v0.21.0

Changes & fixes

• IMPORTANT FIX: Fixed panic on permission denial on macOS.
• BREAKING: Some UI plugins might stop rendering colors. Wait for them to update.
• BREAKING: xplr.config.general.sort_and_filter_ui.search_identifier has been
  renamed to xplr.config.general.sort_and_filter_ui.search_identifiers.
• BREAKING: Resolved Node API will not contain the permissions field anymore.
  Use the utility function xplr.util.node to get its permissions.
• Layout CustomContent has been undocumented. It will stay for compatibility,
  but you should prefer using the following new layouts, because they support
  custom title:
  • Static
  • Dynamic
• Improved the builtin search operation using the following new messages:
  • Search
  • SearchFromInput
  • SearchFuzzyUnordered
  • SearchFuzzyUnorderedFromInput
  • SearchRegex
  • SearchRegexFromInput
  • SearchRegexUnordered
  • SearchRegexUnorderedFromInput
  • ToggleSearchAlgorithm
  • EnableSearchOrder
  • DisableSearchOrder
  • ToggleSearchOrder
• Builtin fuzzy search will now support skim's search syntax.
• Default search algorithm: xplr.config.general.search.algorithm = "Fuzzy".
• Default search ordering: xplr.config.general.search.unordered = false.
• Improved selection operations:
  • BREAKING: Selection list will be retained after each operation unless the
    paths are renamed, moved, deleted, or cleared manually (ctrl-u).
  • :sl to list selection in a $PAGER.
  • :ss to create softlink of the selected items.
  • :sh to create hardlink of the selected items.
  • :se to edit selection list in your $EDITOR.
  • Better conflict handling: add suffix rather than overriding/skipping.
• Navigate between the selected paths using the following messages:
  • FocusPreviousSelection (ctrl-p)
  • FocusNextSelection (ctrl-n)
• Added support for LS_COLORS, along with the following utility functions for
  applying better styling/theming.
  • xplr.util.lscolor
  • xplr.util.paint
  • xplr.util.textwrap
  • xplr.util.style_mix
• By default colors will only be applied to the file name column in the table.
• File paths will be properly quoted.
• Column Renderer Argument will contain additional fields:
  • style
  • permissions
• Selection list will display the paths in shorthand format, based on the
  current location.
• Use the following config to specify how the paths in selection list should be
  rendered:
  • xplr.config.general.selection.item.format
  • xplr.config.general.selection.item.style
• Improved working with file permissions using the following utility functions:
  • xplr.util.permissions_rwx
  • xplr.util.permissions_octal
• Type :p to edit file permissions interactively.
• More utility function for QOL improvement:
  • xplr.util.layout_replace
  • xplr.util.relative_to
  • xplr.util.shorthand
  • xplr.util.clone
  • xplr.util.exists
  • xplr.util.is_dir
  • xplr.util.is_file
  • xplr.util.is_symlink
  • xplr.util.is_absolute
  • xplr.util.path_split
  • xplr.util.node
  • xplr.util.node_type
  • xplr.util.shell_escape
• Fixed mime type detection for executables: application/x-executable.
• Added workaround for compatibility with macOS legacy coreutils.
• Fixed history navigation for non-existent paths.
• Optimized navigation with long list of selected items.
• Minor improvements in batch operations.
• Minor improvements in logging.

Thanks to @noahmayr for contributing to a major part of this release.