an example to integrate vifm into nvim which utilizes lua API of both

features/limits

• run vifm in a terminal buffer + floating window
• communicate between vifm and nvim via pipe
• able to handle vifm fsop events
• opinionated settings

status: just-work

• it uses ffi which may crash nvim
• no settings are changeable

prerequisites:

• linux
• nvim 0.9.*
• vifm 0.12 and above

usage

• :lua require'reveal'()

opinionated settings

keymaps for vifm

• n <cr> -> :e
• n <c-o> -> :sp
• n <c-/> -> :vs
• n <c-t> -> :tabe

keymaps for nvim terminal-buffer

• n q, n <esc>, n <c-[>, n <c-]> -> hide the terminal-buffer

handling filesystem changes happened on vifm side

• mv a b -> rename nvim buffer if any
• mv a/ b/ -> rename nvim buffers under dir a if any
• rm a -> no-op
• trash a -> no-op

non-goals

• all the features of vifm.vim
• nerdtree like