r39

Changed

• File extensions are now shown for long filenames even if they are truncated (#2159).
• The history file will no longer contain a space between the prefix and the actual command (e.g. :quit instead of : quit) for each line (#2161). The command sed -i -E 's/^(.) /\1/' ~/.local/share/lf/history can be run to make an existing history file compatible with the new format.
• The cmd-history-next and cmd-history-prev commands will now select only matching entries if part of the command is typed beforehand (#2161). Consecutive duplicate entries will also be skipped for convenience.
• The string representation of commands shown when displaying keybindings is simplified (e.g. cd ~ instead of cd -- [~]) (#2165).
• yes-no-prompts now use the same design everywhere (#2212).
• Logs generated by -log <path> now get appended to <path> instead of overwriting it (#2215).
• The showbinds menu now hides the redundant mode column (#2226) (#2228) and omits already typed keys (#2249).
• The setlocal command no longer requires absolute paths (#2253).
• The string representation of file permissions now matches the traditional Unix format instead of the one used by Go (#2270).

Added

• A new command cmd-menu-discard is added to allow exiting the completion menu with completions discarded (#2146).
• The lf_mode environment variable will now be set to compmenu if the completion menu is active (#2146).
• A ruler config file is added as an alternate method for customizing the ruler (#2186). This is intended to eventually replace the existing rulerfmt/statfmt options and must be enabled using the new rulerfile option. This feature is currently experimental.
• A new option preload is added to enable calling the previewer to generate previews in advance (#2206). This feature is currently experimental.
• OSC 8 escape codes to render clickable hyperlinks are now supported (#2243).

Fixed

• shell-pipe commands no longer wait for output if kept open after the command has finished running (#2155).
• Natural sorting now compares string lengths when dealing with equivalent numbers (e.g. 0 is ordered before 00) (#2177).
• A bug where the copy progress indicator only displayed the first time a file was copied is now fixed (#2181).
• A bug where the source command does not show an error message upon failure is now fixed (#2189).
• The addcustominfo (#2198) and setlocal (#2254) (#2259) commands, as well as the cleaner and previewer options (#2211) now support filename completions.
• A bug where an empty custom info property would still take up space is now fixed (#2208).
• A bug where setting drawbox could lead to scrolling outside the view is now fixed (#2210) (#2218).
• The preview cache is now not cleared when setting ratios to its current value (#2218).
• Filtering is fixed when using special characters in the search pattern if the filtermethod is text (#2231).
• Custom commands that output messages (e.g. cmd greet echo 'hello world') now display properly (#2245).
• Errors in config files are now displayed properly (#2246).