nnn v4.1

nnn v4.1 release notes.

• a patch management model for approved patches
• multi-threaded disk usage calculation using pthreads and FTS
• dynamic view update when calculating disk usage
• Bksp/Del at empty filter prompt to refresh dir
• Try to create new context with Shift-TAB, else reverse cycle
• Alt+Esc to quit context from filter prompt
• fix zombies left behind after running plugins (#999)
• named persistent sessions (mcchrish/nnn.vim#43)
• consider nanosecond resolution when sorting by time (#978)
• check external selection in 'c'urrent / 's'el prompt (#976)
• show number of files selected in local selection buffer, if any
• nnn & picker plugin (e.g. fzopen) sync (mcchrish/nnn.vim#82)
• make batch rename interactive (#971)
• cached uid/gid for performance improvement
• fixes for nnn with netbsd-curses, musl-fts, musl (#998)
• script to statically compile nnn with musl gcc on Ubuntu
• restore hovered file when plugin is chosen from plugin dir
• support QuickLook on WSL in preview-tui (#959)
• toggle preview-tui with the same custom plugin key
• smoother preview toggling in preview-tui (#966)
• listen_on should be set in kitty.conf for preview-tui (#970)
• minimal bat style in preview-tui, honors $BAT_STYLE
• plugin preview-tui-ext supersedes preview-tui (#1033)
• plugin fzcd can now fuzzy search multiple directories
• plugin imgview supersedes imgthumb and vidthumb
• plugin umounttree: unmount remote mntpoint from within
• plugin xdgdefault: set the default app for hovered file type
• plugin fzplug: fuzzy find, preview and run other plugins
• plugin cmusq: queue/play music in cmus
• plugin mocplay renamed to mocq
• plugin cleanfilename renamed to fixname
• go to last dir on ~ (HOME) or ` (ROOT) key repeat
• ambiguous key ^Space to select/clear range dropped (#998)
• user wiki page for Themes
• show selection mark (+) in reverse bold for improved visibility
• reverse block replaces > to mark hovered entry in detail mode
• make option O_CKBOARD removed
• make option O_NOLOC renamed to O_NOLC
• ignore O_NOLC if O_ICONS or O_NERD is specified (#1026)
• unicode arrow indicators if O_ICONS or O_NERD is specified
• make option NOX11: disable notis, sel-clipboard sync, xterm title
• retain filter in nav-to-type mode after file open
• fix no files picked with NNN_TMPFILE exported and q to quit
• disable xterm title setting in picker mode (#974)

PS: Distro-specific auto-generated packages are available on OBS for this release.

nnn v4.0 Sushi

Happy 4th Birthday nnn!!! 🍰

nnn v4.0 Sushi release notes.

• allow plugins to clear selection (#884, #889, #917)
• do not clear selection on hovered file deletion
• resurrect 'c'urrent/'s'el prompt and option -u (#889)
• show only file name in reverse in detail mode
• more file/mime types supported in preview-tui-ext
• plugin mtpmount - (un)mount MTP devices
• plugin cleanfilename - more shell-friendly file names
• plugin rsynccp - copy-paste with visual progress
• replace $HOME by ~ in address bar
• show current path in terminal title on option -x (#911)
• total links and inode number of hardlink in statusbar
• fix symlink to text file not opening in CLI editor (#890)
• fix symlink size shown as 0B in statusbar (#888)
• show symlink target in statusbar (#893)
• show correct disk free/total on macOS (#888)
• fix directory disk usage showing as 0 on macOS (#941)
• fix name col len with -C and icons compiled-in (#936)
• refactor printing entries in light/detail modes (#934)
• make option O_CKBOARD for checker board as indicator

nnn v3.7

• allow plugins to clear selection (#884, #889, #917)
• do not clear selection on hovered file deletion
• resurrect 'c'urrent/'s'el prompt and option -u (#889)
• show only file name in reverse in detail mode
• more file/mime types supported in preview-tui-ext
• plugin mtpmount - (un)mount MTP devices
• plugin cleanfilename - more shell-friendly file names
• plugin rsynccp - copy-paste with visual progress
• replace $HOME by ~ in address bar
• show current path in terminal title (#911)
• total links and inode number of hardlink in statusbar
• fix symlink to text file not opening in CLI editor (#890)
• fix symlink size shown as 0B in statusbar (#888)
• show symlink target in statusbar (#893)
• show correct disk free/total on macOS (#888)
• fix directory disk usage showing as 0 on macOS (#941)
• fix name col len with -C and icons compiled-in (#936)
• refactor printing entries in light/detail modes (#934)
• make option O_CKBOARD for checker board as indicator

nnn v3.6 Nina

nnn v3.6 Nina release notes.

• REPL command prompt (Esc or Enter to exit)
• invert selection with A
• option -u removed (always prefer selection to hovered)
• visit start dir on @ when start path is a file
• exit filter mode and redraw on ^L if no last filter
• plugin fzcd now selects the chosen file (#876)
• ueberzug support in plugin preview-tui
• new plugin preview-tui-ext with extra preview support
• clear selection after successful plugin invocation
• add method to sync subshell $PWD in WIki
• clear selection on single file deletion (#812)
• copy between instances not working (#864)
• plugin togglex to toggle exe mode of a selection (#813)
• fix memccpy() buffer overlap fault on macOS (#786)
• show 0 selected msg on cp/mv with empty selection (#855)
• fix frozen terminal caused by opener (#858)
• migrate macOS CI to GitHub workflows, retire Travis

nnn v3.5 Freddie

nnn v3.5 Freddie Release Notes.

• support Alexey Tourbin's QSORT macro [make O_QSORT=1]
• support Nerd Font patched icons [make O_NERD=1]
• auto-generate static binaries with icons support
• audit and adapt all plugins for macOS
• enhance plugin dups to delete duplicates interactively
• plugin autojump now supports jump and zoxide
• support gio trash to Trash [export NNN_TRASH=2] (#740)
• quit program on double Esc in normal mode (#775)
• ^Space replaces ^K for range selection/clear selection
• show selection symbol (+) next to filename in detail mode (#741)
• error & quit on Q if no selection, else pick to stdout
• repeat ^T to cycle sort by time, size and clear
• option -U to show user & group info in status bar
• option -J to disable auto-proceed on select (#713)
• option -D to show dirs in context color with NNN_FCOLORS
• honor option -C for context colors
• show indicators if more entries above/below listing (#744)
• show missing utility name in flash msg (#753)
• exit preview-tabbed on ^C (#727)
• invoke GNU sed (gsed) on macOS (#728)
• fix HW cursor moves to wrong line (#735)
• fix rollover bug with multiline scroll (#743)
• fix input stream not listed with -s/-S (#777)
• fix locker not being invoked
• make target upx for additional binary compression
• compress auto-generated static binaries with upx
• make variable O_NOSSN to compile out sessions
• make variable O_NOUG to compile out user & group info

nnn v3.4 Emilia

nnn v3.4 Emilia Release Notes.

• icons with icon-specific colors (thanks @KlzXS)
• enhanced NNN_COLORS with xterm 256 colors support
• new colorscheme with NNN_FCOLORS (file type specific colors)
• switch -C to force earlier colorscheme (dirs follow context color)
• updates for Haiku (thanks @CodeforEvolution)
• fix XFS navigation issue (thanks @ucs1)
• optimize archive extension matching on file open
• show location in context color
• support host[:dir] format for remote mounts
• clear selection after copy
• support traversal on file/dir creation
• show selection in reverse in status bar
• show status bar indicator H when hidden files are listed
• show and confirm archive command output
• support cd on quit in picker mode

nnn v3.3

• subdir mounts for remote and archive mounts
• remove mount point on successful unmount of remote/archive
• show error and prompt user if cp/mv/rm operation fails
• support absolute/relative paths in cp/mv as
• mark current path automatically on archive/remote mount
• mark current path automatically on target file visit in find and list mode
• option -C to place HW cursor on hovered for screen readers and braille displays
• option -u to use selection (if available) and skip current/sel prompt
• key Alt+Esc to clear filter prompt and redraw
• support Esc to cancel remove operation
• gpge & gpgd: encrypt and decrypt with GPG
• blknew: create new files and directories in bulk
• preview-tui:
  • unified to support tmux/kitty/xterm/$TERMINAL
  • auto-determine split orientation based on terminal height and width
  • provision to use scope.sh and pistol
  • various other improvements
• upload: send to Firefox Send if ffsend is found
• hexview: add hx as alternative hex viewer
• nuke and imgview: add imv as alternative image viewer
• add find (with fd) and grep (with rg) examples in plugins doc
• key Esc or left click to resend hovered file path to NNN_FIFO
• show + instead of s in status bar on selection
• F5 removed (misfit for toggle hidden), ^S removed (often masked, redundant)
• handle abnormal program termination and remove NNN_PIPE and/or NNN_FIFO
• clear selection after successful batch rename, link creation
• make option O_CTX8 for 8 contexts (NOT backward compatible with 4 contexts)
• fix issue with child window resize (see #656)
• fix issue with NNNLVL on macOS (see #639)
• fix issue with restoring session with du/au enabled

nnn v3.2

Note: Please update your existing plugins when upgrading to nnn v3.2.

• an official logo
• previews
  • config NNN_FIFO to write hovered file paths a previewer can read
  • plugin preview-tabbed: tabbed/xembed based file previewer
  • plugin preview-tui: simple TUI file previewer in tmux/xterm
  • plugin preview-kitty: preview using kitty terminal's capabilities
  • live preview configuration example
• find & list
  • send list of files from (cmd run as) plugin to nnn
  • plugin finder: find/fd/fzf/grep/ripgrep/fzf (in subtree) and list in nnn
  • Right or l on symlink in list dir takes to target file
• persistent session option -S [for disk usage, run nnn -T d (see help)]
• hover on the file when a file path is passed as positional argument
• go to first file or match with ' (followed by ' or char)
• config NNN_SEL to specify custom selection file
• config NNN_LOCKER to specify locker program
• dim file details in detail mode
• call chdir() on directory change
• option -l: number of lines to move on mouse scroll
• graphical keybind map
• let NNN_COLORS override NO_COLOR
• plugins
  • option -P: run plugin by key at start
  • run plugins with Alt+key
  • allow NNN_PIPE usage by commands run as plugin
  • input format to NNN_PIPE: <ctxcode><opcode><data> (see plugins doc)
  • set ctxcode to + for smart context usage (next inactive, else current)
  • getplugs to fetch plugins by installed version of nnn
  • plugin mimelist: list files by mime type in subtree
  • plugin bookmarks: named bookmarks using symlinks
  • plugin nbak: backup nnn config
  • nuke adds lowdown as alternative markdown viewer
  • several plugin improvements
• fix broken screen on resize (see #520)
• fix broken version sort (see #550)
• fix list and pipe modes not working together
• fix multiple issues with listing files
• fix @ shown in detail mode for symlink to dir
• fix listing files directly under /
• move to -std=c11

nnn v3.1

nnn turns 3 today. Happy Birthday! 🍰

What's in?

• unlimited bookmarks and plugin keys
• status bar text in context color
• support config NO_COLOR to disable colors
• config NNN_OPTS to specify binary options to nnn
• config NNN_MCLICK to emulate configurable key
• toggle selection on right click
• ignore hard links when calculating disk usage
• dim (hard/sym) link names (symlink to file has @)
• more special keys at empty filter prompt in type-to-nav
• key > to export file list
• option -F to show fortune in help and settings screen
• option -T to specify sort order (obsoletes -v)
• option to clear sort order
• key T to change time type (access/change/mod)
• .nmv - internal fully-functional batch renamer plugin
• make var O_NOBATCH to disable native batch renamer
• nuke & imgview - open all images in directory sxiv
• nuke - open log files in vi
• plugin x2sel - system clipboard to selection copier
• plugin fzy - cd using z database
• plugin fzopen - support FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND
• create new context on TAB without prompt
• hover and connect by dir name (within config dir)
• move to next entry on current file delete
• on single file copy/move, select the copied/moved file
• option -f to to use readline history file (off by default)
• use s in status bar to indicate selection in progress
• make var O_NOMOUSE to disable mouse support
• do not store NNN_TRASH and -Q in config/session
• add sample .desktop file for XDG compatible DEs
• rename nav-as-you-type to type-to-nav mode
• fix PCRE case-insensitive regex search
• fix no error msg when filter length limit exceeded
• fix static package generation
• fix broken abort message when started in du-mode
• fix filter lost on context switch in non type-to-nav mode
• fix broken readline prompt
• fix long strings treated as action keys in filter prompt
• fix NNNLVL not reset when spawned shell is exited

nnn v3.0

What's in?

• static 64-bit binary to run nnn without installing
• take list of files as input and show
• option -e replaces NNN_USE_EDITOR
• option -t replaces NNN_IDLE_TIMEOUT
• config NNN_CONTEXT_COLORS is now NNN_COLORS
• config NNN_SSHFS_OPTS is now NNN_SSHFS
• config NNN_RCLONE_OPTS is now NNN_RCLONE
• PCRE support
• more readline bindings for native prompts
• run GUI app as plugin
• attempt lazy unmount when regular unmount fails
• fix unmount on macOS: use umount
• detect sshfs and rclone to prompt intelligently
• auto-proceed on file open (toggle key +)
• quit with error code on Q
• additional key F5 to toggle hidden
• key e to edit in EDITOR (back on multiple user requests)
• option to edit list of files in selection is changed to E
• do not end selection on redraw
• nuke: glow as Markdown viewer
• nuke: refactor, handle some common video types by extension
• file name removed from status bar
• static Makefile target
• generate, upload static package on release
• fix crash on entering empty dir, then Down
• fix keypresses lost when showing message
• fix #227: nnn creates xdg-open zombies