ANN: lfm v3.0

Fri Oct 23 16:17:08 EDT 2015

Hi all,
after many years, new version of lfm; now compatible with Python 3.4+.
Description
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Last File Manager is a powerful file manager for the UNIX console.
It has a curses interface and it's written in Python v3.4+.
Licensed under GNU Public License version 3 or later.
Some of the features you can find in lfm:
- console-based file manager for UNIX platforms
- 1-pane or 2-pane view
- tabs
- files filters
- bookmarks
- history
- VFS for compressed files
- tree view
- dialogs with entry completion
- PowerCLI, a command line interface with advanced features
- fast access to the shell
- direct integration of find/grep, df and other tools
- color files by extension [Andrey Skvortsov]
- fully customizable themes (colors)
- fully customizable key bindings
- support for filenames with wide chars, f.e. East Asian
- ...and many others
Home page: https://inigo.katxi.org/devel/lfm/
Pypi: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/lfm
Code repository: https://bitbucket.org/inigoserna/lfm3
Changes since last version
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Version 3.0 ("Only you") - 2015年10月23日:
 + About the code
 - almost completely rewritten from scratch
 . it hasn't been tested as much as lfm v2.x series on non-linux OS
 - requires Python v3.4+
 - pyview, the file viewer, has been removed from lfm package
 - configuration location has changed to a new directory and files:
 ~/.config/lfm/{lfm.ini, lfm.keys, lfm.theme, lfm.history}
 + New features
 - fully customizable themes (colors)
 - fully customizable key bindings
 . allow Alt-key shorcuts (A-)
 . only for main window (not for dialogs)
 - files filters (using globs)
 . information in pane frame: ".F" => show dotfiles, active filters
 . filters are a property of a tab, they remain active even when chdir
 . Ctrl-f: edit current filter
 . Some examples:
 . "*.png,*.jpg" => hide all PNG and JPEG files
 . "*.jpg,!*shot*" => hide all JPEG files except those with 'shot'
 in the name
 . "*,!*py" => hide all except python source files
 - up to 35 bookmarks (0-9, a-z)
 . b: go to bookmark, B: set bookmark, C-d: select bookmark
 . fix: don't delete bookmark at start if path does not exist
 - nested archive handling (vfs inside vfs) works now
 - added optional support for filenames with wide chars, f.e. East Asian
 . to enable, set 'use_wide_chars' flag in configuration or use -w
 command line flag
 . it's disabled by default for performance
 . it's not perfect, but it mostly works
 - there are 2 different versions of move_file to chose from in the key
 bindings file:
 . move_file: old implementation
 . move_file2: alternative version using shtutil.move instead of
 copy & delete. Faster but less control of errors
 - new action: redraw screen (default key A-r)
 + Changes & improvements (vs v2.x):
 - chmod & chown/chgrp are 2 different actions now
 - cursor_goto_file (C-s): find text pattern (no regex or glob) in the whole
 file name, not at the beginning as v2.x
 - cursor_goto_file_1char (A-s): go to file by 1st letter of name
 (old C-s behaviour)
 - bookmarks have new key bindings:
 b: go to bookmark, B: set bookmark, C-d: select bookmark
 - PowerCLI:
 . ending command with % must be $ now
 . added new date variables: dm, dc, da, dn
 . ending command with % must be $ now
 . added new date variables: dm, dc, da, dn
 . old $d variable is $p now
 - find/grep: panelize = create vfs with matched files
 . if rebuild: all files modifications or deletions are translated to
 original directory so be careful!
 - pyview, the file viewer, has been removed from lfm package
 + Fixes in v3.0 (vs v2.x):
 - nested archive handling (vfs inside vfs) works now
 - find & grep with spaces in file name
 - wide chars file names support (f.e. Eastern languages) => lfm -w
 - sort by size after show dirs size
 - move_file: not overwritten files in destination are not deleted
Of course, all comments, suggestions, etc. are welcome.
Best regards,
Iñigo Serna