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Vifm is a file manager with curses interface, which provides Vi[m]-like environment for managing objects within file systems, extended with some useful ideas from mutt.
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Update NEWS file for v0.10.1 beta
Author: xaizek
Author date (UTC): 2019-07-13 15:41
Committer name: xaizek
Committer date (UTC): 2019-07-14 19:04
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1 July 15, 2019
2 =============
3
4 vifm v0.10.1 beta
5 -----------------
6
7 This version provides additions and improvements for media management feature,
8 several enhancements related to text user interface, extra features to Vim
9 plugin thanks to merging in neovim-vifm plugin and various small changes.
10
11 The beta stage will last about two weeks. In case any serious bugs are found
12 during this period, another beta version might be released.
13
14 Main changes:
15 - added file preview to miller mode
16 - added preview macro to directly output to terminal, which enables use of
17 Sixel graphics for previewing;
18 - added udisks2 backend to vifm-media script (bundled script for managing
19 media) and version of the script for OS X;
20 - updated code to make use of large amount of color pairs when available;
21 - functionality of previously separate neovim-vifm plugin got merged into the
22 main plugin;
23 - multiple improvements to :media menu;
24 - improved performance in several use cases (quickview, lots of unhighlighted
25 files, unnecessary cursor updates and redraws).
26
27 More detailed list of changes.
28
29 Command-line mode:
30 - added :cds command that navigates to path obtained by substitution in the
31 current path (thanks to j-xella);
32 - added :hideui command that hides interface to show previous commands'
33 output (thanks to dikiy);
34 - added one more invocation format of :colorscheme command, which picks the
35 first available color scheme that is supported by the terminal (thanks to
36 Jose Riha, a.k.a. jose1711);
37 - always preserve tabs on :restart (thanks to mwgkgk);
38 - refuse to compare directory against itself via :compare command (thanks to
39 Jose Riha, a.k.a. jose1711).
40
41 :set command and options:
42 - added fileroot view column, which displays full name of directories and
43 symbolic links to directories and only root of name for everything
44 else (thanks to chelovechishko);
45 - added 'shellcmdflag' option that allows customizing how shell is invoked.
46 Enables running it in interactive mode, which can make shell aliases and
47 functions work (thanks to Ink (a.k.a. inknoir), John Shea (a.k.a. coachshea)
48 and randomizedthinking);
49 - added L flag to 'shortmess' option to display only last directory in tab
50 line instead of full path (thanks to chelovechishko);
51 - added ^= operation for string list options (thanks to SearyBlue);
52 - added ^= operation for options of set kind;
53 - added rpreview: key to 'milleroptions' option that allows enabling preview
54 of files (thanks to Svadkos and Tom Jansen);
55 - added %p macro to 'findprg' option. It works as a mix between %a and %A
56 macros: usually contains arguments passed to :find command, but unlike %a
57 doesn't include any predicates (thanks to Sitaram Chamarty and Tuan Bui,
58 a.k.a. tuanbass);
59 - do not add leading comma to string list options on set opt+=item;
60 - don't create trash directory on startup if 'trash' is off (patch by
61 zsugabubus).
62
63 Key bindings:
64 - improved <silent> to do not forcefully update screen after the mapping if no
65 screen updates were skipped.
66
67 Completion:
68 - complete user name in paths after initial tilde (e.g., :cd ~r<tab> =>
69 :cd ~root).
70
71 Macros:
72 - added %pd macro that makes preview output directly affect terminal
73 circumventing curses interface, which could be used to display sixel
74 images (thanks to Tom Jansen).
75
76 Color schemes:
77 - added OtherWin highlight group for highlighting inactive pane (thanks to
78 John Fred Fadrigalan, a.k.a. cevhyruz).
79
80 Menus and dialogs:
81 - added indication of entry's availability to :file, :file[x]type and
82 :fileviewer menus;
83 - added [ and ] bindings to :media menu that provide navigation between
84 devices (patch by zsugabubus);
85 - added decorations to :media menu (patch by zsugabubus);
86 - react to Enter in :media menu on device lines, mount on "not mounted" line
87 and do nothing otherwise (patch by zsugabubus);
88 - show empty lines in :media only if there is enough vertical space (patch by
89 zsugabubus);
90 - removed empty line from :file and similar menus for case when vifm was
91 configured with --disable-desktop-files flag (second time).
92
93 Scripting:
94 - added extcached() builtin function, which can be used to improve performance
95 of file queries by caching results of external commands (thanks to Matthias
96 Braun, a.k.a. mb720).
97
98 Invocation:
99 - try to preserve symbolic links in current path when starting vifm by
100 checking value of $PWD (thanks to Vigi).
101
102 Core:
103 - resolve symbolic links for mime-type matchers (thanks to Vigi);
104 - do not check for view changes while suggestions are visible. It can mess up
105 TUI, especially in combination with preview (thanks to ks1c).
106
107 File operations:
108 - preserve extended attributes on copying files (thanks to hutou);
109 - don't throw away errors that were ignored by the user, display them at the
110 end of operation;
111 - consume input during foreground file operations. Otherwise it remains
112 buffered and is processed after the operation is over, which might not be
113 the intent of the user;
114 - reduce number of options available on file conflict when source and
115 destination are the same to avoid confusion (options that overwrite do
116 nothing in this case) (thanks to aleksejrs).
117
118 File preview:
119 - do not complain about empty output of a graphics previewer for view mode;
120 - clear preview before displaying suggestions (thanks to ks1c).
121
122 TUI (Text User Interface):
123 - renamed filename filter to "permanent filter" consisting of
124 "explicit" (ex-manual) and "implicit" (ex-automatic) parts (thanks to
125 Sitaram Chamarty);
126 - changed file rename prompt to indicate whether full name or only its root is
127 being changed;
128 - try to determine widths of printed character more accurately;
129 - drop leading space implicitly added to time columns in views (thanks to
130 laggardkernel).
131
132 Integration:
133 - added info= field to parser of 'mediaprg' output. It provides custom
134 message for the media (patch by zsugabubus);
135 - added udisks2 backend to vifm-media script (bundled script for managing
136 media). Requires python and dbus module for it to be installed (because
137 udisks2 and dbus are too shitty to be used on command-line) (thanks to
138 Tykin);
139 - added FUSE_MOUNT3 filetype format, which is equivalent to FUSE_MOUNT, but
140 doesn't perform unmounting. Helpful to use something like avfs (thanks to
141 Jose Riha, a.k.a. jose1711);
142 - added vifm-media-osx script that is configured to be used (via 'mediaprg')
143 on OS X (patch by Von Welch);
144 - error stream from 'mediaprg' isn't considered anymore when deciding if
145 mounting/unmounting was successful. While technically an incompatible
146 change, it's unlikely to cause any issues;
147 - spawn 'mediaprg' in foreground to allow interactions with the user, like
148 providing a password (patch by zsugabubus);
149 - properly remove FUSE mount points if they are symbolic links.
150
151 Documentation:
152 - better documentation for TabLine and TabLineSel highlighting groups (thanks
153 to mwgkgk);
154 - clearer documentation/description for :*unmap commands and 'vicmd'/'vixcmd'
155 options (thanks to chelovechishko);
156 - improve documentation of patterns and globs (thanks to afsheenb);
157 - improved documentation on filters (thanks to Sitaram Chamarty);
158 - document more details about expansion of FUSE macros;
159 - make documentation of 'findprg' more readable.
160
161 Vim-plugin:
162 - added :Vifm command as an alias for :EditVifm (patch by rbong);
163 - added optional splitting of the embedded terminal (g:vifm_embed_split). Has
164 support for Vim's <mods> and <count> (patch by rbong);
165 - added option to synchronize working directory of the embedded instance of
166 vifm with the Vim host (g:vifm_embed_cwd) (patch by rbong);
167 - added ability to replace netrw with vifm (g:vifm_replace_netrw and
168 g:vifm_replace_netrw_cmd) (patch by rbong).
169
170 Configuration:
171 - added example of using xsel to sample vifmrc file (thanks to chelovechishko);
172 - enabled 'vimhelp' in sample vifmrc file by default.
173
174 Performance:
175 - added caching to quickview for a single file to avoid fileviewer being called
176 more often than needed (thanks to agguser);
177 - try to avoid superfluous screen updates related to cursor position;
178 - remember when file doesn't match any file-specific highlighting groups for
179 better performance (thanks to Gomme Bidule);
180 - generate faster regular expressions by vifm-convert-dircolors (thanks to
181 Gomme Bidule).
182
183 Only on Windows:
184 - upgraded to PDCurses 3.8 (was 3.4) for Windows. This allows using 256 colors
185 inside ConEmu. Note that ConEmu has issues processing 256 colors on the last
186 line of the screen, so avoid using them for status line (thanks to dancread).
187
188 Other changes:
189 - don't error on trash creation failure due to read-only file system (patch by
190 zsugabubus).
191
192 Important fixes:
193 - fixed losing files on failed move operation. Source files were deleted
194 assuming they were copied successfully, even when errors regarding some of
195 them were ignored by the user (thanks to zsugabubus);
196 - fixed vifm not making use of large number of color pairs when they are
197 available (thanks to Jose Riha (a.k.a. jose1711) and Hans Petter
198 Jansson (a.k.a. hpjansson));
199 - fixed color pairs being exhausted on Windows when default color ends up being
200 used often, this caused highlighting to go awry (thanks to dancread);
201 - fixed textual output of graphical previewers not being displayed in view
202 mode (thanks to agguser);
203 - fixed DirEnter autocommand being called with view being in a mixed state of
204 old and new location (thanks to Kendrick Taylor, a.k.a. sixcircuit).
205
206 See change log for the full list of changes and by whom they were suggested or
207 implemented.
208
209 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
210
1 211 November 11, 2018 November 11, 2018
2 212 ================= =================
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