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Notes for video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPg7m90WXMo
1. basic hotkeys
za - Toggle the showing and hiding of dot files.
t - select or unselect (tag) the current file.
Esc - clear all selected files
al - puts symbolic links with absolute paths
rl - puts symbolic links with relative paths
v - enter visual mode
ZQ - quit program; same as :q!
ZZ - quit program; same as :wq
2. other hotkeys
Panes:
Ctrl-W | - maximize current view
Ctrl-W = - make size of two views equal
Ctrl-W x - exchange panes
Ctrl-W s - shortcut for :split (horizontal) or :sp
Ctrl-W v - shortcut for :vsplit (vertical) or :vs
Ctrl-W o - one full pane fullscreen ( same as :only or :o )
previewing:
e - view selected files
w - preview files in the opposite pane
:view - display views of highlighted items like text files
Shift-Tab - enters view mode of selected item
optional install:
tree - directory previews
mp3info - viewing information about mp3 files
poppler - pdf previews
bookmarks
:marks - list of bookmarks
:marks list <term> - search bookmarks
dd - delete a boomark
m[a-z][A-Z][0-9] - to set a mark for the current file
'[a-z][A-Z][0-9] - moves to the file set for the mark
rename
cw - rename a file or files.
cW - change only name of file (without extension)
A - change only extension
3. custom config (~/.vifm/vifmrc)
" show all bookmarks
nmap bb :marks <cr>
" bookmarks
mark h ~
mark c ~/Documents
mark d ~/Downloads
mark e ~/Emulator
mark p ~/Pictures
mark g ~/Programs
mark b ~/Public
mark s ~/Storage
mark t ~/Templates
mark v ~/Videos
mark m /media
" copy files to the opposite pane
nmap yy :!cp %f %D<cr>
" move files to the opposite pane
nmap dd :!mv %f %D<cr>
" make a backup copy file in the same pane
nmap yp :clone <cr>
" trash-cli to handle trash
nmap <delete> :!trash-put %f<cr>
nmap u :!restore-trash <cr>
nmap DD :!trash-empty <cr>
" spacebar to select files; same as t (tag)
nmap <space> t
" quicker command line mode
nmap ; :
" quicker quitting program; it will resume where you left off
nmap q ZZ
" set color theme
" https://github.com/jubalh/vifm-colors
colorscheme solarized-dark
4. start at different locations
vifm . - start on current folder
vifm ~/Download ~/Templates - start on specific folder