ANN: lfm v3.0

[Iñigo Serna]

Hi all,

after many years, new version of lfm; now compatible with Python 3.4+.

Description
===========
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") - 2015/10/23:

  + 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