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Ticket 346 (git master: FAQ is outdated)
Fixed some outdated informations in the FAQ - about main site - about maillists - about configure options - glib version which is needed Signed-off-by: Patrick Winnertz <winnie@debian.org> Signed-off-by: Slava Zanko <slavazanko@gmail.com>
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@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ Frequently Asked Questions
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+ 1.4 What else do I need to run MC?
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+ 1.5 Is GNU Midnight Commander Public Domain? Copyrighted?
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+ 1.6 Where can I get GNU Midnight Commander?
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+ 1.7 I don't have FTP access. Where can I get MC?
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+ 1.8 I cannot compile MC. What should I do?
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+ 1.7 I cannot compile MC. What should I do?
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* 2 Keyboard
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+ 2.1 What does documentation mean with the C-?, M-? and F?
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@ -155,10 +154,8 @@ Frequently Asked Questions
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You need a POSIX (Unix compatible) operating system. If you are
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running Windows, use Cygwin.
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To compile any edition you need to have glib 1.2.x or newer
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installed. It's available at ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/. If you
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don't have glib installed already, please note that glib 2.x is much
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harder to compile, so your first choice should be glib 1.2.10.
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To compile any edition you need to have glib 2.x installed.
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It's available at ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/.
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If you want to use mouse on the Linux console you need the gpm daemon
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from ftp://ftp.systemy.it/pub/develop/. You need nothing extra to
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@ -182,21 +179,15 @@ Frequently Asked Questions
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1.6 Where can I get GNU Midnight Commander?
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The main site is ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/mc/
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The main site is http://www.midnight-commander.org
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1.7 I don't have FTP access. Where can I get MC?
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Most GNU/Linux distributions include GNU Midnight Commander. For
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example, Debian, Mandrake, Red Hat, Slackware and SuSE.
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1.8 I cannot compile MC. What should I do?
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1.7 I cannot compile MC. What should I do?
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Make sure you have read the INSTALL file in the sources. Report the
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error messages exactly as they appear, mention the versions of your
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OS, your compiler and whatever else software you think is relevant.
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If you have compile problems in the VFS code, try disabling it by
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using "--without-vfs" switch. As the last resort, you can use
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precompiled binaries from the GNU Midnight Commander website.
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using "--disable-vfs" option.
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2 Keyboard
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@ -240,10 +231,6 @@ Frequently Asked Questions
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http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/terminfo/
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ftp://dickey.his.com/ncurses/
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You can force Midnight Commander to use the termcap database by
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giving --with-termcap option to the configure script. The default
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is to use terminfo.
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If you don't have permissions to edit terminal databases you can use
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Learn keys feature of Midnight Commander instead. Press Esc 9 o k
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and follow instructions.
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@ -353,12 +340,6 @@ Frequently Asked Questions
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export TERM=vt100
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If this doesn't help you can recompile MC to use termcap instead of
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terminfo:
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./configure --with-termcap
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make
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4.2 Why don't line drawing characters work?
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Since version 4.0.13 there's the command line option -a to force use
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@ -557,19 +538,6 @@ all anymore!
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xterm|xterm-color|vs100|xterm terminal emulator
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4.9 Why are there both terminfo and termcap? Wouldn't one database be
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enough?
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You might want to read the Unix-Haters Handbook at
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http://catalog.com/hopkins/unix-haters/handbook.html. It lists many
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more reasons why Unix sucks.
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You can configure which terminal database you want to use with the
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"--with-termcap" and "--with-terminfo" flags of configure. If you
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don't specify them, the configure script will try to use terminfo if
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available otherwise it will use termcap.
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5 Graphical user interface
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5.1 Xview, Tk and Gnome editions?
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@ -750,13 +718,6 @@ indenting increases with each line!
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upgrade your shell to a newer version. If you use something else
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than bash, tcsh or zsh, subshell support is disabled automatically.
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If disabling subshell doesn't help, try to reconfigure MC with
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"--with-included-slang" and "--with-termcap" options and recompile.
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If this helps, something is wrong with your terminfo database or
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shared S-Lang library. For better terminfo databases see chapter 4
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of this FAQ. For a better S-Lang library, upgrade to a newer version
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or keep using the "--with-included-slang" option.
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Another reason is problems with gpm. Try using "--nomouse" option to
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see if it makes any difference. Restarting gpm can help. Sometimes
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it's enough to move the mouse.
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@ -785,6 +746,7 @@ indenting increases with each line!
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* Norbert Warmuth
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* Alex I. Tkachenko
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Alessandro Rubini has been specially helpful with debugging and
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enhancing of the mouse support. John E. Davis has made his S-Lang
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library available to us and answered many questions about it.
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@ -810,9 +772,21 @@ indenting increases with each line!
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* Jon Stevens
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* Adam Tla/lka
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Current list of active developers can be found here:
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http://www.midnight-commander.org/wiki/McDevelopers
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This page lists everbody who has provided a patch or
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has written code for the midnight-commander in the past:
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http://www.midnight-commander.org/wiki/McContributors
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10.2 Do I dare to use a development version?
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That's up to you to decide. Development versions may have nasty bugs
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Yes, of course. Feel free to test:
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http://www.midnight-commander.org/wiki#Downloading
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As we do our development in git, please do a git checkout
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of the master branch and build it
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But always remember: development versions may have nasty bugs
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at some points of time. It's up to you to judge whether the new
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features and fixes for the bugs you know outweigh the risk of unknown
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bugs.
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@ -822,7 +796,12 @@ indenting increases with each line!
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You might first want to get the newest development version to see if
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the bug is fixed or the feature is added already.
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Send your report/request to mc-devel@gnome.org or mc@gnome.org.
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If this is not the case, feel free to add a ticket in our ticket-system,
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which is located here: http://www.midnight-commander.org/newticket
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If you want to send an email instead write your report to mc-devel@gnome.org
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or mc@gnome.org.
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These mailing lists are the most certain way to contact the
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developers. Remember to mention if you are not on the mailing list
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to make sure that you will receive a copy of replies.
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@ -889,6 +868,16 @@ an answer?
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To subscribe visit
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http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc-devel/
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mc-commits@googlegroups.com
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mailing list only for applyed commits into master/stable branches
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To subscribe visit
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http://groups.google.com/group/mc-commits/subscribe
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mc-bugs@googlegroups.com
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Mailing list only for tickets and comments (use it as RSS :) )
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To subscribe visit
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http://groups.google.com/group/mc-bugs/subscribe
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11.3 Where should I look on the World Wide Web for MC stuff?
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There is a WWW page for Midnight Commander. The URL is:
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