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 - 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 " 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 " move files to the opposite pane nmap dd :!mv %f %D " make a backup copy file in the same pane nmap yp :clone " trash-cli to handle trash nmap :!trash-put %f nmap u :!restore-trash nmap DD :!trash-empty " spacebar to select files; same as t (tag) nmap 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