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Can I rename a pdf directly from preview pane (usefull to keep it at full screen)?
I'm dealing with long title and still didn't make the clipboard working with swayvm/vifm!
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Are you talking about renaming while in view mode after pressing e? It doesn't support file operations.

You can also use :view and then :split to preview in full width of the terminal.

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No I'm using the right arrow. So I guess I'm opening it with Zathura, sorry.
At least looking in vifmrc:

filextype {*.pdf},<application/pdf> zathura %c %i &, apvlv %c, xpdf %c
fileviewer {*.pdf},<application/pdf> pdftotext -nopgbrk %c -
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You can determine which command is executed by default by running :file, the first entry marked [present] is the default handler.

zathura has :exec command and you can try:

:exec $FILE "new complicated name.pdf"
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