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= shortcut filters out everything but matching files
How do I negate the filtering, that is NOT show matching files?

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You can't. The plan is to make local filter accept matches and allow writing =!{pattern} or something analogous, but it hasn't been done yet.

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My workaround for this:
( limited, for temporary panels only where zd is applicable )

  1. :select //pattern// to select path matching entries
  2. zd to hide the selection

this efficiently means //pattern// negation, doesn't it?

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this efficiently means //pattern// negation, doesn't it?

Yes.

If you don't care specifically about local filter, you could do :filter !{pattern}. You'll just have to clear the filter with :filter manually later.

If you would like to make a bug report or feature request consider using GitHub, SourceForge or e-mail. Posting such things here is acceptable, but this is not a perfect place for them.
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