Vifm v0.7.3June 3, 2012

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Main changes
  • Removed support of moving items in the :file menu.
  • Added description of :file programs.
  • Improved messages in the TUI as well as it's redrawing in various scenarios.
  • Changed behaviour of Enter key on a selected directories.
  • Better work with PATH environment variable.
More detailed list of changes... Completion:
  • Added completion for :copy, :clone, :move, :alink, :rlink and :rename commands.
  • Added completion for :touch and :mkdir commands.
  • Added completion for :split and :vsplit commands.
TUI (Terminal User Interface):
  • Added Ctrl-L handling in file info (Ctrl-G) mode.
  • Less blinking of the screen in various scenarios.
  • Replace home directory with the tilde in terminal title.
  • Corrected status bar messages about failed search.
  • Better handling of multiline messages in status bar.
Normal and visual modes related changes:
  • Leave leading zeros on Ctrl-A/X commands.
  • Added "Y" key to visual mode as an alias for "yy".
  • Open selected directories with l or Enter keys.
Configuration:
  • Added --enable-desktop-files (enabled by default) configure option.
Only on Windows:
  • Allow bookmarking of host names on Windows (e.g. //ZX-SPECTRUM).
  • Show host's root in history menu (e.g. //ZX_SPECTRUM).
  • Made :fileviewer command work.
Macros:
  • Added macros expansion for :touch and :mkdir commands.
  • Added %i macro to completely ignore output of external commands.
Command-line mode related changes:
  • Added :finish command to use in sourced scripts.
  • Improved :let command (allowed using of expressions at the right side of the statement).
  • Properly handle when user alters PATH environment variable using :let command.
  • Added description for :filetype, :filextype and :fileviewer commands.
  • Save last typed but not executed command in command-line mode (this also includes searches).
Menus and dialogs:
  • Removed possibility of moving items in :file menu.
  • Added size of file in bytes in file info mode (Ctrl-G).
  • Added q key to close menus.
Other changes:
  • Added notes about automatic FUSE mounts to the documentation.
  • Now Vifm removes scripts ($VIFM/scripts/**) from PATH for :shell command.
  • Use common search history for normal, visual and menu modes.
  • Increased directory modification stamp precision on *nix.
Plus bug fixes of course.

See change log for full list of changes and by whom they were suggested.
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