vifm
Flexible vi-like file manager using ncurses
Command lineSystemFile managers and disk tools
Not tested on a device yet. What that means
vifm in Breadstick
Breadstick runs Debian's own vifm package for ARM64, the build a Debian 13 computer with an ARM processor installs, so vifm should behave as it does on a Linux PC. It is a command line program rather than an app with a window of its own: you run it by typing its command in Breadstick's Terminal, or in any terminal window on the Linux desktop, and it needs no Desktop or Floating session running.
Commands in the package
vifmvifm-convert-dircolorsvifm-pausevifm-screen-split
Type one in Breadstick's Terminal to run it.
File tools work with your Linux home folder and, once Device files is granted, with your Android folders, which appear there too. Listing and scanning are much faster in your Linux home folder than in Android's shared folders. More in the docs: The Terminal.
About vifm
From Debian's package description
Vifm is a file manager providing a vi-like usage experience. It features similar keybindings and modes (e.g., normal, command line, visual). The interface uses ncurses, making vifm suitable for text-only environments.
It supports a wide range of features, some of which are familiar from the vi-editor:
- UTF-8 support
- User mappings (almost like in vi)
- Ranges in command-line commands
- User-defined commands (with support for ranges)
- Registers
- Operation undoing/redoing
- FUSE file systems support
- Trash management
- Multiple files renaming
- Support for filename modifiers
- Colorschemes support
- File name coloring according to file type
- Path-specific colorscheme customization
- Bookmarks
- Operation backgrounding
- Customizable file viewers
- Handy less-like preview mode
- Filtering and searching for files using regular expressions
- One or two panes view
Additionally, vifm includes a plugin to use it as a file selector within vim.
From Debian's description of the vifm package, under that package's license.
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Sources and licenses
- Name: the Debian package name.
- Summary: Debian's short description of the vifm package, under that package's license.
- Description: Debian's description of the vifm package, under that package's license.
- Versions and sizes: Debian's archive for ARM64, as on packages.debian.org.
- Popularity: Debian Popularity Contest counts.
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