VIFM in-depth look and customization

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Software I use:
Librewolf -- Web Browser
Firefox -- Web Browser
OBS Studio -- Recording Software
Kdenlive -- Video Editor
Audacity -- Audio Editor
Vim/Neovim -- Text Editor

[@habituallearner7680]

Thank you! I've been a die-hard Ranger gal for a while but I love how Vim-like Vifm is. I really love how you've gone through vifmrc line by line. Now I begin to see how to adapt Vifm for my needs. I'm an old (and I do mean OLD) MS-DOS/OS2 CMD gal, so I *love* the DOS Navigator/CM Filer twin panel layout. This is an *excellent* tutorial. Now I'm gonna go dabble in some Vifm!

[@linuxdabbler]

@habituallearner7680. Great username by the way... I'm so glad you found it useful. I love to read comments like this, it really makes my day. I do remember the DOS days albeit vaguely, but never used OS2. Thank you for the kind words.

[@Vulto166]

The best vifm talk on youtube.

[@user-zo9rq5hb8m]

nice tutorial. Thaks for sharing I've learned a lot

[@Gruby7C1h]

Vifm is so underrated!

[@linuxdabbler]

Agreed...

[@poppasmurf2150]

Very nice overview of ViFm thank you!❤

[@TheLinuxCast]

You talked me into it. 'll give it a try. I don't think it will pull me away from ranger, but maybe. I have always loved dual pane file managers (I 💗 Krusader), so this will be fun to try at least. Great video as always! Hope you and the fam have a wonderful holiday season and a happy, happy New Year!

[@linuxdabbler]

@TheLinuxCast. It may not pull you away from your beloved crusader, but it is well worth a try... Especially if you like vim as much as we do. Happy new year to you and yours as well

[@ShaileshDagar]

Thanks, that was pretty neat!

[@MrCradleman]

Great video. I came from The Linux Cast channel. User of vifm sincle last 3-4 years. Will grub your statusline!

[@IvicaAnteski]

Great, thanks!

[@onimekyo7633]

thansk for going deep with vifm explaination

[@vitormelo22]

Vifm is amazing, thanks for the vídeo.

[@Oswee]

By far the best "intro" for Vifm! Thank You! You forgot to tell 2 things: 1) how did you set Nvim syntax highlight for vifmrc (i know you can find config in the wild and put it into after/syntax) 2) that you can use Bat for colorful file previews.

[@miyolinux]

When Mike posts videos, Miyo watches... However... Some of us can't help it if the video producer doesn't highlight nnn (even though he mentioned it).... 🤐😋🙃🤣🤣🤣 WOW! Good stuff Mike! Thanks man!

[@linuxdabbler]

And when miyo posts videos. Mike watches. I can't comment sometimes due to other outside circumstances... But Mike watches. Lol. I guess I haven't seen the light yet and switched to nnn, but it is quite nice... (Not noice) lol. Pun absolutely intended.

[@idjdbrvvskambvvv9007]

SUBBED !

[@tmendoza6]

learned about your channel from "The Linux cast"

[@linuxdabbler]

@tmendoza6. I just watched that video as well. Matt is awesome.

[@lqlarry]

Wow! Great video. I gotta re-watch this so I can give it a try. I might even scan thru the man page, if I have to. I guess. 😀 Happy New Year & ROLL TIDE!!!

[@linuxdabbler]

@lqlarry. Happy new year to you and yours as well... and ROLL TIDE!

[@miyolinux]

Quote: I might even scan thru the man pages, it I have to.... Answer: YOU CAN DO IT!!!

[@linuxdabbler]

I have faith in you... You can do it! How about that... A mini miyo therapy session in the comments. 🤣

[@lqlarry]

@@linuxdabbler I miss those. Hint Hint @MiyoLinux

[@miyolinux]

@@lqlarry I guess if I were an Auburn fan, I'd be out of the mix? Anywho... I'm no Auburn fan! Roll Tide!

[@tarifulazam2994]

I have been using vifm for ~1 year. Most detailed video so far. Learned few new things. You missed the tag feature. I was expecting that. Nevertheless nice tutorial.

[@alasdairreed4370]

saved my a** after getting stuck in "view" mode . The online manual doesn't mention the use of "w" as an escape from the view mode invoked by ":view" . Using all the commands in the man pages in this mode result in closing the app, nothing or error messages. Come to think of it it doesn't really mention that you have to use ":view" to get into view mode either . Never the less it's a great FM.

[@Ed-Pavlov]

Thanks for the tutorial. In what codepage is your vifmrc and what font face do you use? No one font on my system can display characters used in your vifmrc as "icons" for directories and files.

[@linuxdabbler]

@Ed-Pavlov. I have a nerd font installed. I recommend Ubuntu nerd font or inconsolata nerd font nerdfornts.com Just download the one you want and unzip it, then move all the TTF fonts to /usr/share/fonts or to ~/.local/share/fonts then run fc-cache -v in your terminal to update your font cache. There is a block of code in my vifmrc around line 227 that defines the icons. gitlab.com/linuxdabbler/dotfiles When you are in the dotfiles repo, just navigate to .config/vifm/vifmrc Hope this helps

[@Ed-Pavlov]

@@linuxdabbler Thanks a lot! All works fine. I'm on Windows, btw :) Will try to replace TotalCommander with Vifm in my daily routine.

[@xorgX11]

Great video, it helped me a lot. I don't know why but for some reason I am not getting any syntax highlighting on vifmrc. I tried to find ways to get it but nothing worked and everything else has it in vim but just this vifmrc. So can you please tell me what you did to get it there. I know its nothing that big of a problem but it would be nice to have it.

[@linuxdabbler]

@xorgX11. I'm not near my PC at the moment, but you can have a look at my dotfiles and get it from there if you'd like. gitlab.com/linuxdabbler/dotfiles It will be in the .config folder.

[@MrCradleman]

You need to install either highlight or source-highlight and use some code in order to enable highlighting

[@linuxdabbler]

Ok. I think what you are looking for is in my theme. I have a colors directory in .config/vifm and source a theme in my vifmrc. I use gruvbox.vifm. it has different colors for directories and files. I also customized it a little too get the look I wanted.

[@MrCradleman]

@@linuxdabbler Syntax highlighting could be enabled using highlight binary

[@MrCradleman]

@@linuxdabbler fileviewer *.[ch],*.[ch]pp highlight -O truecolor -s edit-vim-dark --syntax c %c

[@aminnairidev]

Is there a documentation or can you point out to links to where to get icons for files and folders? Really appreciate it and thank you for this awesome walk-through!

[@linuxdabbler]

i copied them from emojipedia and pasted them into the config just make sure you have an emoji font installed.. I am using google's noto-color-emoji font. if you'd like to have a look at the conifg, it's in my dotfiles. gitlab.com/linuxdabbler/dotfiles its in the .config folder under vifm

[@aminnairidev]

Thank you for your quick response. You got yourself a new subscriber. I'll look into yours. Have a great one!

[@linuxdabbler]

@aminnairidev. You as well. I appreciate it.

[@Bruces-Eclectic-World]

Nice! You always have a cool video even though I don't always get it all... Lol You do know a true friend watches these kinds of videos even though he uses Nano... 🤣🤪😆 I gave up on Vim years ago. My big head does not get it, so I quit trying. Yet I do watch some videos on it. Been on Linux for 5+ years and I still have to use a note taped to my keyboard that has :q on it so I know how to Quit vim when I accidentally open something in Vim... Hahahaha Still getting use to the new intro and outro... Not sure... 🤔 Happy New Year to you and the family Mike! 🥳🎉🍷🍺 LLAP 🖖

[@linuxdabbler]

@Bruces-Eclectic-World. Hi Bruce. I appreciate your patience. lol. I still have the old intro/outro and I will probably still use it from time to time. I keep messing with the intro in kdenlive and have about 6 different versions of it. I'm going off a sample size of one right now (my son liked it), but it was well received. lol. Happy New Year to you and yours buddy. LLAP.

[@Bruces-Eclectic-World]

@@linuxdabbler I know what you mean. I have several versions with music and the works... Lol You know old people, change is hard... Lol I think the intro may be a bit to short that is throwing me off. The Logo is neat too but it is a bit small in the comments and it is my favorite color, blue... 😆 I know the image size google wants make it hard to make a logo/avatar that is clear to see being small. It took over 2 dozen tries to get Busters pic to look like a dog... 🐕 Experimenting is always fun so don't mind me as long you son approves its all good... LOL 👍 I keep going back and forth on my intro's too. Do I talk first like you do, then run the intro music or just run the music and then start talking. Hell I have enough issues starting the video as it is. Lol So I just do it the old way it was done a few years ago on YT.. Besides, I'm Old and I can do what I want... 🤣 See ya Next Year! LLAP 🖖