Troubleshoot

Useful tips

Enabling logging

Logging can be enabled for both the lf client and server using the -log option, which can be used to help troubleshoot errors.

lf client:

lf -log /path/to/lf.log

lf server:

lf -server -log /path/to/lf_server.log

Investigating crashes

If lf crashes, it will not restore the terminal settings, resulting in the printed stack trace being difficult to read. Since the stack trace is printed to stderr, it can be useful to redirect this to a file first:

lf 2> /path/to/lf.err

Known issues

There is CJK text residue on Windows

You may enable legacy console in command prompt options.

See https://github.com/gokcehan/lf/issues/644

Pressing l opens firefox instead of default text editor

Change open command to

cmd open &{{
	mimetype=$(file --brief --dereference --mime-type $f)
	defapp=$(xdg-mime query default $mimetype)
	case "$defapp" in 
	nvim.desktop)
        lf -remote "send $id \$nvim $f"
		;;
	vim.desktop)
        lf -remote "send $id \$vim $f"
		;;
	*)
		xdg-open $f
	esac
}}