Comparison with other filemanagers
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Midnight Commander | vifm | |
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Viewing/display | ||
Custom attributes shown next to filenames | yes | yes |
Show/hide dot files | yes | yes |
Filter | limited (only files), glob-based | yes, regexp-based |
Tree view | yes | yes |
Miller-view | no | yes |
Sort keys | name, version, extension, size, mtime, ctime, atime, inode | name, extension, type, gid, group name, uid, uname, size, #items, perms, mtime, ctime, atime, inode |
Quick view in second pane | yes (Quick view) | yes (:view) |
Integrated charset translation | yes | no |
Autorefresh | no | yes |
Pane layout | ||
Horizontal split | yes | yes |
Vertical split | yes | yes |
Single pane mode | yes | yes |
Resizable panes | yes | yes |
Navigation | ||
Incremental search | globs | regexp |
Marks (vim-like) | no | yes |
Bookmarks | yes (directory hotlist) | yes (also possible to bookmark file) |
Quick-search | yes (Ctrl-S) | yes (via find and grep) |
Customizing | ||
Custom commands | yes, via user menu (F2) | yes, user menu or in command mode |
Colorschemes | yes | yes |
Compare directories | yes (between panes) | yes (both single pane and double panes mode supported) |
Custom shortcuts | yes | yes |
Custom viewer program | yes (based on extension, regexp, file magic) | yes (based on extension, regexp, mime type) |
Custom opener | yes (based on extension, regexp, file magic), single | yes (based on extension, regexp, mime type), multiple |
User commands menu structure | flat | flat |
Extensibility | ||
Browsing archives, remote fs | yes (via external scripts - mostly bash/perl) | yes (via fuse integration) |
Integrated support for tmux and/or screen | no | yes |
Misc | ||
Trash (files moved instead of deleted) | using libtrash and LD_PRELOAD | integrated |
Tabs support | partial (screen list) | yes |
Undo/redo | no | yes (for non-background operations) |
Integrated bulk rename | no | yes (via vim) |
Background operations | yes | yes |
Initial version | ??? (1994) | 0.2 (2003 May) |