory

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

					      :colder

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

					      :cnewer

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

					      :find

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

					      :grep

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

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

     :noh[lsearch]
	    reset search match highlighting.

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

     Common keys of all menus and dialogs


     j, Ctrl-N
	    move the cursor down.

     k, Ctrl-P
	    move the cursor up.

     Enter  select and usually close menu/dialog.

     Ctrl-L
	    redraw menu/dialog.

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


     Common keys of all menus

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


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

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

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

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

     :	    enter command line mode for menus.

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

     B	    same as above, but create an unsorted view.

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


     Navigation menus

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


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

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

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

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

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


     Command-line history menu

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

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


     Directory history menu

     Enter, l
	    navigate into the selected directory.


     Menu commands history menu

     Enter, l
	    execute command without leaving the menu.

     c	    insert menu item into command-line for editing.


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

     Apropos (:apropos) menu

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


     Bookmarks (:bmarks, :bmgo) menu

     Enter, l
	    navigate to the selected bookmark.

     dd	    remove bookmark under the cursor.

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

     Command-line mode abbreviations (:cabbrev) menu

     dd	    remove abbreviation under the cursor.


     Color scheme (:colorscheme) menu

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


     Commands (:command) menu

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

     dd	    remove command under the cursor.

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


     Directory stack (:dirs) menu

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


     File (:file) menu

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

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


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

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


     Grep (:grep) menu

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


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

     Jobs (:jobs) menu

     dd	    request  cancellation of job under the cursor.  The job won't be 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 dis-
	    played in a new menu, but you can return to jobs menu by pressing h.

     r	    reload the list of jobs.


     Marks (:marks) menu

     Enter, l
	    navigate to selected mark.

     dd	    remove mark under the cursor.


     Media (:media) menu

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

     r	    reload the list.

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

     [	    put cursor on the previous device.

     ]	    put cursor on the next device.


     Menus history (:chistory) menu

     Enter, l
	    load selected menu.


     Plugins (:plugins) menu

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

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


     Trash (:lstrash) menu

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

     dd	    delete file under the cursor.


     Trashes (:trashes) menu

     Enter, l
	    navigate into current trash directory.

     dd	    start emptying selected trash in background.


     Undolist (:undolist) menu

     r	    reset undo position to group under the cursor.


     User menu without navigation (%m macro)

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


     Volumes (:volumes) menu
     only for MS-Windows

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


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

     Attributes (permissions or properties) dialog

     h, Space
	    check/uncheck.

     q	    close the dialog.

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

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

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

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

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


     Possible item states:

     - * - checked flag.

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

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

     Fileinfo (Ctrl-G) dialog

     Enter, q
	    close the dialog.


     Sort (:sort) dialog

     h, Space
	    switch ascending/descending order.

     q	    close the dialog.


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


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

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

     Navigating through history

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

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

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

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

     Running `:find 11` results in:

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

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

     Viewing history

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

     Related topics

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

Custom views
     Definition

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

     Presentation

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

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

     Custom views normally don't contain any inexistent files.

     Navigation/exiting

     Navigation in custom views somewhat differs compared to regular views.

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

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

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

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

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

     History

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

     Filters

     Only local filter affects contents of the view.  This is intentional.  Pre-
     sumably, if one loads a particular list, precisely that list should be dis-
     played (except for inexistent paths, which are ignored).

     Search

     Although directory names are visible in listing, they are	not  searchable.
     Only  file	 names	are  taken into account (might be changed in the future,
     searching whole lines seems quite reasonable).

     Sorting

     Contrary to search sorting by name works on  whole	 visible  part	of  file
     path.

     Highlight

     Whole  file  name is highlighted as one entity, even if there are directory
     elements.

     Updates

     Reloads can occur, though they are not automatic due to files  being  scat-
     tered among different places.  On a reload inexistent files are removed and
     meta-data of all other files is updated.

     Once  custom view forgets about the file, it won't add it back even if it's
     created again.  So not seeing file	 previously  affected  by  an  operation
     which was later undone is normal.

     Operations

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

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

Compare views
     Kinds

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

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

     Lists  of	unique	files  are presented in custom views because there is no
     file grouping to preserve as all file ids are guaranteed  to  be  distinct.
     See "Custom views" section.

     Creation

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

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

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

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

     How results are grouped (has no effect if "ofone" specified):
      - groupids   - files considered identical are always adjacent in output;
      - grouppaths - file system ordering is preferred (this also  enables  dis-
     playing identically named files as mismatches).

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

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

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

     Each argument can appear multiple times, the rightmost one of the group de-
     fines the behaviour.  All arguments alter default behaviour instead of sub-
     stituting it.

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

     Exiting

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

     Examples

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

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

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

       :compare listdups ofone

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

       :compare listunique

     Look

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

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

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

     Behaviour

     When two views are being compared against one another the following changes
     to the regular behaviour apply:
      - views are scrolled synchronously (as if 'scrollbind' was set);
      - views' cursors are synchronized;
      - local filtering is disabled (its results wouldn't be meaningful);
      -	 zd  excludes groups of adjacent identical files, 1zd gives usual behav-
     iour;
      - 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 re-
     quire 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 sin-
     gle pane).

     Files are gathered in this way:
      - recursively starting at current location of the view;
      - dot files are excluded if view hides them at the moment	 of  comparison,
     file name filters are obeyed as well so you end up comparing what you see;
      - directories are not taken into account;
      - symbolic links to directories are ignored.

Startup
     On	 startup  vifm	determines several variables that are used during execu-
     tion.  They are determined in the order they appear below.

     On *nix systems $HOME is normally present and used as is.	On Windows  sys-
     tems vifm tries to find correct home directory in the following order:
      - $HOME variable;
      - $USERPROFILE variable (on Windows only);
      - a combination of $HOMEDRIVE and $HOMEPATH variables (on Windows only).

     vifm  tries to find correct configuration directory by checking the follow-
     ing places:
      - $VIFM variable;
      - parent directory of the executable file (on Windows only);
      - $HOME/.vifm directory;
      - $APPDATA/Vifm directory (on Windows only);
      - $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/vifm directory;
      - $HOME/.config/vifm directory.

     vifm tries to find correct configuration file  by	checking  the  following
     places:
      - $MYVIFMRC variable;
      - vifmrc in parent directory of the executable file (on Windows only);
      - $VIFM/vifmrc file.

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

     The  vifmrc  file	contains commands that will be executed on vifm startup.
     There are two such files:	global	and  local.   Global  one  is  at  {pre-
     fix}/etc/vifm/vifmrc, see $MYVIFMRC variable description for the search al-
     gorithm  used to find local vifmrc.  Global vifmrc is loaded before the lo-
     cal one, so that the later one can redefine anything configured globally.

     Use vifmrc to set settings, mappings, filetypes etc.   To	use  multi  line
     commands  precede	each  next line with a slash (whitespace before slash is
     ignored, but all spaces at the end of the lines are saved).  For example:

       set
	   \smartcase

     equals "setsmartcase".  When

       set<space here>
	   \ smartcase

     equals "set  smartcase".

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

     Generally, runtime configuration has bigger priority  during  merging,  but
     there are some exceptions:

       - directory  stack stored in the file is not overwritten unless something
	 is changed in vifm instance that performs merge;

       - each mark or bookmark is marked with a timestamp, so that  newer  value
	 is  not  overwritten  by older one, thus no matter from where it comes,
	 the newer one wins;

       - all histories are marked with timestamps on storing,  this  means  that
	 last instance to quit puts its elements on top of the list;

       - tabs  are merged only if both current instance and stored state contain
	 exactly one tab of any kind.

     The $VIFM/scripts directory can contain shell scripts.  vifm  modifies  its
     PATH  environment variable to let user run those scripts without specifying
     full path.	 All subdirectories of the $VIFM/scripts will be added	to  PATH
     too.   Script  in	a subdirectory overlaps script with the same name in all
     its parent directories.

     The $VIFM/colors/ and {prefix}/etc/vifm/colors/ directories  contain  color
     schemes.	Available  color  schemes are searched in that order, so on name
     conflict the one in $VIFM/colors/ wins.

     Each color scheme should have ".vifm" extension.  This wasn't the case  be-
     fore 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 exten-
	 sion being truncated).

Sessions
     Sessions provide a way to have multiple persistent runtime	 configurations.
     Think of them as second-level vifminfo files in addition to the first-level
     one  used	by  all sessions.  In other words, they aren't a replacement for
     vifminfo file that exists without sessions, but an addition to it.	 One can
     empty 'vifminfo' option and rely solely on sessions, but  in  practice  one
     might  want  to  share  some state among instances in different sessions or
     have an "out-of-sessions" state for tasks that don't deserve a  session  of
     their own.

     This  leads to a two-level structure where data in session files has higher
     priority than data in vifminfo files (where this makes sense) following the
     same rules that merging of vifminfo file obeys.  In addition to that,  his-
     tory  items  from session files are never ordered before history items from
     vifminfo file.

     Format

     Sessions have the format of vifminfo files, they do not consist of sequence
     of command-line commands and are not meant to be sourced via  :source  com-
     mand.

     Storage and naming

     `$VIFM/sessions/` directory serves as a storage for sessions.  Consequently
     names  should  be	valid  filenames.   The structure of the storage is flat
     meaning that there are no subdirectories,	that's	why  names  of	sessions
     can't contain slashes.

     Usage model

     Contrary  to  Vim,	 vifm  automates  basic management of sessions.	 You can
     start, switch, stop or delete a session using builtin means.

     Current session is saved at the same time vifminfo is saved (on normal  ex-
     its  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 im-
     plemented	using  file associations mechanism.  To enable automated mounts,
     one needs to use a specially formatted program line in filetype  or  filex-
     type  commands.  These use special macros, which differ from macros in com-
     mands unrelated to FUSE.  Currently three formats are supported:

     1) FUSE_MOUNT This format should be  used	in  case  when	all  information
     needed  for  mounting  all	 files	of  a particular type is the same.  E.g.
     mounting of tar files don't require any file specific options.

     Format line:
       FUSE_MOUNT|mounter %SOURCE_FILE %DESTINATION_DIR [%FOREGROUND]

     Example filetype command:

       :filetype FUSE_MOUNT|fuse-zip %SOURCE_FILE %DESTINATION_DIR

     2) FUSE_MOUNT2 This format allows one to use specially formatted  files  to
     perform  mounting	and  is	 useful for mounting remotes, for example remote
     file systems over ftp or ssh.

     Format line:
       FUSE_MOUNT2|mounter %PARAM %DESTINATION_DIR [%FOREGROUND]

     Example filetype command:

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

     Example file content:

       root@127.0.0.1:/

     3) FUSE_MOUNT3

     This format is equivalent to FUSE_MOUNT, but omits unmounting.  It is  use-
     ful 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 mean-
     ing:
       - %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 com-
     mand (required to be able to provide input for communication  with	 mounter
     in interactive way).

     %FOREGROUND  is  an  optional  macro.   Other macros are not mandatory, but
     mount commands likely won't work without them.

     %CLEAR is obsolete name of %FOREGROUND, which is still supported, but might
     be removed in future.  Its use is discouraged.

     Unlike macros elsewhere, these are recognized only if they	 appear	 at  the
     end  of  a command or are followed by a space.  There is no way to escape %
     either.  These are historical limitations, which might be addressed in  the
     future.

     The mounted FUSE file systems will be automatically unmounted in two cases:

       - when vifm quits (with ZZ, :q, etc. or when killed by signal);

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

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

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

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

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

     Depending on view look some of keys change their meaning to allow more nat-
     ural cursor moving.  This concerns mainly h, j, k, l and other similar nav-
     igation keys.

     Also some of options can be ignored if they don't affect view displaying in
     selected look.  For example value of 'viewcolumns' when 'lsview' is set.

ls-like view
     When this view look is enabled by setting 'lsview'	 option	 on,  vifm  will
     display files in multiple columns.	 Number of columns depends on the length
     of	 the  longest file name present in current directory of the view.  Whole
     file list is automatically reflowed on directory change, terminal	or  view
     resize.

     View  looks close to output of `ls -x` command, so files are listed left to
     right in rows.

     In this mode file manipulation commands (e.g. d) don't work line-wise  like
     they  do in Vim, since such operations would be uncommon for file manipula-
     tion 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 logical
     or, square brackets denote optional parts and curly braces define range  of
     repetitions for a symbol that precedes them.

     So it basically consists of four parts:
      1. Optional alignment specifier
      2. Optional width specifier
      3. Mandatory column name
      4. Optional cropping specifier

     Alignment specifier

     It's an optional minus or asterisk sign as the first symbol of the string.

     Specifies	type  of  text	alignment within a column.  Three types are sup-
     ported:

     - left align

	 set viewcolumns=-{name}

     - right align (default)

	 set viewcolumns={name}

     - middle align

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

	 set viewcolumns=^{name}

     - dynamic align

       It's  like  left	 alignment, but when the text is bigger than the column,
       the alignment is made at the right (so the part of the  field  is  always
       visible).

	 set viewcolumns=*{name}

     Width specifier

     It's a number followed by a percent sign, two numbers (second one should be
     less  than or equal to the first one) separated with a dot or a single num-
     ber.

     Specifies column width and its units. There are three size types:

     - absolute size - column width is specified in characters

	 set viewcolumns=-100{name},20.15{ext}

       results in two columns with lengths of 100 and 20 and a reserved space of
       five characters on the left of second column.

     - relative (percent) size - column width is specified in percents	of  view
       width

	 set viewcolumns=-80%{name},15%{ext},5%{mtime}

       results in three columns with lengths of 80/100, 15/100 and 5/100 of view
       width.

     - auto size (default) - column width is automatically determined

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

       results in three columns with length of one third of view width. There is
       no size adjustment to content, since it will slow down rendering.

     Columns  of  different sizing types can be freely mixed in one view. Though
     sometimes some of columns can be seen partly or be completely invisible  if
     there is not enough space to display them.

     Column contents

     This is usually a sorting key surrounded with curly braces, e.g.

       {name},{ext},{mtime}

     {name}  and {iname} types are the same and are both present for consistency
     with 'sort' option.

     The following column types don't have corresponding sorting keys:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

     Cropping specifier

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

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

       - truncation - text is truncated

	   set viewcolumns=-{name}.

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

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

	   set viewcolumns=-{name}..

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

       - none (default) - text can pass column boundaries

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

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

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

       - as the primary color scheme;

       - as local to a pane color scheme.

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

       - :colorscheme color_scheme_name - for the primary color scheme;

       - :colorscheme color_scheme_name directory - for local color schemes.

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

       - Border, TabLine, TabLineSel, TopLineSel,  TopLine,  CmdLine,  ErrorMsg,
	 StatusLine, JobLine, SuggestBox, WildBox and WildMenu are always deter-
	 mined by the primary color scheme;

       - CurrLine,  Selected,  Directory, Link, BrokenLink, Socket, Device, Exe-
	 cutable, 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 hi-
     erarchically 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'  op-
     tion.  Trash directory in vifm differs from the system-wide one by default,
     because  of  possible incompatibilities of storing deleted files among dif-
     ferent file managers.  But one can set 'trashdir' to "~/.local/share/Trash"
     to use a "standard" trash directory.

     There are two scenarios of using trash in vifm:

       1. As a place for storing files that were cut by "d" and may be	inserted
	  to some other place in file system.

       2. As a storage of files, that are deleted but not purged yet.

     The first scenario uses deletion ("d") operations to put files to trash and
     put ("p") operations to restore files from trash directory.  Note that such
     operations	 move  files to and from trash directory, which can be long term
     operations in case of different partitions or  remote  drives  mounted  lo-
     cally.

     The  second  scenario  uses  deletion  ("d") operations for moving files to
     trash directory and :empty command-line command  to  purge	 all  previously
     deleted files.

     Deletion  and  put operations depend on registers, which can point to files
     in trash directory.  Normally, there are no nonexistent files in registers,
     but vifm doesn't keep track of modifications under trash directory, so  one
     shouldn't	expect	value of registers to be absolutely correct if trash di-
     rectory 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.

Name conflicts
     When copying, moving, or creating symbolic links, Vifm can encounter a name
     conflict: a file with the same name already exists in the target directory.
     In such cases Vifm shows a dialog asking how to resolve the conflict.

     Available actions:

       - overwrite
	 Replace the existing file with the incoming one.

       - overwrite all
	 Apply the overwrite action to all further conflicts during the same op-
     eration without asking again.

       - skip
	 Do not copy or move the file that caused the conflict.

       - skip all
	 Skip all further conflicting files without prompting.

       - rename
	 Enter a new name for the incoming file.
	 Pressing Enter without typing a new name keeps the old name and  causes
     the dialog to appear again.

       - merge
	 For directories: copy only missing files from the source directory into
     the existing one.

       - merge all
	 Apply the merge action to all further directory conflicts.

       - append
	 If  the destination file is shorter, append the missing tail bytes from
     the source file.
	 Example: if the source is 1000 bytes and the destination is  300  bytes
     in size, the last 700 bytes of the source are appended.  This action is in-
     tended for resuming interrupted copy operations.

     Notes:

       - The conflict dialog appears for :put, p, P, al and rl commands.
       - Conflict resolution choices apply only to the current operation.

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

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

Client-Server
     vifm supports remote execution of command-line mode commands, remote chang-
     ing of directories and expression evaluation.  This is possible using --re-
     mote and --remote-expr command-line arguments.

     To	 execute  a command remotely combine --remote argument with -c <command>
     or +<command>.  For example:

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

     To change directory not using command-line mode commands  one  can	 specify
     paths right after --remote argument, like this:

       vifm --remote /
       vifm --remote ~
       vifm --remote /usr/bin /tmp

     Evaluating	 expression  remotely might be useful to query information about
     an instance, for example its location:

       vifm --remote-expr 'expand("%d")'

     If there are several running instances, the target can  be	 specified  with
     --server-name option (otherwise, the first one lexicographically is used):

       vifm --server-name work --remote ~/work/project

     List  of  names  of running instances can be obtained via --server-list op-
     tion.  Name of the current one is available via v:servername.


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

External Renaming
     When an editor is run to edit list of file names, contents of the temporary
     file has the following format:

       1. Order of lines correspond to the order of files in a view.

       2. Lines that start with a "#" are comments and are ignored.

       3. Single backslash at the beginning of a line is ignored, so that a file
	  starting with a backslash will appear like "\#name".

     If	 an  operation	was  rejected  due  to issues with file names, next time
     you'll see the following in this order:

       1. Last error (in comments).

       2. Original file names (in comments).

       3. Failed list of new names.

     Mind that Vim plugin will extract list of original names and show them in a
     vertical split.

     You can cancel renaming by removing all non-comments from the buffer.  This
     also erases information about previous edits.

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

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

     Normal Mode

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

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

     Clicking on the left miller column goes to parent	directory  and	clicking
     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), de-
     taches 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  press-
     ing  l,  i or Enter keys, or by running :edit command.  If no files are se-
     lected, file under the cursor  is	opened,	 otherwise  whole  selection  is
     passed to the plugin and opened in vim.

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

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

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

     let loaded_vifm=1

     to your ~/.vimrc file.

Index of menus
     Mappings:
       :amap, :anoremap		 mappings in navigation mode
       :cmap, :cnoremap		 mappings in command-line mode
       :dmap, :dnoremap		 mappings in dialog mode
       :mmap, :mnoremap		 mappings in menu mode
       :nmap, :nnoremap		 mappings in normal mode
       :qmap, :qnoremap		 mappings in view mode
       :vmap, :vnoremap		 mappings in visual mode

     Expansions of command-line mode:
       :cabbrev, :cnoreabbrev	 command-line abbreviations
       :command			 user commands

     Program associations:
       :file			 programs set for the file type
       :filetype		 program associations for a file
       :fileviewer		 viewer associations for a file
       :filextype		 graphical program associations for a file

     External commands:
       :apropos			 results of running 'aproposprg'
       :find			 results of running 'findprg'
       :grep			 results of running 'grepprg'
       :locate			 results of running 'locateprg'

     Marks and bookmarks:
       :bmarks			 bookmarks (tag-like marks)
       :marks			 marks

     History-like:
       :chistory		 history of navigation menus
       :dirs			 directory stack
       :history			 histories of views and prompts
       :undolist		 undo/redo history

     Trash directories and their contents:
       :lstrash			 files in trash directories
       :trashes			 usable non-empty trash directories

     Drives and volumes:
       :media			 media management
       :volumes			 volume list

     Other internal state:
       :colorscheme		 color schemes
       :display, :registers	 contents of registers
       :jobs			 current jobs and background processes
       :plugins			 plugins
       :version, :vifm		 version and runtime information

     Macros that create menus:
       %m			 captured output of a command
       %M			 same as %m, but with navigation to files

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 ~/.config/vifm/).

     MYVIFMRC
	    Points to main configuration file (usually ~/.config/vifm/vifmrc).

     These  environment	 variables are valid inside vifm and also can be used to
     configure it by setting some of them before running vifm.

     When $MYVIFMRC isn't set, it's made as $VIFM/vifmrc (exception for Windows:
     vifmrc  in	 the  same  directory  as  vifm.exe  has  higher  priority  than
     $VIFM/vifmrc).

     See "Startup" section above for more details.

     VIFM_FUSE_FILE
	    On	execution  of external commands this variable is set to the full
	    path of file used to initiate FUSE mount of the closest mount  point
	    from  current  pane's  directory up.  It's not set when outside FUSE
	    mount point.  When vifm is	used  inside  terminal	multiplexer,  it
	    tries  to set this variable as well (it doesn't work this way on its
	    own).

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

     Website: https://vifm.info/
     Q&A: https://q2a.vifm.info/
     Wiki: https://wiki.vifm.info/

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

vifm 0.14.4			   31 May 2026				 VIFM(1)
