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Hello,
I recently learned how to show the modified time next to the file size using:

windo set viewcolumns=*{name}..,16{mtime},7{}

But I actually don't want to show mtime next to directories.
Is there a way to achieve this ?

Thanks a lot.

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Hi.

There is no builtin switch for that, but you can use a Lua plugin like this:

local M = {}

local function fileMtime(info)
    local text = ''
    if info.entry.type ~= 'dir' then
        text = os.date(vifm.opts.global.timefmt, info.entry.mtime)
    end
    return { text = text }
end

local added = vifm.addcolumntype {
    name = 'FileMtime',
    handler = fileMtime
}
if not added then
    vifm.sb.error("Failed to add FileMtime view column")
end

return M

Then modify your command to be (mind that windo might not be necessary in vifmrc):

windo set viewcolumns=*{name}..,16{FileMtime},7{}

There is one defect though: it recognizes symbolic links to directories as files.

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This seems to work.
However, it does not work on opening of vifm.
I need to go inside a directory and then back to see the time stamps on files.

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Try adding plugin load above the set command. Normally plugins are loaded after vifmrc is parsed, which probably explains the issue.

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Amazing, thank you so much!!

One last thing: I added this line in my config
autocmd DirEnter ~/Downloads setlocal sort=-mtime
which seems to break with the new change. How can I prevent the sort to change my viewcolumns ?

Normal:
normal

Downloads:
downloads

I also have set dirsize=nitems.

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How can I prevent the sort to change my viewcolumns ?

Don't use {}, it's a special one which reflects the sorting. Use {size} explicitly:

windo set viewcolumns=*{name}..,16{FileMtime},7{size}
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Thank you so much for everything ! :)

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